So, what do whiskers *do* exactly? And do they grow back? Jeza­bel decided to invest­ig­ate a lit candle last night and it was only the smell of burn­ing hair that aler­ted me to it. She didn’t – and does­n’t – appear dis­tressed by the situ­ation at all, but her whiskers on the left side are now half as long as those on the right and some­what shrivelled.

Poor baby. Any advice?