Why Cats Hold Their Mouth Open in a Funny Way
Are you wondering why cats hold their mouth open in a funny way? They most often do it after sniffing the floor or an object. It’s normal cat behavior. I noticed it as a child. I had cats as pets, but I never knew why they did it. No one else seemed to know either, and without the Internet, I wasn’t able to look up an answer. Back then, I wouldn’t have even known how to describe that behavior, but I’ve always wanted to know why they do it. Now I know why cats hold their mouth open in a funny way, and I want to share a hilarious story about my cats Panda and Baby.
What Cats Have That Most Other Mammals Don’t
Unlike people and most other animals, cats have scent receptors in the roof of their mouth. When they hold their mouth open over an interesting spot, they pull air in and receive valuable information about the substance. That’s why cats hold their mouth open in a funny way. They’re trying to process the scent. It’s called flehming or a flehmen response. It looks really strange, and that’s why people wonder why they’re doing it.
My Cat’s Hilarious Reaction to My Husband’s Cat, Baby
Now that you know why cat’s hold their mouth open in a funny way, I have to share a hilarious story about my cat Panda and my husband’s cat Baby. My husband’s cat had been outside, and she came in dirty. The fur on her legs is supposed to be white, but it was as gray as the rest of her coat. She needed a bath, and she didn’t mind. My husband gave her a bath in the utility tub and towel-dried her.
Why Cats Hold Their Mouth Open in a Funny Way
After Baby had her bath, she sat on the family room floor looking a bit irritated. Panda looked confused. After all, he wasn’t used to seeing Baby with towel-dried fur. She also smelled different too.
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When she got up and walked away, Panda took the opportunity to sniff the floor where she had been sitting. He went from holding his mouth open in a flehmen response to immediately gagging. It was hilarious! The smell of cat shampoo was apparently too much for his scent receptors. His flehmen response went from comical to hilarious. I was laughing, but he looked really ticked!
Learn More About Why Cats Do That
Now that you know why cats hold their mouth open in a funny way, would you like to learn more about cat behavior? The book entitled The Cat Behavior Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You’ll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You’ll Ever Ask is a valuable source of info on just about everything that you’d want to know about cats. It’s available for Kindle, in flexibound and paperback, and it’s 337 pages in length. It’s a highly rated book on cat behavior, and it would be a valuable resource to have on hand when you’re wondering why your cat is doing something strange.
I liked this one also i always wondered why thanks