2006-10-08 07:56:38 · 18 answers · asked by fiendgirl138 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
YES!!
A cat has whiskers for a reason. They help them to measure distance among other things. Please don't do that.
2006-10-08 07:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by tina m 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Extremely bad. Cats not only use their whiskers to measure if their body fits in an opening but they also sense movement and air with them and also use them in their balance. Never, never cut a cats whiskers.
2006-10-08 15:18:59 · answer #2 · answered by fierequebecoiseauusa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
Why would you want to trim your cat's whiskers??? I never heard of that before.
A cat needs its whiskers for many reasons including..judging the distance of a space its going thru, feel his way around, etc. Surely trimming them would distress/confuse the cat.
2006-10-09 11:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by Pumpkin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, cats use those whiskers to measure whether they should go somewhere, like under the house or through a fence, and they need to know that their bodies will fit and they won't get stuck.
2006-10-08 15:20:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! That is a very bad thing to do, without their whiskers, cats can become very unbalanced.....they use their whiskers for balance, and for censory in the dark......please don't cut off your cats whiskers.....
2006-10-08 15:35:49 · answer #5 · answered by krazykat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope this is just a rhetorical question and that you have not done, nor do you intend to do this.
Whiskers are an essential device for detection, gauging and generally helping a cat to make sense of its surroundings. To cut them off, or trim them would be like making you go around with cotton wool in your ears and wearing an eyepatch! So please do not cut them.
2006-10-08 15:07:12 · answer #6 · answered by avian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES- of coures it is a cats whiskers are what they use to sense things like the vibrations of an earthquake or what prey may be around. Keep them as long as they grow. its like taking away one of there five senses. its an important part of them its. That how the big cats live in the wild. they need them.
2006-10-08 22:03:01 · answer #7 · answered by mistic girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES their whiskers r for feeling and r very important to their well being.
2006-10-08 15:01:33 · answer #8 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes= Thats How They Balance Them Selfs.
2006-10-08 15:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by mks 7-15-02 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they have nerves in their whiskers, so it would be painful to do so.
2006-10-08 15:48:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋