Cat sleep mouths yawning animals. See more ideas about dog cat pets and pretty cats. On the polar opposite end of the spectrum lack of saliva can also cause lip smacking in cats. When cats discover an interesting scent they open their mouths as they try to identify the aroma. The condition that involves insufficient levels of saliva is known as xerostomia or more simply dry mouth if you observe not only lip smacking but frequent pushing out of the tongue in your cat she may just be dealing with a case of xerostomia.
But while looking at cute pictures of animals yawning is all good you should also know that most times when animals yawn they do not do so because they are bored or sleepy. Cats and humans may also be prone to yawning when cooling down after energetic activity. Essentially the cat is opening her mouth to suck in the air into the jacobsons organ and take a really deep sniff of the odor. Jun 13 2019 explore nancybeads board cat yawning followed by 162 people on pinterest.
Cats often yawn when transitioning between sleep and alert states. As your cat considers the scent she sucks in air and transfers it to a jacobsons organ also known as the vomeronasal sac which can be found behind the teeth in the roof of a cats mouth. Charlies flehmen reaction this special sensory organ called the vomeronasal organ or jacobsons organ allows a cat to have 14 times the sense of smell of a human. Cats yawn as an attempt to gain more oxygen or because of boredom preparing to sleep or getting ready for bed.
This will make it fall asleep a lot faster and sounder too. When the cat is ready to sleep it yawns to help it relax some more. But the thing about animals yawning especially the little ones is that they are not aware that they are about to yawn and this makes a really adorable image. It is rare to see cats yawn when running playing or fighting.
Like humans cats yawn when bored tired or when first awakening.