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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2004Whisker Weirdness
Stinky has respectable, not spectacular, whiskers. When little Mimi was with me, she had quite astonishingly, comically long whiskers. She was quite a sight with them bristling out in all directions from her little face; in fact in her later days, they gave her a somewhat deranged appearance. ;) But the *really* interesting thing was, in those days, Stinky had very short whiskers indeed. Until one day after Mimi went to RB, and I noticed that Stinky suddenly had normally long whiskers. Mimi had been keeping his whiskers trimmed. Nobody was allowed to have longer whiskers than she had. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Stinky has respectable, not spectacular, whiskers. When little Mimi > was with me, she had quite astonishingly, comically long whiskers. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com ROTFLMAO!! Whisker envy!!! I don't know if it's true, or just an old wives tale, but I've heard that a cat's whiskers are as wide as a cat's body and that they use their whiskers to judge whether or not they can fit through an opening. Anbody else heard that? Is it true??? Hugs, CatNipped >> Stinky has respectable, not spectacular, whiskers. When little Mimi >> was with me, she had quite astonishingly, comically long whiskers. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >to judge whether or not they can fit through an opening. Anbody else heard >that? Is it true??? Mimi's were *way* wider. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> Stinky has respectable, not spectacular, whiskers. When little Mimi >> was with me, she had quite astonishingly, comically long whiskers. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > CatNipped I've heard this is true of both cats and dogs. They use their whiskers as feelers to figure out if they can fit their bodies into a particular space. Jill I think so, I've heard that said as long as 60 yrs ago and I have always believed it because I saw our cat once put his head near some railings as though he was going to go through and then changed his mind like he'd decided he couldn't make it I guess cats are so nosy that if they didn't have some way of gauging these things they'd always be getting stuck somewhere LOL Jean.P. > > Stinky has respectable, not spectacular, whiskers. When little Mimi > > was with me, she had quite astonishingly, comically long whiskers. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > CatNipped > I don't know if it's true, or just an old wives tale, but I've heard that a > cat's whiskers are as wide as a cat's body and that they use their whiskers > to judge whether or not they can fit through an opening. Anbody else heard > that? Is it true??? I've heard that, too, but I've seen several cats with wider whiskers than their bodies (like Nikki).  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Katerina RB, my first red point siamese, was always a devoted mother. She had many litters over the years , when she had her first babies we noticed that she groomed them so well that their whiskers were nibbled right off. Ha ! said my daughter, the next thing you know she will have their eye brows off ! Sure enough, a couple of days later there were no bristles on their little faces. She continued to do this with all her babies, none were allowed to have any untidy bristles until they were 3 months old and able to escape Katerinas grooming. Marie in OZ > > I don't know if it's true, or just an old wives tale, but I've heard that a > > cat's whiskers are as wide as a cat's body and that they use their whiskers [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I've heard that, too, but I've seen several cats with wider whiskers > than their bodies (like Nikki). Hello Marie in Oz! Where in Oz? Tish in Syder-ney > Katerina RB, my first red point siamese, was always a devoted mother. > She had many litters over the years , when she had her first babies we [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > able to escape Katerinas grooming. > Marie in OZ Hi Tish, Outer Melbourne, Langwarrin to be precise. We have 2 1/2 acres, lots of space for kitties. Marie in OZ > Hello Marie in Oz! Where in Oz? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > able to escape Katerinas grooming. > > Marie in OZ I know where that is! I grew up not far from there - in Upper Beaconsfield. There are quite a few Australians in RPCA, even a couple from Victoria! Cheers, Tish >Hi Tish, >Outer Melbourne, Langwarrin to be precise. We have 2 1/2 acres, lots of [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> > able to escape Katerinas grooming. >> > Marie in OZ >> Stinky has respectable, not spectacular, whiskers. When little Mimi >> was with me, she had quite astonishingly, comically long whiskers. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > their whiskers to judge whether or not they can fit through an > opening. Anbody else heard that? Is it true??? I've heard that as well, I don't know if it's true. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > She was quite a sight with them bristling out in all directions from > her little face; in fact in her later days, they gave her a somewhat > deranged appearance. ;) Sort of like Phyllis Diller? :) > But the *really* interesting thing was, in those days, Stinky had very > short whiskers indeed. Until one day after Mimi went to RB, and I > noticed that Stinky suddenly had normally long whiskers. Mimi had > been keeping his whiskers trimmed. Nobody was allowed to have longer > whiskers than she had. ;) Reminds me of how Lucille Ball put it in her contract that her female co-star in I Love Lucy had to be 20 pounds heavier than she was. Was Mimi a bit vain, perhaps? Joyce, for some reason being reminded of 1950s television jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net had some very interesting things to say about Re: Whisker Weirdness: >Reminds me of how Lucille Ball put it in her contract that her female >co-star in I Love Lucy had to be 20 pounds heavier than she was. Was Mimi >a bit vain, perhaps? >Joyce, for some reason being reminded of 1950s television Sorry, that one's an urban legend, and false at that. See http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/vance.htm Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL Whiskers aid a cat with its sense of balance, I believe. People should not clip or cut a cat's whiskers because it can become severely disoriented without its natural balancing/orienting tools. I'm glad Stinky didn't suffer with Mimi's whiskertrimming :) --Enfilade |
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