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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

3017.0. "Black stains in Cat mouth ?" by UGSUP6::SYSTEM () Tue Nov 07 1989 11:09

    
    
    Quick Question ?
    
    I noticed black stuff on my cats gums recently ?  Is it just that
    she needs a brushing or what ?  She seems fine!  Anything of concern?
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3017.1STOR06::DALEYTue Nov 07 1989 11:492
    is she an orange cat?
    
3017.2freckle faceASABET::M_HAYESTue Nov 07 1989 12:1010
    
    
    My cat has the same black spots on her gums.  I asked the vet, and 
    he said this is very common for orange cats, and they are simply
    "freckles".  Nothing to worry about.
    
    In fact, Ginger's nose is just starting to get a few tiny spots as
    well as her gums.
    
    Maureen
3017.3PENPAL::TRACHMANExoticSH=Persian in UnderwearTue Nov 07 1989 13:251
    My Lara has black lips !!!
3017.4Interesting about orange cats...TOOLS::HORNTue Nov 07 1989 14:396
	
	My Sammy is an orange cat and has had black "freckles" on his
	mouth (and 1 on his nose) ever since.  He's fine otherwise,
	except he is incredibly lazy (sleeps 18 hrs a day!).  

	Is that typical of orange cats, I wonder?  :^)
3017.5me tooEDUHCI::GOLDBERGTue Nov 07 1989 14:458
    
    
    Mine mumma who is an orange tiger has a *big* brown freckle on her
    lip to the inside of her mouth.  When I first found her I would
    look, then look twice thinking wait a minute is something wrong
    but its just a birthmark or something..
    
    F.
3017.6ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZUSEM::MCQUEENEYBob - US/FDC Ops. ManagerTue Nov 07 1989 17:358
    	Ruffles, the wonder cat, is orange and white.  He, too, has
    the black marks in his mounth, on his lips, and gums.  He's a very
    large and healthy cat, but LAZY.  He'll sleep for hours and hours,
    get up and move somewhere, then sleep there for hours and hours.
    Maybe it is a trend with older orange cats, as per -.2 mentioned.
    
    	McQ
    
3017.7Not just orange catsSUBURB::ODONNELLJWed Nov 08 1989 06:413
    Oliver is black and white - he's not a pedigree - and he has a large
    black mark over the left side of his gums. He also has a similar
    black spot on the tip of his nose. Rather sweet, I thought.
3017.8Redheads always have freckles!VAXWRK::SKALTSISDebWed Nov 08 1989 13:2810
    Argus J. Pussycat, Esq., who prefers to think of himself as "golden"
    rather than orange, also has a black spot on his gums. I asked the vet
    about it and the answer was "Have you ever known a red-head without
    freckles"?

    Alexandra the Greatest, also has them, but she is a blue/gray and white
    tuxedo cat.

    Deb

3017.9Julie, too!CLUSTA::TAMIRACMS design while-u-waitMon Nov 13 1989 19:305
    Well, my little redhead, Julie, has black freckles, too!
    
    You learn sumthin new every day.....
    
    Mary
3017.10STUDIO::JENNISONFly Me To The MoonThu Nov 16 1989 10:277
    my Alex has a big black freckle on his Tongue! It is really cute 
    	when he yawns. He also has them on his gums. He is Black Coon
    	 cat with stripes...
    
    my Brad has one black spot right on his nose! He is Blonde...Yes
    
    	SueJ
3017.11CRUISE::NDCDTN: 297-2313Fri Nov 17 1989 07:203
    My parents' dog, Mindy, has spots on her tongue.  She's a 
    shepherd/husky mix.