Help Your feline prevent “Whisker Stress”

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A feline has approximately 12 whiskers arranged in neat horizontal rows on each side of the face. These whiskers, likewise understood as “vibrissae” are extremely sensitive, as well as provide sensory comments about the atmosphere to your cat. The whiskers are deeply-rooted as well as rich in blood vessels as well as nerve endings which provide your feline with info about surrounding objects as well as air movement; this helps your feline in navigation as well as in judging the width of an opening.

Because a cat’s whiskers are so exquisitely sensitive, if your cat’s food or water bowl are narrow sufficient that his whiskers touch the sides of the bowl, it can be extremely irritating to your cat. In fact, you may believe your feline is being finicky with his food when your feline really has a issue with the feeding dish, not the food itself. If you have ever observed your feline utilizing his paw to scoop out the food, this is one more indication that your feline might be experiencing whisker stress. Similarly, many cats fed from a deep, round bowl will only graze on the top layer of food avoiding the food on the bottom since of the more steeply-pitched sides of the dish.

Luckily, the solution to whisker stress is simple: feed your feline from wide, shallow food dishes. There are many feline food dishes designed particularly to reduce or get rid of whisker stress, or you can just feed your feline from a wide, shallow dish, a saucer or even a paper plate.