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| 67.1 | | LATARE::GASKELL | | Tue Dec 10 1991 06:25 | 8 |
| If Ricardo were a kitten and still living with mother, Mom's sometimes
chew off the whiskers of their favorite kitten. I don't mean to ask
dumb questions, but are the ends of the whiskers blunt? The older,
larger whiskers could have fallen out for what ever reason and left the
newer, shorter whiskers; however, that should happen on both sides.
There may be a more mundane explanation, he caught them in a door (or
whatever) and broke them off. It is indeed a worry though.
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| 67.2 | | WILLEE::MERRITT | | Tue Dec 10 1991 06:29 | 8 |
| Could they have been singed by flames....or has anyone been
using sissors why he was around. I know one of the shelter
kitties accidently had his whiskers cut...because he was being
nosey while someone was cutting ribbon.
Just my guess..
Sandy
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| 67.3 | | SELL3::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Tue Dec 10 1991 07:11 | 22 |
| OK...more info...
Rico is 5 years old, and now the elder of 2 cats (In September his "Big
Brother" Tiki II died, and we got a "little sister", Alexandra).
The ends ARE blunt.
I don't think that it is just old ones dropping out and new ones
growing in, because they went instantly from 5" long to about 2 1/2".
And as I see him every day (and usually play with his long whiskers) I
know it wasn't a gradual change.
Could leaning on an electric radiator do this? Our oven doesn't work,
and no one has been using scissors recently (and he doesn't like them
anyway). And re: a momcat doing it...would a loving little sister?
*sigh* Together we've had cats for 9 years, and we have each had cats
before, but I feel like a novice.
Thanx for all the help!
K.C.
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| 67.4 | | MUTTON::BROWN | | Tue Dec 10 1991 09:25 | 12 |
| I would be willing to bet that your other cat chewed them off during a
couple of intense grooming sessions. That happens at our house, even
when the cats are grown and not with their mom's anymore.
Momcats will sometimes chew the whiskers off of particularly active
kittens. The theory is that they do this to qwell the adventuresome
spirit of the kitten and keep it closer to the nest.
I wouldn't worry about it. I know of no disease process that involves
the shearing off of whiskers.
Jo
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| 67.5 | | CAPITN::CORDES_JA | Set Apt./Cat_Max=3..uh,I mean 4 | Tue Dec 10 1991 10:09 | 6 |
| I second the idea that the other cat chewed them off. Bailey does
this to Amelia on a regular basis. Last show I took Amelia to the
judge commented on her 1/4 inch whiskers. Bailey and Amelia are
inseparable and spend hours grooming each other.
Jan
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| 67.6 | | COASTL::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Wed Dec 11 1991 05:13 | 6 |
| Do you have a playful husband in the house? Once Mao was missing
the wiskers over her eyes. Turns out my husband decided to give
her a punk grooming and cut them off.
Jack is such a brat!
Nancy
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| 67.7 | Thanx...keep the suggestions coming! | CIVIC::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn | Wed Dec 11 1991 05:51 | 14 |
| Re: .6
My husband has an airtight alibi. ;^) But seriously, he was as
shocked as I to find the shortened whiskers. He thought that someone
might have broken in and "done the deed" (but that is near impossible;
also why would someone break into a home and JUST cut a cat's whiskers?
And not break or take anything? Also, if Rico doesn't WANT to be
gotten, he isn't gotten).
The more we think about it, the more the suggestion that it is his
little sister Alex doing it. This is funny, because this never happened
between Rico and Tiki II before.
K.C.
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