# Can cats have... ahem... boogers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547 "2005-01-07T12:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/1 "2005-01-07T12:35:32Z")
Yesterday, I noticed that one of my feline sons sounded stuffy and and he was rubbing his paw over his nose. He tried “blowing” his a couple times, but no mucus came out. Later in the evening, he seemed fine. He hasn’t been acting sickly, and hasn’t had a runny nose. I’m wondering if he had a boogie and it finally came out. Are cats’ noses built for boogies? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/2 "2005-01-07T12:50:47Z")
I have been sneezed on by a cat. Yes, they have snot. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/3 "2005-01-07T12:57:18Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I have been sneezed on by a cat. > > Yes, they have snot. Well, I know they have snot. Boy, do I ever! Nothing like snuggling up with the kitty in your face, and after he looks into your eyes so dreamily… GA-SNORK!! Makes you want to scrub your face with Windex. I think I should have elaborated on my question. People, who have hairs up their shnozzes, form firm, semi-dry boogies. Cats do produce snot, but can they get boogers? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/4 "2005-01-07T13:18:07Z")
yes, they can. and for some reason they don’t want your help with them. eye crispies as well. they don’t want your help there either. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/5 "2005-01-07T13:24:14Z")
I have nothing sensible to add but old cats blow impressive spit bubbles. My mother’s 16 yr old blew THE most impressive spit bubble I have ever seen tonight. She’s lacking a few teeth and serious purring brings on serious drool. She has had coughing attacks from having grass stuck up her nose and she does get the sneezes but I have never seen a boogie. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/6 "2005-01-07T13:28:29Z")
Wise move, if your cat is secreting mucus in a visible manner, to get it to a vet and checked posthaste – there are a couple of potentially-fatal diseases for which that is the first symptom (as well as a number of other minor problems). But because of them, no vet is going to be upset if you have sniffly kitty checked out – he’s seen far too many cats die of acute respiratory disease to think you’re overreacting. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/7 "2005-01-07T13:31:15Z")
Do spit bubbles count as mucus? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/8 "2005-01-07T15:00:07Z")
> [@rocking chair](#): > > yes, they can. and for some reason they don’t want your help with them. > > eye crispies as well. they don’t want your help there either. Tough titty, I say to the kitty. You can’t walk around on _my_ dinner table with that muck clotted up in there. 🙂 And, I could have sworn one of them farted the other day. I heard it, and we were the only ones in there, and I know it wasn’t me. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/9 "2005-01-07T15:44:25Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > And, I could have sworn one of them farted the other day. I heard it, and we were the only ones in there, and I know it wasn’t me. Ohhh yes, they fart. I’ve only cat-sat, not owned, and still I’ve managed to experience this. Catfarts are worse than dogfarts, if you’ll believe that’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/10 "2005-01-07T16:53:45Z")
Our Jakey had a repiratory infection picked up at the shelter where we got him. For his first six months with us he was a sneezy boogery bastard. He wanted to cuddle with my neck quite a bit, and I got some major blasts in my ears, eyes and hair. He got big boogers in the corners of his nose and would get all mad when I tried to fix them. My computer monitor has never been the same since he sneezed on it while chasing the mouse pointer. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/11 "2005-01-07T17:07:17Z")
My sister’s cat blew major snot rockets all her life. I’m talking big suckers that she’d get started coming out with her claw and then sneeze half a dozen times and blow it on to a wall or better yet the TV. It was a huge production. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cats-have-ahem-boogers/283547/12 "2005-01-07T17:43:27Z")
My parents’ cat George is pretty old and gets boogers all the time. You can tell which chair is Georgie’s favorite. It’s peppered with congealed cat snot.