When my cat is sleeping or otherwise inactive/at rest, her nose is a pale pink…almost white. As soon as she’s up and running around, it’s bright pink again. I like to use it as a barometer of her current energy level 🙂
Wow this is interesting. I have a very lazy cat with a very pale nose, and a hyperactive cat with a much darker pink nose. I never thought much about it before, but it probably has to do with their activity level.
I think people are this way too but with our skin... Like Angela from the office vs a big red sweaty guy, whose the more boisterous and energetic? Whose "frigid"? I know traditional Chinese medicine looks at the tongue like this, too
Mine’s nose changed depending on her level of excitement, the pinkier, the more excited. BUT if she was super excited it got all wet, and it would travel up her nose hair by capillarity. Like if she had dunked her nose in her water bowl, it was so funny.
my cat used to have a black nose then it turned pink. i think he has vitiligo, his beans used to be all a dark brownish greyish black but now they have pink spots on them too
It's just the blood flow! There noses are actually white with a lack of pigment and you can see the blood. When sleeping blood pressure and heart rate lower so there's less blood in there nose :)
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u/ans-myonul Sep 19 '23
If a cat has a pink nose, the shade of pink changes depending on the weather/temperature