I actually love Petunia's whiskers. When they fall out and if find them before they are swept up or vacuumed I actually save them (and this may be weird but it doesn't seem like it to me) in a little box with a porcelain bully that looks like her! Even found one of her baby teeth but the box fell open during my move and it was lost.
I havnt even thought about this! I always thought whiskers were to help with balance and sense of direction. So if they had no whiskers they would be more prone to walking into things. Was I wrong? But I love when Jovi snuggles her head on mine and the feel of her whiskers :] I think its a cute characteristic!