Does your cat dribble when purring and is it female?

[Dansak]

I have had four cats, two male and two female. Both of the female cats were big dribblers when purring but neither male cats did.

Is it a female thing or is it something else that makes them dribble?

dribble - yes
female - yes

Yes she does, it sounds like she is having an orgasm when she does that !

Yes and Yes. There is so much drool!

I can't bear it when its just hanging out of her mouth waiting to drop or if she shakes her head .

I wonder why it happens...might have to do some googling.

My male always dribbled but my female never has!

My male was long haired my female is short haired

I've had dribbly cats, both male and female.

Oh bang goes that theory then.

My boy did this, a long haired ginger, he used to nuzzle my jumper dribbling furiously, I would be soaked! He grew out of it aged about 5 though.

idiotcat and his sister both dribble. previous cats have not, and have all been boys.

Could it be hair length related?

Yes and yes. The vet told us it was probably because she was taken away from her mum too soon.

Our short haired female used to do it, long haired male didn't.

Both girl cats I've had have done it. Yuk! Present cat likes to knead, purr loudly, put her nose on you (like she's suckling) and dribble. It's very sweet in a disgusting way!

I've got 5 cats. Two dribble. One boy, one girl.

I have 2 cats, one male and one female and the female is a dribbler when she purrs...mainly when she is hanging over my shoulder so I can get the full impact

Dribbling boy here! Definitely not removed from his mum too soon either. Oddly enough, he's been more affectionate/dribbly since we lost his brother 2 years ago (he's 5).

According to google its a sign of total contentment, but still quite gross.

Meet my dribbler- male

Male and female cat here and they both dribble.

luxurious thats a beautiful photo (and cat)

luxurious he is a beauty!

yup!

3 females, no dribblers

White soppy dribbler girl.

She also has slightly dodgy teeth and I have wondered if dribbling/tooth stuff was related.

My baby dribbler, male