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Kitten has shed almost all her whiskers

post #1 of 6
6/19/11 at 1:21am
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My kitten is about 14 weeks old and recently I noticed that he had lost a lot of his whiskers, some of them were growing back as short stubs so at first I wasnt too concerned but now those seemed to have been shed as well. He has a few whiskers left on either side but some of those are bent(not sure if that is normal or not) does anyone have experience with something similar to this?
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post #2 of 6
6/19/11 at 8:45am
That's interesting! The bent whiskers are normal so I wouldn't be concerned about that, but the shedding part is intriguing. Do you have other kitties or is she your only kitty? I'm wondering if one of the others has "snipped" her whiskers. Hopefully, someone will come along with more info for you.
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post #3 of 6
6/19/11 at 10:26am
kittens tend to break a lot of whiskers off in their exhuberant play, especially if they have a dog, or another cat to play with.
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post #4 of 6
6/19/11 at 2:58pm
My first question was do you have other cats/kittens that are playing together?? Perkins chewed off Presley's whiskers too, all the time when they were little kittens. I have never heard of the whiskers shedding that quickly, they will lose one here and there, so I really think they are getting chewed off by another pet
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post #5 of 6
6/19/11 at 3:19pm
My kitten was around 14 weeks when we found him and he had no whiskers at all!!! They soon grew back though.
He seems to have phases where he will shed quite a few over a week or so. He is a year old and very active so i'm sure its quite normal.
I dont think that i would worry too much as long as your kittens coat is in good condition.
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post #6 of 6
6/20/11 at 8:38am
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Originally Posted by adelyita View Post
My kitten is about 14 weeks old and recently I noticed that he had lost a lot of his whiskers, some of them were growing back as short stubs so at first I wasnt too concerned but now those seemed to have been shed as well. He has a few whiskers left on either side but some of those are bent(not sure if that is normal or not) does anyone have experience with something similar to this?
I went through this with one of my kittens and my senior cat. What it boiled down to was my new Maltese puppy took a shining to both cats. They play hard and the Maltese loves to groom the cats. The whiskers were being broken off during roughhousing. Who knew?
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