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Victor Martinez - 23 May 2005 12:36 GMT

I was reading the group when I heard a weird noise behind me. Rufous was
standing there, smacking his lips and chewing and foaming at the mouth.
He spread foam all over the place, but I couldn't see anything in his
mouth. He's done with that and now he's acting completely normal. Any
idea what that was? Should I be worried?

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CatNipped - 23 May 2005 14:00 GMT

>I was reading the group when I heard a weird noise behind me. Rufous was
>standing there, smacking his lips and chewing and foaming at the mouth. He
>spread foam all over the place, but I couldn't see anything in his mouth.
>He's done with that and now he's acting completely normal. Any idea what
>that was? Should I be worried?

If you're worried you might give your vet a call. But I've seen cats do
this when they get something in their mouth that tastes bad to them (I
remember someone posting a picture in the binaries group and then
referencing it here about a kitten doing this when getting worm medicine.
Bandit did it too when I gave her the Clavamox. They also do the lip
smacking when they are horking a hariball.

Is there a plant or grass he could have gotten into? Anything else he may
have been chewing on?

Hugs,

CatNipped

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Victor Martinez - 23 May 2005 14:11 GMT

> Is there a plant or grass he could have gotten into? Anything else he may
> have been chewing on?

That's what I thought. There were (Tom just cut them all off) a couple
of vines growing into their enclosure. I've seen Rufous chewing on them
before, but this is the first time I've seen him foaming at the mouth.
I'm going to work from home today to keep an eye on him, just in case.
Thanks goodness for VPN! :) (for those of you lucky enough not to know
what VPN is, it's basically a piece of software that allows me to
connect to work remotely)

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lewe - 23 May 2005 14:39 GMT

>> Is there a plant or grass he could have gotten into? Anything else he
>> may have been chewing on?
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> is, it's basically a piece of software that allows me to connect to work
> remotely)

That's what I was thinking too. Thea once was really frothy/foamy around the
mouth and chewing (by the lake where Thea & Bono are 'wild forest kitties'),
no other symptoms besides being a little uncomfortable, it passed rather
quickly and nothing more happened. Figured she chewed on something mildly
toxic or just not agreeing with her. Good thing you can keep an eye on him,
blessed be the VPN ... =)
Purrs for Rufus to be ok as quickly!

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Mischief - 23 May 2005 17:34 GMT

When I've seen cats foam at the mouth, it's because we've tried to
medicate them and they are attempting to get the icky stuff out of
their mouth. It's possible he got something in his mouth that did NOT
taste very good and he was trying to get it out.

I've seen it with cats when I've tried to pill them and didn't get the
pill behind their tongue. Metronidozole (Flagyl) tastes really bad and
causes this foaming a lot.

If he's not foaming or doesn't show any other signs, then he's probably
okay, in my opinion

Kristi

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Hopitus - 23 May 2005 19:01 GMT

Oliver, our only pedigreed (RB) used to foam bigtime whenever I gave him
pills; he was very small compared to the others but boy thanks to his
Siamese bloodline he was a clawing, biting terror unless wrapped up in the
body towel w/just his head out! He was just foaming from being upset and
excited negatively...but since Tom had to trim those leaves back, and you
know cat's been chewing them, soundds like some leaf part stuck in throat
which cleared and went down.
This is gross but can you check his litter offererings for leaf parts? At
least he didn't snuff whatever it was down his airway....

> When I've seen cats foam at the mouth, it's because we've tried to
> medicate them and they are attempting to get the icky stuff out of
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>
> Kristi

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Victor Martinez - 23 May 2005 19:01 GMT

> Oliver, our only pedigreed (RB) used to foam bigtime whenever I gave him
> pills; he was very small compared to the others but boy thanks to his
> Siamese bloodline he was a clawing, biting terror unless wrapped up in the
> body towel w/just his head out! He was just foaming from being upset and

Yikes! I'm spoiled, Basho is taking his metronidazole every morning
without any complaints. I just scruff him, put the pill popper in his
mouth and I'm done.

> excited negatively...but since Tom had to trim those leaves back, and you
> know cat's been chewing them, soundds like some leaf part stuck in throat
> which cleared and went down.

Yeah, he's acting normally now, snoozing on the bed, so I'm not worried
anymore.

> This is gross but can you check his litter offererings for leaf parts? At
> least he didn't snuff whatever it was down his airway....

I'll keep an eye out... :)

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polonca12000 - 23 May 2005 21:48 GMT

Lots of purrs and best wishes for Rufous not to have any more problems,

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> I was reading the group when I heard a weird noise behind me. Rufous was
> standing there, smacking his lips and chewing and foaming at the mouth.
> He spread foam all over the place, but I couldn't see anything in his
> mouth. He's done with that and now he's acting completely normal. Any
> idea what that was? Should I be worried?

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William Hamblen - 24 May 2005 02:45 GMT

He must have got into something nasty. How worried you should be depends
on what it was. By now what is done is done. There might not be anything
you can do.

Ages ago I had to treat a cat with chloramphenicol, which is extremely
bitter. Once a capsule broke and the poor animal was literally foaming
at the mouth from the bad taste.

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William Hamblen - 24 May 2005 05:42 GMT

> Ages ago I had to treat a cat with chloramphenicol, which is extremely
> bitter. Once a capsule broke and the poor animal was literally foaming
> at the mouth from the bad taste.

P.S. He recovered.

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