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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004Cat whiskers
Hi, While curled up in my lap, I noticed that Patches, our sweet female white and orange barn cat, had split ends. Her right side whiskers are full, long and complete. Her left side whiskers are broken off about 1/2 to 1 inch from her face and have split ends. Her companion, a tuxedo black male has perfect whiskers. Any comments. Thanks, Don >Her right side whiskers are full, long >and complete. Her left side whiskers are broken off about 1/2 to 1 inch from >her face and have split ends. Her companion, a tuxedo black male has perfect >whiskers. > >Any comments. Her companion is chewing them off. It generally happens with younger cats. She also could have gotten too close to the fireplace on one side but they generally just turn black and curly from heat. << Her companion is chewing them off. It generally happens with younger cats. Yup, several of my cats have enjoyed gnawing the whiskers off another. The gnawee never seems to mind, for some reason. It generally begins as grooming, then the whisker gnawing, and then some play fighting. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) > Yup, several of my cats have enjoyed gnawing the whiskers off > another. The gnawee never seems to mind, for some reason. It > generally begins as grooming, then the whisker gnawing, and then > some play fighting. LOL I've never had any of mine do this. I can just picture it from your description though. :)  SignatureCheryl << LOL I've never had any of mine do this. I can just picture it from your description though. :) SignatureCheryl >> Currently, Scottie gnaws Abbey's whiskers off and has done so since she arrived 3 years ago as a baby. He seems to prefer the over-the-eye whiskers rather than the cheek whiskers. My late cat, Emily, used to chew the whiskers off my late cat, Cory. She was his mom and did it since he was a baby. She preferred cheek whiskers, though. Once, he had stubble whiskers on both sides, no long ones, just little short half-inch whiskers on each cheek. After that, she seemed to just do a few at a time so he always had some long and short together. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) I've been keeping Cristobel's whiskers in a little box. I have some from nearly all my childhood kitties. I put them in my photo albums. I also have fur clippings and pawprint from Fluffy. He's gone now, but it's sweet to open up his book and touch his fur every now and then. <sniffle> ~Melanie I keep all the discarded whiskers in a small jar. I do the same with discarded claws. I also keep any hair I brush off of amber in a ziploc bag (large size). I have enough to make another cat! ---MIKE--- >I keep all the discarded whiskers in a small jar. I do the same with >discarded claws. I also keep any hair I brush off of amber in a ziploc >bag (large size). I have enough to make another cat! how do you gather the discarded whiskers and claws? they discard claws? i thought it was the claw sheaths. i see a lot of those on the bathroom mat. it's dark. -L Of course it is the claw sheaths that I collect. I don't clip my cats claws (they wouldn't go for it). The whiskers just appear - usually on a carpet. ---MIKE--- >Of course it is the claw sheaths that I collect. I don't clip my cats >claws (they wouldn't go for it). The whiskers just appear - usually on a >carpet. i'll keep my out for them. -L |
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