Conference misery::feline_v1

    You wouldn't happen to have a bratty spouse or SO would you?
    My husband thought it would be interesting to see what Mao would
    look like without eye-brow whiskers, so he trimmed them off!  
    
    I don't think you have anything to worry about.  Oh - Mao also
    used to singe (sp?) her whiskers sometimes when she jumped up
    onto the stove when I was cooking.
      Any chance of that happening?    Oh, one other thought - do you
    have more than one cat?  I know mommy cats sometimes chew the whiskers
    off of their kittens to keep them from roaming too far.  Maybe one
    of your other cats is having maternal flashes with bad aim  :-)
      Nancy DC
    

    
    
    Maybe Winchester is just trying out his Halloween Costume?  Oc course
    some cats will do anything just to get noticed!  :-)
    
    When Spot wants extra attention she will go into the garage and
    hang cobwebs all over her face.  That bound to get Mummie and Daddy
    to  pay attention!
    
    Feline mysterious,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot (The Bug Hunter)
    

    re 2899.1 - 
    
    Hmmph. I was hoping to beat Nancy to the punch on this one, but
    once again, the faster typer beats the faster reader...
    
    anyways - It wasn't that I wanted to see what Mao would look like
    with the eyebrows off - I was trimming my nails, and she was very
    interested, so I took off one eyebrow whisker on her - and she
    started purring! So, being one to keep the cat happy at all costs,
    I naturally continued the activity! (stopping before I started on
    her whiskers, of course - too much of a good thing, and all that...)
    
    BTW - some fanciers associations like some breeds to not have eyebrows,
    so perhaps your kitty was just preening!
    
    jack

    RE .1 AND .3
    
    Nancy,  is this true??   I knew Jack was strange but .................
    
    Sandi
    
    
    
    
    
    P.S  Jack, I'm only teasing.  You really are a wonderful person.
    
    

    I'd be the first to admit that Jack is , hrumph..how shall I say
    
    this...um... unique...yes UNIQUE, that's the ticket!
    
    Mao is a real motorboat.  You can hear her purr from the
    next room over.
      Nancy

    Uh, Nancy, I don't think you have a monopoly! ;-)
    
    My husband Ian said last night he wants to name our new 
    kitten - Ibuprophin (sp?)  His reasoning?  "Sooner or later 
    her antics are bound to cure a headache!"
    
    Here Ibu, here Ibu......no, I don't think so! ;-) ;-)    
    
    Since the new kitten and Boogie are both silver tabbies,
    he also said that when my parents come up, he's going
    to bring the kitten out and say, "We washed Boogie and
    look what happened - she shrunk!"
    
    Well, I suppose if he agrees to an asthmatic having
    five cats, I think I'll keep him around!!
    
    Mary-Michael 
    

Re. .1 and following:

No, I live alone, so I'm sure it wasn't mischievious human intervention :-)

However, Winchester does have a sister, Mickie.  I'm not convinced I can imagine
Mickie nipping off his eyebrows :-)

Alas, Winchester was diagnosed last week as having FUS.  (This was heartbreaking
because I knew about the danger of FUS and I thought I had done everything I
could to prevent it.)   I don't know how long he's been missing his eyebrow,
since I just noticed yesterday that it was missing.  I'm worried (probably
needlessly) that the missing eyebrow may be related to him developing FUS.

I enjoyed reading the previous replies.  But I'm hoping someone will actually
reply and tell me I'm being my usual overprotective self :-)

                                                 - Ken

P.S.:  By the way, both cats are strictly indoor cats.

    The eyebrow has zero to do with FUS.  As long as it grows back and he
    doesn;t have hair loss elsewhere, I wouldn't worry about it.  Even
    if further hair loss develops (in which case se your vet), it is
    generally a non-serious treatable thing.  I think what we're saying is
    that this is not a Major Worry situation.
     
                       

    Thanks, Karen.  Rationally, I thought it was not something to lose
    sleep over.  However, I feel much more confident with your reassurance
    (as well as their vet's).
    
    					- Ken

    Ken -
      We'd rather you were a little overprotective than neglectful
    any day!!!!!!!  Thanks for caring so much.
      Nancy DC