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Published: 2007-08-29 19:11:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 18301; Favourites: 892; Downloads: 0
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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
That's exactly right. I asked a breeder friend of mine about it, and she said the same thing. Thanks for commenting
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Hehe your welcome
I am really in love with your cat pictures.. I wish you could take pictures of mine but they are in the US so that's a bit difficult haha!
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I cant tell you how much I love you for these photographs.
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Thanks so much for your kind words!
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What a wonderful picture! And what a lovely young lady!
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maybe to keep it from wondering off in the dark? no..wait, it can see in the dark...
But it's soooo...cute!!
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Very true. Cat moms do it so the kittens won't wander off.
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That is a really beauty full cat you have there.
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She's an ocicat, as the description says
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oh i see-sorry i just caught that
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for a moment there i thought it was the 'is it can it be hugs tiem now plees?' kitty 
i'm not sure why a cat-mom would chew off something important to its babies O_O;
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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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good cat. the shape of its face is great, and it looks like the coat is nice too, but i cant see the rest of the body..
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that is the most gorgeous cat ive ever seen, i think the excellent photography helps.
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Hehe, thanks so much for your kind comment!
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Beautifully taken,
Her colour(light gray) is so pretty
Maybe, the cat-moms do it so when they snuggle their babes they don't have whiskers pokin' them in the eyes or somethin
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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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Beautiful work as always! You have such a talent for capturing the most expressive of feline facial detail. :cheer:
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Thanks so much for commenting
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ow!
wouldn't having your whiskers chewed off be painful?
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No more painful than having a haircut
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really?
I thought that the whiskers had lots of nerves on them, and they used their whiskers to tell if they were going to be big enough to fit through tight gaps, as their whiskers were as wide as the widest part of their body.
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Oh yes, you can really see the resemablance too!
Gorgeopus shot!
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