Super late reply but, as you know, I've been so shitty at internet stuff lately.
But I was rereading this and I'm just so curious how you know who produces which whisker--different colors, different sleeping spaces, just one cat (right now)? I love the investigating the mystery of a whisker's origin but equally enjoy that I may never know the answer*, esp. depending on where the whisker was located, how the cat's body is changing with age, etc. Naming and dating is the polar opposite of my mystery hodgepodge, and I think it's marvelous.
* although I used to live with a cat with ticked/striped whiskers, which was so beautiful--and easily identifiable.
(I've had a whisker pop off while petting before, too. It must be painless/sensationless(?) because August didn't react either, but it certainly felt distinctive on my end!)
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But I was rereading this and I'm just so curious how you know who produces which whisker--different colors, different sleeping spaces, just one cat (right now)? I love the investigating the mystery of a whisker's origin but equally enjoy that I may never know the answer*, esp. depending on where the whisker was located, how the cat's body is changing with age, etc. Naming and dating is the polar opposite of my mystery hodgepodge, and I think it's marvelous.
* although I used to live with a cat with ticked/striped whiskers, which was so beautiful--and easily identifiable.
(I've had a whisker pop off while petting before, too. It must be painless/sensationless(?) because August didn't react either, but it certainly felt distinctive on my end!)