I'm totally stumped on this one...
Submitted by Kathy Chester N... on March 5, 2011 - 12:53pmChester gets drool attacks. He just drips and drips, makes huge puddles where he lays. It can go on for hours, in fact he had it last night and started again this morning. We first thought pain, took him to the orthopedist (he has some hemivertibrae) but he checked out fine. Nausea can cause drooling, we gave him a Cerenia last night and a pepcid this morning and it's still going on. Nothing in his mouth, he's been checked and checked again, no one can figure this out. He seems to feel fine this morning, wants to play with Newman. We are switching him to a new salmon based grain free from TOTW ($15 cheaper a bag), but he's done well on it before. Any ideas would be welcome.
Mr. Higgins does that too
He licks and licks and when I see that I find drool dripping down in large quantities. He soaks whatever he is sitting on. I have found out it is always pain with him.
He did it when his fentanyl patch wore off in October after surgery, and also does it after playing in the snow. His gum gets very red as if he eats the stuff, then after coming in and warming up it starts. I took him to the vet once when he did this and voila, no frostbite. He is only out on those really cold days about 10 min, and always with me. He sometimes puts his whole head in the snow and just loves it.
It is so cute to see a bully come up from the deep snow and see their face covered. He doesn`t shake it off for a few moments, I think just because he knows how cute he is and how I love it.
So from my experience, I would always blame it on pain. (with my bully that is) Bullies are so stoic as we know, which makes it difficult to know if they have pain or not.
I hope Chester stops it because I know how concerning it is.
I thought it was pain too but...
I would give him a tramadol and he would still do it. We try to keep him somewhat quiet because of his back, and when we saw Dr Bone (great name for an ortho doc) he poked, prodded and manipulated and nothing seemed to bother him or be out of place. At least he has good company with Mr Higgins, I just wish I could figure this out.
Karma, too...
My 8 year old male does this too! Sometimes he will just wake up and start. I have absolutely no idea why still! I have searched and searched the Internet and come up empty. The only thing I have found was that it seems to be common in labs. This is the I'm hearing of another bulldog doing this.
I'm sorry to hear your Bully is doing this too, but maybe now if we can put our heads together we can figure it out!
Missy
Drooling
Our female does the same thing...maybe once every 6 months and then only in the evening. She seems perfectly fine while it is happening. If she is sitting down there will be a puddle by her feet. If she lays down where ever she rests her head will be wet. Porkie will accept food, treats, play etc. will this is occuring. There appears to be no rhyme or reason for it to happen. She is extremely healthy (thank God). Other than being spayed she just has her annual physical visits. It worries me each time it happens but I haven't been able to figure out a trigger for incidents either.
Maggie Porkchop and Bubba
I have a 5 yr old female that
I have a 5 yr old female that occassionlay does this also. One episode of excessive drooling was followed by a seizure. I have had her seen by our vet and no known reason can be pin pointed. Very puzzling.
Fiona drooling
My 2 1/2 yr has had 2 bouts of the excessive drooling and the water just pours out of her mout. I read that sometimes they can get something stuck between their teeth and gums so we just use a clothe to rub her gums and it has worked. I hope you can find what really causes this.
Bev