Did my cat give me a haircut?
This is super weird and I didn't know where else to ask this, so I thought maybe the waffle gang could help or at least point me in the right direction.
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I (38f) went to brush my hair earlier and these short snippets of hair just fell to the floor. I had already brushed a bit before I saw them and when I checked the brush there were some longer snippets of hair in the brush. (I don't know what else to call them because "chunks of hair" feels like more that it was.) My hair is fairly long, like 6-7 inches past my shoulders, so they definitely didn't come off of my scalp.
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Now, the ONLY explanation I have for this is one of my cats must have decided to try out being a hair stylist. I have many pets, and among them is Smudge the cat. We got him when he was probably about 6 days old when a neighbor found him by their dumpster. When he feels like I'm not waking up when he wants me to, he will attack my hair which I always wear up in a messy bun when sleeping. He did attack my hair more aggressively this morning, but is it possible he actually gave me this haircut?
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There is no other explanation that I can think of! If anyone has another explanation I would love to hear it. I am a solo parent of 2 kids (12 and 9) but they definitely didn't sneak into my room and cut my hair.
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I haven't dried my hair yet so I don't know exactly where the hair came from, but hopefully it isn't horribly obvious.
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Pictures of the hair and the possible culprit.