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Why is my cat drooling heavily all of a sudden but seems fine?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Male | neutered | 1 year and 6 months old | 20 lbs

Hello, my cat recently started drooling heavy and I’m really concerned. I would like to know why this is happening considering this has never happened before. He’s eating and drinking water fine, he’s acting perfectly fine. There is NO foam around the mouth area .

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on October 24th, 2019

This usually happens due to a dental or gum disease, if this persists for more than a week, take him to your vet to get it checked and treated. gum inflammation is very common in cats, in some cases it can be treated medically with very high success.

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