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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / December 2003Tongue hanging out
A friend has reported to me that his landlord's black cat - a large 15 year old that hates everyone but "daddy" - has his tongue chronically hanging out of his mouth. Anyone know what could cause this?  SignatureDennis Carr - ke6isf@spamcop.net | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- Hi Dennis. My cat Smokey who recently passed away (july 9) had his eye removed due to infection. He didn't do well there after. He started to lose weight from not eating. Towards his last days his tongue would be hanging out all the time. This could be a sign of dehydration. Smokey lived to be 16 years old. Here is my webpage of all my cats: http://www.geocities.com/mitchumgirl4/OURCATS.html :-) Jane > A friend has reported to me that his landlord's black cat - a large 15 > year old that hates everyone but "daddy" - has his tongue chronically > hanging out of his mouth. Anyone know what could cause this? No teeth? If he means just the tip of the cat's tongue sticking out, then that's common. Why they do it? Don't know. ;-) Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > A friend has reported to me that his landlord's black cat - a large 15 > year old that hates everyone but "daddy" - has his tongue chronically [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. > ------------------------------------+------------------------------- > A friend has reported to me that his landlord's black cat - a large 15 > year old that hates everyone but "daddy" - has his tongue chronically > hanging out of his mouth. Anyone know what could cause this? I used to know a cat who was hit by a car. As a result, he lost an eye and his tongue hung out all the time, always out the front of his mouth. He was black, so the little pink tongue was quite striking against his fur. :) Ralph lived to be very very old, and was a happy boy nonetheless. My "Bear" does it when he's stressed, like going to the vet in the car, or when I have loud guests in the house. >My "Bear" does it when he's stressed, like going to the vet in the >car, or when I have loud guests in the house. Frank's tongue hangs out all the time. Especially when he's asleep. It makes me wonder if it doesn't dry out. http://members.aol.com/sriddles/frank3.jpg > >My "Bear" does it when he's stressed, like going to the vet in the > >car, or when I have loud guests in the house. > > Frank's tongue hangs out all the time. Especially when he's asleep. It makes me > wonder if it doesn't dry out. > http://members.aol.com/sriddles/frank3.jpg He is SO cute!! :) -L. > >My "Bear" does it when he's stressed, like going to the vet in the > >car, or when I have loud guests in the house. > > Frank's tongue hangs out all the time. Especially when he's asleep. It makes me > wonder if it doesn't dry out. > http://members.aol.com/sriddles/frank3.jpg BTW, what kind of sanke is that your cats are playing with in your pics? It kinda looks like a Texas Glossy snake...(?) It is gorgeous. Did they kill it? -L. PS/I loved the title of "Smarmy" - ;) >BTW, what kind of sanke is that your cats are playing with in your >pics? It kinda looks like a Texas Glossy snake...(?) It is gorgeous. > Did they kill it? > >-L. You could see all the pictures? I didn't know it worked that way!! I don't have a clue what kind of snake that was. By the time I found them, they had been pestering it a while so I figure it was not poisonous or it would have already killed them. I had a devil of a time getting them to leave it alone. I finally tossed it over the fence, and made them come int he house. It seemed fine. The snake had a yellow belly, and was rather a drab green on top. It wasn't aggressive at all. Or if it's the pic of Frank with the snake in the pantry, yeah, he did kill that one. It was either a garter snake or just a baby snake. I don't know how it got in the house. Sherry > >BTW, what kind of sanke is that your cats are playing with in your > >pics? It kinda looks like a Texas Glossy snake...(?) It is gorgeous. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sherry Yeah, I was referring to the green snake. I will try to ID it for you. I'm not sure what it was. The cats are way cute, BTW! -L. >Yeah, I was referring to the green snake. I will try to ID it for >you. I'm not sure what it was. > >The cats are way cute, BTW! >-L. Please do! The reason I took the pic in the first place was to post it on the anecdotes newsgroup, there was a guy there who knew snakes. He didn't know, either. I saw it a couple more times that summer, but didn't see it this year. Sherry > >BTW, what kind of sanke is that your cats are playing with in your > >pics? It kinda looks like a Texas Glossy snake...(?) It is gorgeous. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sherry SHerry I showed it to my guitar teacher (snake nut) and he thought it was a corn snake maybe. Karen >SHerry I showed it to my guitar teacher (snake nut) and he thought it was a >corn snake maybe. > >Karen I got a snake book and there are a zillion different kinds of snakes! I'll look up the corn snake and see. You won't believe thiis, but I have actually stopped being so terrrified of them and have actually learned to appreciate them in a "live and let live" sorta way. I still can't touch them though. The book helped, especially to find out there (allegedly) aren't any recorded species of poisonous snakes (except water ones) in this county. Those bullsnakes, though. I swear. They still bother me. They just *act* so mean. Maybe you should take a look at this, Sherry: http://users.easystreet.com/~mskitty/images/snake.jpg Tee hee hee! :) >>SHerry I showed it to my guitar teacher (snake nut) and he thought it was a >>corn snake maybe. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > species of poisonous snakes (except water ones) in this county. Those > bullsnakes, though. I swear. They still bother me. They just *act* so mean. >Maybe you should take a look at this, Sherry: > >http://users.easystreet.com/~mskitty/images/snake.jpg Good LORD, woman! How long *was* that thing? You can't even see its tail! Where was it, trailing behind you for a couple of blocks? I should have a picture of me trying to get the corn snake away from Bootsie without actually getting within 10 feet of its personal space. . And a recording of me cussing and squealing the whole time. Information stored for later use: Snakes don't herd. Sherry >>Maybe you should take a look at this, Sherry: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry You know, I'm not sure. It was a full-grown python, when I was in Thailand this last winter we the Red Cross Snake Farm - http://www.thailandguidebook.com/snakefarm.html - we saw men handle then milk cobras for their venom, they had educational exhibits of different snakes found in Thailand, and then volunteers got to hold the python! Obviously, I love snakes. Spiders freak the bejeezus out of me though, go figure! As for your ordeal with the corn snake, I think a video would have been in order, I laughed just reading your description (sorry)! :)
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