I've tried searching for info on this, but bizarrely, can't find anything. Is it normal for long-haired cats to have curly whiskers? We have a long-haired orange tabby boy with whiskers that are lopsided and very kinky. They also seem to break pretty easily.

Could be totally normal. We're just fairly new to cats.

i dont know but my himmie has curly wiskers too!

I guess it can't be that uncommon then! Is yours a purebred himmie? Ours is just a moggie.

Many LH cats have curly whiskers, especially ones that have/are Persian lines in them!

mines a purebred

Thanks for the info, Abymummy! We've been curious for a while now. I wonder what our poor guy's background is (I don't think he had a happy life before us). He doesn't seem to have the build or face of a persian, but who knows!

Its not common, but I'm sure it happens. Rexes do have short curly whiskers. Sometimes if the whisker is damaged or singed/burned it may curl.

The myth that cats measure things with whiskers has to untrue as rexes don't have enough whiskers to measure any space!

My oldest DSH Rocky, has whiskers that are only curly on the very ends. :)