Cat that keeps getting swollen mouth????

United States
January 1, 2007 11:08pm CST
My 4 year old cat goes through periods of where his bottom lip will swell. I thought about what could be causing this but it has done it for a long time now. It will get better then a month or so later it gets swollen again. I've thought of everything from biting on paper to rubbing it on the screen looking out the window. He is a house cat and has had his claws removed as well as neutered. I've had him on a healthy diet since a kitten and even had to put him on a Science Diet formula due to his size. I've moved residences with him and it puffed up at the old place too. Any ideas as to why his lip and chin could keep puffing up from month to month even though he don't bite on anything other than food?
2 responses
@conniej14 (248)
• United States
2 Jan 07
He may have some type of allergy. You might want to take him to the vet. Animals get all kinds of crazy things just like humans.
@CatVegas (709)
• United States
2 Jan 07
You should really have a Vet take a look at it. It might be as simple as tarter on his teeth or even a bad tooth. But I wouldn't just guess at it, I really think you should take him to a Vet to check it out. Also you might try looking on the Web like thru googl.com and see if you can find anything on it there. Look under Cats health, it might give you a idea of what is causing it.