Tape caught on Wiskers

Okay so I have to admit that I am slightly embarrassed that I have to post this. I was in the process of wrapping a gift for a friend of mine and my little one Bit decided that that would be a dandy time to play with the tape dispenser. Bit now has tape wrapped around is whiskers on both sides. Imagine a gray kitten with a tape beard if you will. Should I cut his whiskers?

OH MY! Sorry to hear this, I am not sure what to do- I ma not expirienced cat owner! lol But truly hope everything is going to be OK and there is a paineless solution for this!

If I pull on the tape it will pull out the whiskers. I'm trying to track down a website right now to see what to do. I don't think that I want to call the vet on this. She may thing that I am an idiot.

Oh no, don't think so!!!! Please! I was not carefull enough and my kitty ate rubber bends- had to go through surgery- now, I FEEL like an idiot! You should not be afraid to call and ask questions! I would call right away if noone will answer to you here! Why take chances?

Please do not cut the whiskers. Buy some crisco shortening- the white lard, place enough on the tape to coat the whole area well where the tape is. Wait ten minutes, take a warm damp cloth and swipe the whiskers. The tape should dislodge and come off leaving the whiskers intact.

hissy, you are the best!!!!! Sending my vibes to your kitty- hope everything is going to be great!

I used some peanut butter and the tape slid right off. I did call the vet and she said that she gets that call about twice a month. Now I feel better, and I don't have to nick name my cat Mr Short Wiskers. I just wish my digital camera was working so I could have posted the pics.

lookingglass, glad to hear that! See- i told you!

Good job on removing the tape, I did not have good of luck with duct tape stuck to my guys face. I had something similar happen to one of my Bengals in which I simply cut his whiskers. They grew back very fast. Both mine are house cats and they could do without measuring themselves for as long as it took to grow back. Obviously don't pull them out for they are deep rooted. Whiskers serve as feelers or radar or antenna. Cats use their whiskers to feel objects around them. Cat’s whiskers automatically grow to the width of the cat. A fat cat will have very long whiskers while skinny cats will have shorter whiskers. When a cat is trying to walk through an opening or crawl into something, their whiskers will tell the cat if the opening is wide enough. If the edges of the opening touch the whiskers, the cat will not crawl through.

It's just cutting hair it's not like it's declawing them or something. A once in a life time whisker trim does not effect the cat negitively.

Trout would freak right out if this happened to her..she'd probably tear her own whiskers out trying to get the tape off. She is a Spazz.

I am glad you got the tape off.. Peanut butter does whiskers good

This post just saved us!! I had to improvise n used butter! Slipped right off! Thank u!