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Can you look in your cat's mouth please?

39 replies

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 21/06/2017 16:18

If it'll let you Grin

Pucinni yawned this morning and I noticed a huge black mark on the roof of his mouth.

Is that normal?

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DistortedPerceptions · 21/06/2017 16:22

Yes, normal, it's just pigmentation.

GerundTheBehemoth · 21/06/2017 16:22

I don't have a cat handy to check, but AFAIK it is not unusual to have some black pigment there, if it's a cat with at least some black in its coat.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 21/06/2017 16:23

Ah right, thanksSmile

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SweetChickadee · 21/06/2017 16:23

our tabby has the same

OneFlewOverTheDodosNest · 21/06/2017 16:23

I'm glad others got there first because my cat is all pink mouthed (and now very unhappy at me...)

Reow · 21/06/2017 16:24

Ooh yes. Is it a ginger cat? Mine has loads of black patches in his mouth/ears/nose. Even in his eyelids.

Reow · 21/06/2017 16:24

OneFlewOverTheDodosNest Grin

Reow · 21/06/2017 16:25

Are you an opera fan OP?

DramaAlpaca · 21/06/2017 16:26

Yes, our old tabby cat had that.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 21/06/2017 16:28

Harry has various black marks on the inside of his mouth.

Mummysh0rtlegs · 21/06/2017 16:29

Chucky has told me to sod off, but yes, he does.

cakesandphotos · 21/06/2017 16:34

Our tabby cat has a huge black splodge too. He readily lets me open his mouth, and look in his ears and nose. The vet loves him!

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 21/06/2017 16:35

Are you an opera fan OP?

The cat treats us to an aria ,used to be every night but not so much now,hence his nameSmile

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NotAPuffin · 21/06/2017 16:36

Their skin has the same patterns and their coats (just like tigers have stripy skin), and it extends into their mouths as well. It's like their little toe beans being different colours.

Puccini does not have necrotic gob disease.

Reow · 21/06/2017 16:37

Aw

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 21/06/2017 16:39

No it's not 'aw',it's bloody annoying ,good job we love him Wink

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Tokelau · 21/06/2017 16:41

Our black and white cat has a huge black freckle on the roof of his mouth, I see it when he yawns.

I just tried looking inside our other cat's mouth. It didn't go well. Grin

Prokupatuscrakedatus · 21/06/2017 17:14

Just checked, same here. Bleck freckles.

Wh0Kn0wsWhereTheTimeGoes · 21/06/2017 17:16

My gentle tortie has this, also pigment patches on the pads of her paws. I don't know about my black and white, she'd have my arm off if I tried to find out.

TizzyDongue · 21/06/2017 17:19

I'm going to check this when if he comes in soon.

He's a stripy ginger so I'm hoping for a stripy mouth now!

Oldraver · 21/06/2017 17:29

Ernie is a black and white cat with non symetrical markings on his face..they continue in his mouth as well.

So yes he has several black marks in his mouth

susurration · 21/06/2017 17:36

Suscat is all black with a tiny handful of white hair on her bib, and she has a mostly black mouth too, only her gums are pink. Freaked me out when I realised, but the vet said she is perfectly healthy.

susurration · 21/06/2017 17:37

She also has black insides of her ears and black paw pads too.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 21/06/2017 17:38

Ds is home from school and is pleading with the cat to yawn so he can take a look Grin cat is ignoring him!

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VivienneWestwoodsKnickers · 21/06/2017 17:40

While everyone is looking in unimpressed cats mouths, please check their teeth and gums.

My moggy had a massive infection in her canine and it probably went unnoticed for weeks before I randomly looked in her mouth. She had to have it removed.

I felt like a terrible cat mother.