When a cat starts drooling or leaving a wet chin and damp patches behind, the question that matters is "is this a happy purr-drool, or a sign of a sore mouth or feeling sick - and is it getting worse?" PetHealthLog lets you log each episode with a time stamp, note how much and which side, record bad breath, mouth pawing or a poor appetite, and watch the trend - so you can tell a relaxed dribble from a real change. Free, no account, works offline.
Start tracking - it's freeVeterinary sources warn that drooling can occasionally signal something urgent. If your cat is drooling heavily and suddenly with no clear reason, has blood in the saliva, is pawing hard at the mouth or has a swollen face, has stopped eating or drinking, seems to have something stuck in the mouth or throat, is struggling to breathe or swallow, or may have licked or chewed a plant, chemical or medication, this is not a watch-and-wait situation - contact your vet or an emergency clinic now. This tracker is for keeping a record, not for delaying care when a cat looks unwell.
Veterinary sources describe a little drooling as sometimes normal in a calm, purring cat that is kneading or being petted, and some cats dribble briefly around food. Because cats do not usually drool the way dogs do, what changes the picture is drooling that is new, frequent or heavy. Common reasons include dental disease - gingivitis, a painful or fractured tooth, or a mouth abscess - as well as nausea, an upper respiratory infection, a bitter taste or toxin, stress, heat, or in some cases a more serious mouth or throat problem.
The trouble is that drooling is easy to half-notice and hard to judge from memory. Was it only while purring, or out of nowhere? Has the wet chin become an everyday thing this week? Is your cat eating less, or turning its head as if one side hurts? A vague "she has been a bit dribbly" is hard to act on, and it is exactly the kind of detail a vet asks about.
PetHealthLog is free, asks for no account and works offline, so each time you notice it you can log when it happened, how much, which side, and what else you see. The trend is right there, the change is visible, and you have a real record instead of a guess when you call.
A drool log only helps if it is quick to fill in the moment you notice and turns scattered impressions into something you can read. Here is how PetHealthLog handles both.
Note when the drooling happened and roughly how much - a damp chin, a small puddle, or stringy saliva - and each entry lands on the timeline with the date. Over days you can see whether it is occasional and calm, or building and more frequent.
Mark whether the drool seems to come from one side of the mouth or both, and whether this is new behaviour. A cat favouring one side, or drooling that started this week, is the kind of detail that is easy to forget but useful to a vet.
Drooling rarely travels alone. Add a quick note on bad breath, pawing or rubbing at the mouth, dropping food, eating less, hiding or being off colour. These details fade fast and help a vet judge whether a sore mouth or nausea is likely.
Record whether it followed a meal, a stressful event, a new medication, or a moment of being petted, so a pattern is easy to spot - a happy purr-drool on the lap, or dribbling that started after a dental flare.
Export a clean PDF of the entries, their dates, how much, which side and the symptoms alongside. If you do end up at the clinic, the conversation starts from a real timeline instead of "she has been drooling a bit lately, I think."
General guidance from veterinary sources - when in doubt, call. The tracker helps you spot these, it does not decide them.
When a vet has looked at the cause, owners often keep a few gentle basics on hand for routine mouth care: a vet-approved cat dental gel or enzymatic toothpaste, soft finger brushes, and dental-friendly treats or water additives. None of these treat dental disease, a painful tooth, nausea or any of the reasons a cat drools, and none replace a vet exam or any prescribed care - they just support everyday mouth hygiene once a vet has checked things. Never give a cat human toothpaste or human medication, and never assume cleaning will fix a painful mouth.
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You spot a drooling cat at odd moments - a damp patch on the blanket, a wet chin during a cuddle, saliva on a paw after a meal. The last thing that should stand between you and noting it down is a login screen or a spinning loader.
PetHealthLog stores everything locally on your device. There is no account to create, nothing is uploaded to a server, and there is no tracking. It opens instantly, lets you log an episode or check the trend whether or not you are online, and keeps the data yours. You can export a backup any time and restore it on another phone.
Free, offline, and ready the moment you open it.
Start with PetHealthLogIf a vet has diagnosed stomatitis, switch from spotting drool to tracking mouth pain, eating and medication.
For painful resorptive lesions, log signs of mouth pain and how eating changes between vet checks.
Drooling and a poor appetite often go together. Track meals and intake to see how much your cat is really eating.
If nausea is part of the picture, log each episode and watch the pattern alongside the drooling.