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Closeup of (N)Oliveroci's Ella (I think!)
.. Notice her whiskers. They've been chewed off by her mother. All the kittens were subject to this treatment. I've seen this behavior before, but I have no idea why cat-moms do it. Hope you like this photo! Edit: I just realized how similar Ella's pose is to Oliver, her dad's pose! Check it out Age wise in the photos, they're only a few weeks apart.
Full view highly recommended!
Some facts:
Breed: Ocicat
Gender: female
Color:Black/silver spotted tabby (OCI ns 24 )
Age:12 weeks old when the photo was taken (born February 10th, 2007)
More info about Ocicats?
CFA breed profile
Wikipedia Ocicat article
More info about the (N)Oliveroci's ocicats?
(N)Oliveroci's home page (Norwegian)
Technical stuff:
Camera: Nikon D200 dSLR
Lens: 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor
Shutter: 1/60 sec
Aperture: F/4.5
Lighting: Nikon SB-800 AF Speedlight on-camera flash
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Comments: 355
Jeg sjekket med en annen oppdretter, og ifΓΈlge henne sΓ₯ er det fordi kattungene ikke skal gΓ₯ for langt fra moren sin. NΓΈyaktig hvordan det pΓ₯virker kattungene at vΓ¦rhΓ₯rene er kortere, vet jeg ikke. 
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That's very strange... The only thing I found on Google was "When kittens are cleaned by their mother, she may chew off some or all of the whiskers - don't worry, this is normal and they will soon grow back." [link]
Meh, but anyway, beautiful picture and beautiful model, even whiskerless
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I did check with a breeder, and she told me cat moms do this to prevent their kittens to wander too far off. Exactly how shorter whiskers affect kittens I don't know though.
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i thought if they get their wiskers cut they will get stuck in something because thier wiskers are as wide as the widest part of their body.
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I did check with a breeder, and she told me cat moms do this to prevent their kittens to wander too far off. Exactly how shorter whiskers affect kittens I don't know though.
Thanks for commenting!
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Wow, she's actually almost the same as her father! And you captured it so nicely, it looks like it's the same picture! Olivers daughter's very nice!
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Thanks so much for your kind comment!
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So cute!! Her hair is perfect! ^_^
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aww this picture is amazing. i love it.
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perhaps the mother cat did it out of fear. dumber animals like rabbits and hamsters eat their young when they are frightened... my friend's rabbit simply chewed off all its babies' ears once!!! they looked really odd.. some had 1.5 ears, some had half an ear.... it was eerie!!! hahahaha
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I did check with a breeder, and she told me cat moms do this to prevent their kittens to wander too far off. Exactly how shorter whiskers affect kittens I don't know though.
Thanks for commenting!
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Could be used for caturday. u.u
I like it alot, you really got a clear beautiful picture and a neat cat.
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What do you mean, could be used for caturday?
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That's so beautiful. I didn't know that mother cats chewed the whiskers off their kittens...maybe they're trying to make sure they can't get too far?
Either way, I love your photographs
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I did check with a breeder, and she told me cat moms do this to prevent their kittens to wander too far off. So, you're right! Exactly how shorter whiskers affect kittens I don't know though.
Thanks for commenting!
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Aww, she's so sweet!
Silly cat mom! I hope you find out why she did that.
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I did check with a breeder, and she told me cat moms do this to prevent their kittens to wander too far off. Exactly how shorter whiskers affect kittens I don't know though.
Thanks for commenting!
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That is funny! I've never heard of that, and I've been around kittens and their moms. I'll have to remember that.
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Why would the mother do that? Don't they use the whiskers for sensing or something?
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They do indeed. It's so they don't bump into things when it's really dark.
I did check with a breeder, and she told me cat moms do this to prevent their kittens to wander too far off. Exactly how shorter whiskers affect kittens I don't know though.
Thanks for commenting!
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Aww!
Maybe it's some over protective mechanism... Since cats use their whiskers to better know their surroundings when they are moving around, maybe the mom doesn't want her kittens to run too far away, so she chews off their whiskers so they'll be too scared to leave.
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You're absolutely right
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Haha, that was just my own little cat story. I don't know that for sure or anything.... =\ But keep up the great work!
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Thanks for commenting!
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You're welcome. You take really good pictures!
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I was just about the ask about the whiskers. :/ It sounds so cruel, so I really was stumped when you said "lol the mother did it".
Otherwise, great capture! Love the innocent expression.
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I did check with a breeder, and she told me cat moms do this to prevent their kittens to wander too far off. Exactly how shorter whiskers affect kittens I don't know though.
Thanks for commenting!
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All these cats you take pictures of are like multiple furry Medusas...
... one look and you'll be staring forever. 
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Thanks so much for commenting
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lol...poor kitten is going to run into things!
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Don't know if its answered already but cat moms do this so they can keep the kitten close to them... Since cats need their whiskers to kinda feel what's around them.. if they dont have them they will stick close to their mother.
I've seen it a lot of times before with kittens.
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