And the Award for Weirdest Effin' Cat Goes to...

This photo, for reasons absolutely unknown, reminds me of Dakota Fanning.

So I've had my two cats for almost a year now and just when I finally started to believe I understood cats, Tika has slapped my confidence in the face.

Tika has always been cuddly and affectionate, but for the past couple of months, she's come up to me, expecting to be petted, only to get pushed away. Why?

Because one side of her face will be completely soaked.





Yes, I actually took several pictures over a span

of a week to document this phenomena.

The first time, I thought she just accidentally ran her face into the water bowl (she's not the most graceful), but she's came up to me with a wet face too many times now. I doubt it takes that long to figure out what water does when you stick your head in it.

So, the only other thing I can think of that can get her face soaked other than water is saliva. As in, my cat is drooling all over herself.



Wtf. I already have to deal with Lucy drooling puddles on the floor, and now I have to deal with a slobery cat?



Now, not only do I constantly worry about my own health, I am also a hypochondriac by proxy. This means that I ended up frantically clicking through Pet-themed, WebMD-lookalike websites, searching for what horrible illness she might have.   

Droplets. Actual droplets.


So far, the top candidates are a root tooth absess, a cancerous mass or happiness. Yes, apparently some cats drool when filled with pure bliss. Kinda like how some people drool when filled with alcohol.

 

Since she's been acting totally normal (eating well, still active), she's always coming up to me purring, and the drooling seems to come and go, I actually think she's suffering from euphoria. 

And boy, must she ever be overjoyed, because sometimes its so bad that she'll shake her head, and water will go flying everywhere, as if she was a St. Bernard running a marathon with bacon as the prize.


Are these pictures overkill? It's probably overkill.



I feel like rainwear may sometimes be required when handling her.



It is honestly the weirdest and grossest thing. And yet, with the kind of little family we have here, I'm surprised I didn't expect some oddities out of the cats as well.

Does anyone else's cat drool? Andrew's cousin Miss Love had a cat that drooled a lot, but it also got its neck caught in the pull string of some window blinds when it was a kitten, so we just assumed brain damage.

Sidenote: His name was Cooper, but I renamed him Superstar. I tend to rename everyone else's cat to suit my own vision of the cat.  Ghetto-kitty, Hootie-Cat, Bitch, and Sketchy-cat are others I renamed. I never said I was creatively naming them.

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If the drooling persists or I notice anything unusual, I'm bringing her straight to the vet. So no need to freak out about her health and safety!