We got a year-old male tabby from a neighbour who was never home; he was a bit neglected, and has taken a while to come out of his shell.
We got him neutered, got him his shots, etc; he'd never even seen a vet. He was, unsurprisingly, eating pretty cheap cat food. Now, he gets the hyper-premium stuff.
And, lots of petting and so on; he's even starting to play -- quite a lot of improvement in a fairly short time.
Anyway, his 'father' swears he has more, and longer, whiskers than he did at first. I think he's right about this; I don't remember him having much at all over his eyes, for example -- but I'm not sure. He mostly hid for the first few weeks, and all advice here (thanks) and elsewhere said to leave him alone and let him do his own thing, so -- well, we don't know him that well just yet!
Is it likely that the better care would mean better whiskers, or is it more likely that we're just fancying ourselves as oh-so-great cat caretakers and imagining it?
2006-12-17
07:45:28
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