Why do some cats have black whiskers?

Answer 1

DO NOT trim your dogs whiskers!!!!! They don't grow back!!!! Dogs need them in every part of their life, their whiskers are very important. Please take my advice and don't cut them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

A person could, if he was cruel and mean, but he should not. Cats use their whiskers to help them feel around and sense where things are. They see well far away, but not up close. If a Basketball is coming towards a cats head, he might not see it, but his whiskers will sense it coming and he'll move away from it.

So as you see, cats whiskers are very important. Do not cut them. It is like cutting off a part of its body. If you don't like how they naturally look and act, then do not own one. Cutting off whiskers is plain torture for cats because they might get hurt if something is coming for their face.

I hope this information made an impact on you. I hope you know that a person should not cut a cat's whiskers or torture it in any other way that he would not want to be done to him, his friends, his family, and other living beings. Cats are your family and they can feel pain, too.

Answer 3

A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.

Yes you can and it won't hurt them but they may object to the treatment reflexively.

Answer 4

black whiskers , Also known as "tactile hairs" or vibrissae, whiskers are the long, thick, flexible hairs on a cat's face. These hairs are located in horizontal rows on the whisker pad, the puffy area between the top corners of your cat's mouth and the outer edges of his nose. Whiskers, like hair and nails, do fall out and are replaced. But whiskers are different from the cat's body hair in a few ways: ref. http://amtrips.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-do-cats-have-whiskers.html

Answer 5

Cats whiskers get very long. They can sometimes measure up to two inches. Think of long white attennae poking out of your cheeks, two inches long! That is why cats' whiskers curl.

I have had four cats in the past few years, and none of them had curly whiskers. The only one was the long-haired calico. I don't know if it is because it is a long haired cat, or what. I just know that when they are long, they curl!

Answer 6

Some cats have black whiskers because the pigment melanin is responsible for the color of their fur and whiskers. Just like how some cats have black fur, the same applies to their whiskers. It is a natural variation in their genetics.

Answer 7

Whiskers taste good. They feel good on my anus.

Answer 8

No, because if you trim a cat's whiskers it loses its balance and eventually the cat will have to wait another 2 weeks before it gets its balance back.

Answer 9

No. It is never necessary, or advisable, to trim your cat's whiskers.