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My two black cats dribble as soon as you cuddle them. They just sit on your lap purring and then within a minute are drooling everywhere.

The two younger kittens don't. My dd is convinced it's a black cat thing.

And the senior cat snores like an old man when he is asleep - really loudly.

Its disgusting isn't it? The Ginger spends his time licking and slurping to stop it going down his chin. Mind you, he's pretty vile anyway. Like a gross old man who has missed life's lessons on hygiene.

The Snowshoe does no such thing. Far too well behaved.

It makes me laugh. The two black cats are so noble looking, and then they dribble and look like they have taken leave of their senses. They do have the grace to look slightly ashamed.

Oh dear. I am one of those sad sack cat owners who invest emotions in their cats which they probably don't possess.

Boycat snores, like a whistly nosed snore. Its really sweet. Girlcat doesnt nor does she dribble but she does come for a cwtch right after having a drink and the water tends to drip iff her chin

The Ginger isn't remotely noble looking. He's a bad tempered plank most of the day who turns soppy when there are no children about to annoy him. Thats when he climbs on the cushion on my lap and rubs his chin on my face, spreading the drool

I love my cats!

Oh yes, one of mine drinks water out of the bathroom tap and gets water all over his whiskers.

Sparkling Cat dribbles when she's having a fuss.

Oh yes.

Cat emotions:

Snowshoe - Feed me, love me, rub me, notice me.

Ginger - Fuck off.

Do any of your cats get jealous (oh god perhaps I am mad).

If I am cuddling one of the kittens the elder cat jumps very hard on my lap and shoos them away.

The kittens, by the way, are 3 years old.

We will still be calling them kittens when they are in their teens.

My Mils cat does that. She's a terribly sweet old thing. As soon as you sit down she's meowing at your feet. She likes you to ruffle her cheeks and then dribbles happily. When you stop stroking her she head butts your forehead till you start again. She also likes to sleep under the duvet snuggled right up to your chest. She sleeps between my oh and I when we stay.

My old dear departed boy snored and dribbled all his life, - he used to do that paw paddling thing on me too the instant he got onto my lap. And if I dared to move when he was sat on me he would tut, or pfft I suppose.

Oh yes the jealousy

I often have furry queue for my lap

My black cat, my white cat and my black and white cat don't dribble at all but the ginger cat drools as soon as you stroke him - it goes all down his chest. In fact he is the only cat I have seen who drips drool.

The tabby cat dribbles a tiny but but he gets embarrased by it and stops to clean his face.

My black cat occasionally dribbles and purrs very loudly when stroked. She is 18 though and always washes afterwards.

No dribbling from my black cat, but she is snoring on the bed as I type. Her snoring is much quieter than mine

Not much dribbling here, but she snores like something on a building site

Oh dear. I am one of those sad sack cat owners who invest emotions in their cats which they probably don't possess.

Lol, I have a book on my kindle that's a self help guide for cats, one of the questions is "what is your emotional response to situations?

A) predictable
B) varied
C) what's an emotional response?

Yes to both.

She also has a constantly blocked nose and kind of snorts.

If you stroke your car when they're dozing, do they make this lovely "brrrrruh" noise? I love that!

Yep. His snoring has woken me in the middle of the night before (I am a very light sleeper though). His dribbling only really started when he had shedloads of teeth out. He's an old grandpa cat

no dribbling but she sure can snore

when we all settle down in bed at night she lets out this big snorey sigh that sounds like bagpipes deflating

Boycat purrs and drools, his sister snorts and jerks every so often when she's asleep. They are ten next month and this has started happening as they have been getting older.

I do love cats.

We have/had 3 or 4 black cats but no dribblers. Knew a grey one which drooled like a tap if you even said hello. We had a tabby who snored so loudly he was banned from the bedroom.