Moist nose — sign of good health and health of a cat and if it suddenly becomes dry and hot, owners begin to worry. The similar attentiveness and keenness is very laudable, but sometimes for this purpose there is no good motive.
There is no reason for concern
The cat's nose is moistened with the secret allocated by a mucous membrane, besides, the cat itself licks it.
However if you noticed that you at a cat a dry nose, do not hurry to be anxious — so happens after the active game or a severe stress if the pet sleeps or just woke up if it is in badly aired room or just lies near the battery. Also dry noses happen at cats who lead an inactive life. During the day the cat's nose can change the state from dry on damp and back several times — and it is quite normal.
Besides, it is necessary to take into account that normal temperature at cats is 2 wasps higher, than at the person therefore to the touch the cat's nose quite often seems to the owner hot.
Nevertheless, it is worth observing a cat more attentively, check her nose more often. And if you noticed that it remains dry too long, and the cat, usually mobile and playful, became apathetic, sluggish and lost appetite, it is time to take measures. First of all, take temperature in the traditional way still of house because in veterinary clinic the pet will begin to be nervous, and his temperature "will jump up" because of it. At a cat can "report" about temperature increase also the reddened ears which seem hot to the touch too.
Disturbing signs
The reason of dryness of a nose at a sick cat can disappear in the increased temperature and also in organism dehydration because of what a secret is not produced in enough. A reason for alarm are cracks, crusts or sores on a nose of a cat - it is symptom of a skin disease. In this case the pet needs definitely to be carried to the veterinarian. The cat's nose can signal about an illness not only dryness. If allocations from a nose are, they have to be transparent. And here yellow, green even if the black allocations foaming or dense, say that the cat needs to be carried on survey to the doctor. Too cold nose — too bad sign, he can speak about overcooling, poisoning or shock. However it is remarkable that at cats of some breeds the shade of a nose changes depending on a season, and pigmentation on a nose speaks not about diseases, and about old age. About these subtleties the owners should learn from experts not to be anxious in vain. So nose temperature — the relative phenomenon and not a really reliable indicator. It is better to estimate health of a cat on her behavior in general, at disturbing "calls" to take temperature independently and if necessary already to carry the pet to experts. Well and, certainly, to watch that the cat's nose was clean, not filled with dirt or allocations.