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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2005Excessive drooling
When we got home from work tonight, our 18 month old cat was drooling excessively, so we took her to the vet right away. The vet could see nothing in her mouth, or nothing wrong with her teeth, so he took her temp, which was 40. He gave her an antibiotic injection for the fever, and then gave us 4 capsules of antirobe, to start tomorrow night. He said she could have tonsillitis? She is a totally indoor cat, so she has had no access to plants or flowers, and we are very careful with cleaning products, so it can't be that. I have never heard of cats getting tonsillitis - has anyone else?! Jo Yes! My cat had exactly the same back in July. Excessive drooling but not vomitting and still eating and drinking normally. The vet diagnosed a sore throat! A short course of antibiotics and a couple of anti-inflamatory injections and she was back to normal. chas We have a cat that was a drooler twice. As 2-month old kitten, she got a respiratory infection. She stopped eating and would just drool. After a few trips to the vet (including an emergency vet), they said many URI's are caused by feline herpes. She could have had sores down her throat that they could not see. She had a couple-day bout of drooling a few months ago (over a year old), with no URI symptoms. Never found what could have caused that. She could have gotten into something, had an upset stomach, or had a small outbreak of throat sores. The vet could find nothing wrong in her mouth. Hope your cat is better. Did she have any cold symptoms? Rhonda > When we got home from work tonight, our 18 month old cat was drooling > excessively, so we took her to the vet right away. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jo > We have a cat that was a drooler twice. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > could have gotten into something, had an upset stomach, or had a small > outbreak of throat sores. The vet could find nothing wrong in her mouth. Rhonda, it is good to know that the herpes sores might be out of sight, I had not known that. Tell me, do you use Lysine with your cat regularly, or when she has outbreaks? I am not sure if it is used only as a preventive or if it is used as a treatment. Hi Katy, I have never used the Lysine. She had that one URI a year ago, and I did not know about Lysine then. We never actually confirmed it was feline herpes, but that was the main suspect over calcivirus. This last time was just a short one-day thing, then she was fine the next day, then drooled for another day. After that, she was back to normal so we didn't start any treatment. It was so sudden that we thought it was something in her mouth -- maybe something caught in there, but the vet could not find anything. I should read up about Lysine though if she's going to continue this. Rhonda > Rhonda, it is good to know that the herpes sores might be out of sight, > I had not known that. Tell me, do you use Lysine with your cat regularly, > or when she has outbreaks? I am not sure if it is used only as a preventive > or if it is used as a treatment. Sorry for the delay in my reply to you all. I just wanted to say thanks for your replies. Mollie had no other symptoms apart from the running mouth. She was sick a couple of times last week though, and she isn't normally sick (unless she has a hairball!) so I'm just wondering whether that was the beginnings of it. At the time I just put it down to her eating a little too much (she loves her food!) Come to think of it now, she didn't meow as much, and when she did, it was only tiny ones. She normally shouts a lot! I am pleased to report that, after 4 days of her antibiotics she is back to normal, and I have my alarm clock back :o) Thanks again - I was very worried to start with, as I have never heard of a cat having a sore throat! I have suffered from tonsillitis so she was spoiled rotten - even more than usual! Jo > Hi Katy, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> preventive >> or if it is used as a treatment.
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