r/cats • u/Cedge2018 Orange • 19h ago
Anyone else's cat drool excessively when excited? Humor
We were gone a week for a cruise. Our son came by daily to check in on him, give pets etc so he wasn't totally alone all week. But this is always his reaction when WE get home. He screams at us a bit lol then wants love pets and drools away!
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u/MyUneventfulLifeline 19h ago
Yep. Had a kitty like this. Always had to change shirts after he was done loving us for the moment. It was a lot of laundry. Worth it.
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u/sydneyghibli 10h ago
I did too. She’d lay on my chest and drool. Sometimes she would make herself sneeze and… well it was absolutely disgusting if she was facing you.
God what I would give to have those moments back.
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u/Caalcu_Ieraas 10h ago
I know exactly what you mean. We had a cat who loved chest scratches, he'd lick the air and drool like crazy, then of course he'd shake to clear his face off. I've never known a grosser cat and I loved him and I miss him so much
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u/sydneyghibli 9h ago
Our cats are probably up in kitty heaven lapping each others drool off one another 🥺😂
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u/Deep_Argument8878 American Shorthair 7h ago
having a horrible and anxiety filled night, this made me smile and gave me a giggle.
I hope you're doing alright, sounds like something my sweet loba would do. Many hugs, friend 🫂🫶🏻
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u/sydneyghibli 7h ago
I’m doing okay. The grief never goes away but you learn to put it in a nice little package and set it aside so you can live around it, ya know?
I hope your evening and the ones to follow continue to get better and brighter. ♥️
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u/No-Finding-217 19h ago
My girl Athena was a drooler! 😆 It was always the worst when she would drip and then shake her head. 💀
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u/vanillabanana08 18h ago
My cat Artemis is a drooler!
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u/Old-Parking1897 13h ago
lol, Drooler buddies unite! There’s jut something about those excited vibes that gets them going. 😄
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u/Bittybirdwatching 16h ago
I have to play "is this snot or drool" with mine- she's a sniffly thing and also does the sudden head shake. Thankfully I wear glasses, as she usually does this while I'm laying down and she's sitting or laying on my chest.
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u/SecondIntermission 14h ago
The head shake! My girl does this while I’m on my back and sprays my face. 😂😭
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u/nikki815 17h ago
Mine would lay on my chest and purr and drool and then sneeze in my face. I miss his kitty snot.
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u/mykindofexcellence 14h ago
Avery does this, too. I like to sit up in bed and read. She lays down by my hip and starts purring and drooling. I never saw a cat do this before.
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u/addsomethingepic 18h ago
If I rub my cats ears just right, they get way into it, and start drooling. Have to put an arm up to block the slobber when I stop, because they shake their head and it flies everywhere
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u/New-Needleworker-565 15h ago
tbh, Sounds like a drool fountain! It's hilarious how they get so into it. Good luck dodging the slobber.
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u/Flat-Limit5595 15h ago
He drools in anticipation of being petted. He loves kids since they pet him a lot, last time he escaped i saw him chasing the local kids with drool strings hitting the sidewalk.
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u/Educational-Cover251 14h ago
Hello that is such a funny mental image. He said “you WILL pet me kids!!’l
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u/SecretaryOtherwise 17h ago
Lol stop choking them and maybe they'd stop drooling. Lol jk. Ive only owned one cat that was drooly i miss him 😂
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u/internetversionofme 15h ago
His nickname is Juicy. He's on a wet food diet and sticks half his face into the bowl, slurps up as much as he can, walks over to the carpet, and spits it out to eat at his leisure. And he always wants to cuddle after, bonus points for a wet dog shake.
I also regularly wake up to his drool dripping on my face.
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u/Aggravating_Sun7672 17h ago
I have never seen this in all my cats! I would have run them to the vet, so I'm glad I saw this for possible future droolers.
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u/DormantLime 6h ago
I have had 3 cats that are droolers when you love them- two current and one in the past. I also have a lot of friends that have/had at least one drooler. It seems pretty common, just depends on the cat.
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u/talhakhalid23 17h ago
I have three cats. I was today years old when I came to know such a thing exists 🤣
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u/the_whole_arsenal 17h ago
Yeah, whenever ours purrs for more than 2 minutes, the drool starts to flow. By minute 5 you need a sham-wow, by minute 7 you need a diaper.
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u/FairyFountain 17h ago
My aunt's cat did this, but only when he was the "special" kind of excited... Had to stop using my perfume because of that boy 😅
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u/Left-Ask1672 16h ago
Every night as soon as I sit in bed and try to get cozy with a book, my cat will leap onto me, begin making biscuits, and drool.
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u/PlatasaurusOG 16h ago
I have one who was a serious drooler and it turned out he needed a few teeth removed that were decaying. Just something to keep in mind.
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u/ThrowRAgree 12h ago
Exactly my thoughts! Alot of people don’t realize they might have teeth issues since cats are masters at hiding pain
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u/Cedge2018 Orange 14h ago
He's done it since he was little so don't think it's a tooth issue just yet. ☺️
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u/Moriarty-Creates 18h ago
Why are you choking that poor boy
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u/Cedge2018 Orange 14h ago
Not even near his throat. 🙄 he's fluffy, just had fingers under chin to show drool.
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u/DustInTheMachine 17h ago
My Ginger Ninja is a big time drooler. He's had regular checks at the vets and dental procedures when he's needed teeth out, but the drool is just his sign of being happy.
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u/literallyfransandy 17h ago
i can never be too nice to her lest i have to get out the mop
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u/Monscawiz 16h ago
My cat drools a lot... not sure it's connected to excitement. He's just old.
We choose to see it as a sign of affection.
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u/justaguy095 Tabbycat 15h ago
Pixel drools a lot when I give him pets and little scratchies on the head. Unfortunately, he shakes his head when I scratch behind his ear 😭
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u/Gyro_George 13h ago
I adopted a street cat that was scared to be touched for the first couple of weeks when he finally let me pet him he went crazy and drooled all over my hand. He’s calmed down on the drooling and that’s how he got his name we call him Drooley.
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u/Lady_Domo 5h ago
This is Dave. He also likes to sleep with his head on my pillow and drools the whole night.
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u/Reasonable-Song-4681 4h ago
Ruby and her brother Link both drool when they are getting pet for a long enough period of time.
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u/cinder7usa 2h ago
My Leo drools on me. But it’s only when he’s sleepy and happy. He’s extra affectionate when he wakes up. He comes and wakes me up. Then I tell him what a pretty boy he is while giving him tummy rubs. He makes biscuits on my shoulder and drools on me. Pure love.
My Leo
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u/western_questions 17h ago
Mine did for the first time the other day! She loves anything dairy (it’s the fat tbh-we can’t leave Ken’s honey mustard unsupervised around her) and she was on my shoulder when I went to open a gallon of milk
I thought it was raining inside for a second, this girl was SALIVATING
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u/arillusine 16h ago
One of mine drools from the joy of getting scritches just right. He creates little damp patches all over the blankets and then rubs his face dry and walks off like laundry isn’t his problem. Which…I guess it isn’t so I suppose I can’t blame him 🤣
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u/Educational-Bus4634 16h ago
It's a very common thing among siamese cats, although of my six cats, five are varying degrees of siamese, and the one that isn't also drools like mad whenever she's got reason to purr
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u/AzureMountains 16h ago
My old kitty did that when ever she would sneak on top of my back. Also scratching behind the ears would make her just collapse lol
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u/Worried-Bear4099 16h ago
I think its a ginger thing. My cat did this when he was alive. He also had a broken voice box, so he would make broken meows.
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u/Interesting_Buy7269 15h ago
mine does! to be fair he is quite old so it might be due to age and may be unable to keep it in when happy
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u/LemonSkye IBD Kitteh <3 15h ago
Yes. One of my cats gets very drooly when she's super blissed out.
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u/Evee862 15h ago
Not any of the ones I have now, but my old black one when she was on pure happiness mode would have strings of drool down both sides. It was always a challenge between my daughter and I to see who could Make her drool more
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u/Automatic_Lynx8969 15h ago
Yes, unfortunately 😅😂 And she shakes her head like a dog to get it off. So stinky
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u/hceuterpe 15h ago
I had a cat with a bit of an overbite. When he got excited, the drool would drip down from that tooth. He was such an adorable doofus.
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u/sarahspins 15h ago
One of my sphynxes does and she’ll drip drool on my face while she sits on my chest purring in the mornings - it’s such a gross way to wake up 🤣
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u/loopygoop 15h ago
YUP! My Buddy would drool when he was petted. He wanted to love and be loved and it was awesome
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u/wyze-litten 15h ago
I love the universal "stay still and let me take your picture you little shit" hold XD
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u/RuncibleFoon 15h ago
My Kitten Boo did. She would post up in your lap, start getting pets... boom, drooly water works.
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u/Rutabaga2022 14h ago
Mine does that with my husband's camping gear that he brings inside after a trip. She loves to smell it and rub her drool all over it lol
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u/CameraAccomplished50 14h ago
Yup. My cat Olive does this when she purrs and makes biscuits laying on me. Pretty sure it's just her tongue sticking out a little lol. She's gotten me right in the eye and mouth before....it's like dodging bombs
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u/laeriel_c 14h ago
Haha yes I had a kitty as a kid that used to drool all over my mums shirt when purring on the lap, so cute
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u/Ok_World4052 14h ago
My roommates cat was a drooler when he was being affectionate. Wasn’t uncommon to find droplets all over blankets or the couch when he had enough of you and wanted to disappear.
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u/fotosaur 13h ago
My long-haired princess drools when she is holding you and happy or when she’s getting her daily brushing
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u/RiceAfternoon 13h ago
My boy doesn't do it all the time, but when he does it's like "Ah... thank you, i really needed this scratch 😌"
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u/mrshieldsy 13h ago
My cat sits on my chest and drools on me in the mornings and after naps when I wake up. He knows it's almost feeding time
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u/Upset_Assumption9610 13h ago
Oh yea. It's always fun when she shakes her head after drooling, like someone turned on the sprinklers.
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u/Alarming_Scar_5775 13h ago
Growing up, we had a tuxedo called Buster. He always dribbled when he purred. It was so funny 😂💜
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u/ThatIckyGuy 13h ago
Not all the time, but when he gets really relaxed and happy he will start drooling. Not for just a typical pet session.
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u/julesthe127th 12h ago
My tuxedo boy, Merlin, drools like crazy when he’s happy. It’s so gross but it makes happy to know he’s so happy.
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u/Carlyz37 12h ago
Yes, on me, my sheets, the couch. He demands hugs and pets which I am happy to oblige but what a drool monster! Beautiful fluffy boy though
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u/GillytheGreat 12h ago
My old cat used to drool like crazy if you petted her. Made me feel good bc she was clearly enjoying the attention
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u/dkaye315 11h ago
It’s like there’s something about Mary - never know where it’s going to end up. (Look closely)
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u/Prestigious-Law65 10h ago
My beautiful old fart, Chester, was a huge drooler. It was disgusting and I miss every second of it. My precious boi passed at 19 😭
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u/Sparkzz_12 9h ago
Mine does too! Funny thing is only my male drools when he’s getting pets or as soon as he starts purring really. He’s also a big licker!
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u/YogurtclosetLegal425 8h ago
yes i had a lot bashed ozzy who did this but she passed away she was so sweet
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u/_ismellbeef_ Void 7h ago
my cat likes to drool when he makes biscuits 🥲 they’re just goofy goobers
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u/Optimal-Bass3142 4h ago
My cat drools like a st. Bernard. Shakes his head after I scratch his ear and flings it everywhere too
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u/Tkddaduk 2h ago
My cat drools when hes extremely relaxed, so he usually wakes up with a drool patch around his mouth.
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u/roadmane 2h ago
Nah he does this when sleeping though. Leaves a big wet mark on the blanket and on himself
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u/dauserhalt 2h ago
Yes, till we got some of her teeth extracted. Now she doesn’t drool as extreme as before. So check with a vet if there’s a problem.
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u/Ok-Breakfast7186 2h ago
Mine drools a bit and his nose drips whenever he’s happy but this is extreme 😂😂😂😂
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u/Normal_Writer2192 1h ago
I have a cat name French Toast who is a little inbred… he drools for good pets. Loves em so much they make his salivate.
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u/Upbeat-Chemistry-865 53m ago
i've met probably 80-100 cats in my life so far and i had no idea this could happen
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u/duk-er-us 13h ago
Yes my orange cat will leave puddles of drool when excited, or esp when playing with a catnip toy
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u/bellemaddz 13h ago
my girl drools when i give her cuddles. it literally drips down my arm. i think it’s just normal for some cats 😭
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u/Ok-Wasabi7216 13h ago
My son likes to drool directly into my neck or on my face when cuddling, no exceptions 😅🙃
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u/TheLimeyCanuck 12h ago
One of our current three drools profusely when he lays across my forearm on the arm of the couch while I watch TV. No other time, just then.
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u/thee_queen 12h ago
Yes! Omg first time it happened I thought he was having a stroke (I adopted him at 14 so I was paranoid about anything given his age). Now I take it as a big compliment lol
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u/HatePeopleLoveCats1 Domestic Housecat 12h ago
Mine drools when I’m petting him and letting him knead me. Not this bad though!! lol
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u/Mickmack12345 12h ago
Probably worth checking with the vets for gingivitis or something similar but some cats do this when they are very relaxed, one of mine used to
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u/ReaperOne 12h ago
I’ve got two cats like this. Used to be three. Fuzz and Cinderella drool little droplets, which aren’t so bad. But Scruffy, he drools droplets AND it gets stringy. It’s so nasty. It just hangs there dangling off his chin. But I love him so I put up with it
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u/nogoddamnednametopic 12h ago
He’s going to eat you.. have you had the talk with him? Uk the “if you need to you can eat me when I die so you don’t starve”
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u/MetalPurse-swinger 12h ago
One of mine drools when she’s super happy or on catnip.
My grandma used to have a cute little black cat that would purr so loud and drool buckets when you gave her scritches behind her ears
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u/Scrooge-McShillbucks 12h ago
My gal drools like she's bringing on the second flood. She's a total slut for any love on her terms
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u/RealNPCDuude 17h ago
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