do cats sweat?

Answer 1

Do cats sweat?

Have you ever seen the cat covered with sweat? The warm energy of cats, like of dogs, would hardly turn into sweat because there are few sweat glands. It seems that dogs do not pay attention to this fact and run very quickly either in hot weather or in cold one. But after that they fall tired and breathe quickly with wide opened mouth and put out tongue trying to cool themselves down. It corresponds to their hunting methods. The wild dogs usually catch up their preys while the cats steals up to them.

One of the main functions of sweat secrete is to cool the animal down: when the thin wet surface evaporates, the warmth gathers from the skin and it courses cooling down.

The cats pays more attention to themselves than dogs and they won't run in hot weather without any reason. Besides while resting it tries to take the position which excludes over heating and that is why the constant low speed of exchange of substances remains. The control of body temperature depends on the choice of the place by cat. In a warm day the cat will often go from the sunny place to shadow and back to keep inner comfort. In general, the more your cat takes care of itself the longer its life will be and it will be longer than the dogs life.

If the cat had lost its sweat glands the attention to its inner temperature is very important. Everybody, who was the witness of terrible pains of cat what has overheated after long being situated at the hot place and couldn't change the temperature of its body with the help of regulation of air temperature, understands this. The short and quick breathing and wide opened eyes could hardly be forgotten.

Cats have some sweat glands which are situated in such places as cheeks and lips, around teats and between the paws cushions. They are also mixed with the greasy glands near the anal glands.

The pose of cat during the rest can be the good indicator which shows the difference between cats own temperature and air temperature around. If the cat coils up then it is cold and if it stretches on the floor then it is hot. Also it is clear when the cat sleeps near the fire or demonstrate its belly to the sun. and if the temperature is between those positions the cat can partly coil up.

But the cat's skin is almost indifferent to heat or cold. It can normally take the temperature which is unbearable for people, for example, it can walk on the red-hot tin roof.

But the nose and upper lip of cat are very sensible to the least changing of temperature and can be considered as the outer thermometer.

Answer 2

Cats have sweat glands in the pads of their paws. They can sweat through these, as anyone who has ever held a nervous cat on their lap while wearing shorts can attest to.

Otherwise, cats do not have seat glands on their bodies and cannot cool themselves by sweating. They will pant when they get overheated, but cannot cool themselves the way dogs can by panting. Cats really kick back and take it easy when it gets hot. You can tell how hot it is by how flat and long a cat spreads itself out. The hotter the temperature, the looooonger a recumbent cat becomes to dissipate temperature.

Because cats can't dissipate heat very well, they need shade and a lot of water when it gets hot.

Answer 3

all mammals sweat - in fact a good definition of a mammal would be a vertebrate having a constant body temperature and characterised by the presence of hair, mammary glands, and sweat glands.

The mammals metabolism controls heat production, and the sweat glands help cool the body. These allow the mammal to maintain a constant body temperature, regardless of the environmental temperature.

Some animals have additional cooling features, like panting for dogs. Indeed the mammary gland, the breast is a adapted sweat gland. The only mammals to not have sweat glands in their skin, are the Dolphins and Whales - which are cooled by their environment.

Two main types of gland are found in the dermal layer of the skin of the cat - the sweat glands and the sebaceous glands. Most of the sebaceous glands are associated with hair follicles and produce an oily secretion, sebum, which waterproofs the hairs and maintains the suppleness of the skin. In addition, a collection of much larger sebaceous glands are found on the chin, the lips, the dorsal (top) surface of the base of the tail and also the eyelids, prepuce and scrotum. The collection of glands under the skin in the chin area is sometimes referred to as the submental organ and the glands around the base of the tail are known as the supracaudal organ.

The oily secretion of these larger sebaceous glands appears to have a role in territorial marking and cats will repeatedly rub their chin, lips, temporal area and base of tail over certain objects. In time the secretions build up on favourite marking objects and may be seen as black, greasy patches. Cat owners may have noticed that they are 'marked' by their pets on returning home. Cats will also often mark certain objects at feeding time.

While some people think a cat scratches to sharpen its claws, that is probably inaccurate. There are typically two reasons for scratching: the cat is marking its territory (cats have lots of sweat glands between their paw pads, and scratching leaves their scent on the clawed object); or, the cat is “filing down” its nails and removing the outer layer, because it has become itchy.

Answer 4

Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person sweats excessively and unpredictably. People with hyperhidrosis may sweat even when the temperature is cool or when they are at rest. Sweating helps the body stay cool. In most cases, it is perfectly natural. People sweat more in warm temperatures, when they exercise, or in response to situations that make them nervous, angry, embarrassed, or afraid.
Excessive sweating occurs without such triggers. Persons with hyperhidrosis appear to have overactive sweat glands. The uncontrollable sweating can lead to significant discomfort, both physical and emotional. When excessive sweating affects the hands, feet, and armpits, it is called primary or focal hyperhidrosis. In most cases, no cause can be found. It seems to run in families.
If the sweating occurs as a result of another medical condition, it is called secondary hyperhidrosis. The sweating may be all over the body or it may be in one area.


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Answer 5

Yes but nowhere near as much as animals that can't also cool down by panting.

Cats and dogs and other animals that mostly rely on panting to cool have fewer sweat glands than mammals that don't pant much like humans and horses etc and the ones they do have are mainly on the soles of their feet,around their tails and on their faces.

The bottom line is all mammals have sweat glands!

Answer 6

According to Indiana University's academic library, yes, they do. http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/catheat.html

"The truth is that cats do sweat. They sweat through their paws. A frightened cat may even leave a trail of wet footprints on the ground. However, because paws have too small a surface area to do much cooling, cats have developed additional strategies for coping with heat. For example, they seek out shady spots and try not to exert themselves. Also, like dogs, cats like to sprawl out on cool surfaces in a way that maximizes coolness and minimizes heat. As for those frequent baths your cat is taking, they work in the same way that sweating does. When the saliva evaporates off fur, it lowers body temperature."

Answer 7

Cats sweat only like canines with the aid of panting and with the aid of their paw pads. even nonetheless cats infrequently pant for extra advantageous than a min. or 2. in the adventure that your cat is consistently panting it rather is an emergency.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

They pant (sometimes) and the pads of their feet sweat. Dogs do the same thing. They don't sweat the same way people do.

Answer 10

actually cats DO sweat they are like dogs they sweat through their tongues aqnd it is expelled through their saliva.(Proud cat owner of 3 and have own as high as 16)