Half of Her Whiskers are Gone

I have never heard of such a thing. I have had cats all my life and no lost whiskers but you might check this link,

Sometimes it comes from their selecting a different place to sleep. There might be something on the material that she is sleeping on that she might be allergic to, which will cause the loss of the whiskers. She and the other kitty might have been playing and the whiskers may have accidentally been pulled out. I had a cat that lost the whiskers on one side of his face. He had selected to sleep under the gas water heater and for some reason they broke off. He wasn't burned from the water heater and the whiskers grew back. He too was a totally inside cat (I don't believe in letting my "kids" roam outside where they could get run over or otherwise hurt), so it was something that he reacted badly to. I also had a daughter who decided to play beautician with him and trim the whiskers off one side of his face. I had to explain to her that you don't trim a cat's whiskers or other parts of their fur. She felt bad about it after I explained the reasons to her, and she apologized to the cat and made him a beautiful bed to sleep on (he prefurred to sleep with her). The whiskers grew back in about 8 weeks, but he would tend to walk to one side (kind of a list) where the existing whiskers were still there until they grew back. It also could be allergies to something new to the house. But since your kids are inside kids you don't have quite as much to worry about then if they were allowed outside.

Cats may shed their whiskers, but they usually grow back. If you notice that your cat is shedding more, bring her to the vet, it could be an infection.

Does kitty go outside? Could she have gotten too near a fire?

I'm sorry your cat lost half her whiskers. I hope they grow back.

They will grow back. My cousin's kitty got out and had never been outside before. She was frantic to find her kitty and he turned up at the shelter, she went to pick him up. One side of whiskers, gone completely. They weren't sure what had happened, of course, but they did grow back.

Do you have candles or other open flames? When I was a child we had open flame gas heaters in our bathrooms. It was very common for a kitty or two to burn off their whiskers on one side while enjoying the warmth.

Holy cow. I can’t imagine what happened. I hope everything is okay with her.

Oh no - don't whiskers help them with their sense of distance or something like that? Does she look like she's hurting? I hope she's ok!

Never heard of it.

That seems a very strange thing to have happened.

Ginger would lose her whiskers and it seemed they would eventually grow back. Is Izzy acting as if she is in pain or anything? That would been my main concern for her.

I can't imagine. I hope the article will help. We've always had dogs. Have a good weekend.