hairy lump!
While stroking my cat earlier i noticed that he had a clump of longer
hair sticking out of a lump of hard skin on the back of both of his forelegs and was wondering if it was normal, as i have never noticed it on a cat before. Will try and explain its location; If you look at his paws he has the four pads with claws and then the large pad, followed by the pad on the side with another claw, then another pad just off centre on the back then slightly higher is this lump with long hair. Does everyone elses cat have this? Have visions of everyone examining their cats paws now! -- Badger Badger Badger |
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:50:26 GMT, BC wrote:
While stroking my cat earlier i noticed that he had a clump of longer hair sticking out of a lump of hard skin on the back of both of his forelegs and was wondering if it was normal, as i have never noticed it on a cat before. Will try and explain its location; If you look at his paws he has the four pads with claws and then the large pad, followed by the pad on the side with another claw, then another pad just off centre on the back then slightly higher is this lump with long hair. Does everyone elses cat have this? Have visions of everyone examining their cats paws now! I think you are talking about the vibrissae (tactile hairs) on the back of the lower front legs - they are similar to whiskers and are quite normal, in fact their absence would be abnormal. -- T.E.D. ) |
Ted Davis wrote:
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:50:26 GMT, BC wrote: While stroking my cat earlier i noticed that he had a clump of longer hair sticking out of a lump of hard skin on the back of both of his forelegs and was wondering if it was normal, as i have never noticed it on a cat before. Will try and explain its location; If you look at his paws he has the four pads with claws and then the large pad, followed by the pad on the side with another claw, then another pad just off centre on the back then slightly higher is this lump with long hair. Does everyone elses cat have this? Have visions of everyone examining their cats paws now! I think you are talking about the vibrissae (tactile hairs) on the back of the lower front legs - they are similar to whiskers and are quite normal, in fact their absence would be abnormal. Thanks for that, have never noticed them on any of my previous cats. They are very obvious on my white cat. I guessed they would be normal, but wanted to check. Any idea what their purpose is, as I am intrigued now it seems a strange place to have any type of whiskers? -- Badger Badger Badger |
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:54:00 GMT, BC wrote:
Ted Davis wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:50:26 GMT, BC wrote: While stroking my cat earlier i noticed that he had a clump of longer hair sticking out of a lump of hard skin on the back of both of his forelegs and was wondering if it was normal, as i have never noticed it on a cat before. Will try and explain its location; If you look at his paws he has the four pads with claws and then the large pad, followed by the pad on the side with another claw, then another pad just off centre on the back then slightly higher is this lump with long hair. Does everyone elses cat have this? Have visions of everyone examining their cats paws now! I think you are talking about the vibrissae (tactile hairs) on the back of the lower front legs - they are similar to whiskers and are quite normal, in fact their absence would be abnormal. Thanks for that, have never noticed them on any of my previous cats. They are very obvious on my white cat. I guessed they would be normal, but wanted to check. Any idea what their purpose is, as I am intrigued now it seems a strange place to have any type of whiskers? I have no idea what they are for, and since some cats don't have them, they probably aren't essential, at least to modern cats. -- T.E.D. ) |
"BC" wrote in message ... While stroking my cat earlier i noticed that he had a clump of longer hair sticking out of a lump of hard skin on the back of both of his forelegs and was wondering if it was normal, as i have never noticed it on a cat before. Will try and explain its location; If you look at his paws he has the four pads with claws and then the large pad, followed by the pad on the side with another claw, then another pad just off centre on the back then slightly higher is this lump with long hair. Does everyone elses cat have this? Yes, everyone elses cat has this. http://www.pawsonline.info/paws.htm Have visions of everyone examining their cats paws now! LOLOL Judy |
Ted Davis wrote:
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:54:00 GMT, BC wrote: Ted Davis wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:50:26 GMT, BC wrote: While stroking my cat earlier i noticed that he had a clump of longer hair sticking out of a lump of hard skin on the back of both of his forelegs and was wondering if it was normal, as i have never noticed it on a cat before. Will try and explain its location; If you look at his paws he has the four pads with claws and then the large pad, followed by the pad on the side with another claw, then another pad just off centre on the back then slightly higher is this lump with long hair. Does everyone elses cat have this? Have visions of everyone examining their cats paws now! I think you are talking about the vibrissae (tactile hairs) on the back of the lower front legs - they are similar to whiskers and are quite normal, in fact their absence would be abnormal. Thanks for that, have never noticed them on any of my previous cats. They are very obvious on my white cat. I guessed they would be normal, but wanted to check. Any idea what their purpose is, as I am intrigued now it seems a strange place to have any type of whiskers? I have no idea what they are for, and since some cats don't have them, they probably aren't essential, at least to modern cats. Well I got a chance to ask the vet what the hairy lump was and the answer was this; The hairs are Guide hairs very similar to the whiskers found on their face, they are used to judge the size of any area that the cat decides to try and enter paws first! Apparently they are not found on every cat. You may also find your cat has a fine covering of longer hairs over other parts of their body(these are very noticable on my white cat) these are also apparently Guide hairs which are also used to judge the width of things, but like the vet said, some cats still ignore these and get stuck! -- Badger Badger Badger |
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