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Post by swamp on Mar 2, 2015 10:15:37 GMT -5
Our family recently adopted a cat. Just found out he is a Maine Coon Cat. I have never heard of them before. After reading about them, I've learned they are generally huge, friendly, talkative, loyal, and love water.
That sounds just like him.
Had I known about this breed of cat previously, I would have gotten one.
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Post by Bonny on Mar 2, 2015 10:19:29 GMT -5
Pix please!
I've never been owned by a Maine Coon. But we've been owned for the last 15 years by a Super-sized Siamese. He's been one of the sweetest cats we've ever had.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 10:22:36 GMT -5
My brother owns one. He is massive. (the cat, not my brother )
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Post by swamp on Mar 2, 2015 10:27:14 GMT -5
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Post by swamp on Mar 2, 2015 10:28:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 10:45:05 GMT -5
My brother's is seriously this big. His is black and the hair is thicker. He gets him a lion cut every summer so he can stay cool.
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Post by The Captain on Mar 2, 2015 10:45:36 GMT -5
My sister and I adopted a mostly main coon from a shelter. When we walked into the cat room the big boy was sitting in the laundry tub with water dripping down his head. He looked like he was in heaven. It was the cutest damn sight in the world.
He was massive (21 lbs) and had a purr box to match. Very people friendly and possessive.
When DH and I started dating the cat would jump up on the couch and wiggled his way in between us to separate us. DH knew exactly what the cat was doing and though it was the funniest damn thing. My nephew (who was just a toddler at the time) used to love to try to follow him around and terrorize him. That cat was the gentlest creature I've ever known and never scratched the kid, even when he earned it (do NOT tug the tail or pull the ears!!!).
DH, who is a dog person, said that cat was more like a dog (Labrador) than any other he'd ever had.
I still miss that boy to this day.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 2, 2015 10:48:57 GMT -5
Yay! My old roommate had a Maine Coon. They're awesome. Mr. Twigs (his name) liked to lay on me while I would lay on the couch, as cats typically do. He covered my entire torso. He was such a cutie!
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Post by dannylion on Mar 2, 2015 11:05:35 GMT -5
I have several friends who have Maine Coon cats. They are supposed to be very good and (as already mentioned) gentle with children. Their fur does apparently require some grooming to keep it in tip-top shape.
I like the little pointy tufts of fur on their ears. Very fetching.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 11:05:41 GMT -5
Goodness that's a huge cat!
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Post by swamp on Mar 2, 2015 11:07:42 GMT -5
Right now Olaf is 10 pounds. He's almost 10 months old. Wiki tells me he will reach his full size between 3 and 5 years, and is expected to be 15 to 20 pounds.
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 2, 2015 11:08:21 GMT -5
I love that name!!!
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Post by swamp on Mar 2, 2015 11:10:52 GMT -5
DD named him. It was her kindergarten graduation present. It's after the snowman in Frozen.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 2, 2015 11:19:45 GMT -5
Right now Olaf is 10 pounds. He's almost 10 months old. Wiki tells me he will reach his full size between 3 and 5 years, and is expected to be 15 to 20 pounds. Aww, he's going to be a big boy! Little chunky monkey kitty face. :-) Henry (my tuxedo) put on weight quickly as a kitten (he was from the mean streets), but he stopped at ~10 pounds. He is very long and lean; I don't call him sexy boyfriend for nothing!
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Post by dannylion on Mar 2, 2015 11:20:17 GMT -5
Olaf is an excellent name for a cat.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Mar 2, 2015 11:25:08 GMT -5
Our kitty (the one my mom had) was misidentified as a Maine Coon. We knew it was not quite right; she was not big enough. Turns out she's a distant relation: a Norwegian Barn Cat.
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 2, 2015 11:25:09 GMT -5
Olaf is an excellent name for a cat. Especially that one. We have a Bogart, Bogie, and he's almost 15 pounds. What a love.
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 2, 2015 11:26:21 GMT -5
Our kitty (the one my mom had) was misidentified as a Maine Coon. We knew it was not quite right; she was not big enough. Turns out she's a distant relation: a Norwegian Barn Cat. So pretty
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Mar 2, 2015 11:31:58 GMT -5
They are. Very loyal and talkative, like the Maine Coons. No issues with water. But a smaller package. I mean, when kitty jumps into bed, she is quite the ground pounder. Now a Maine Coon doesn't just pound the ground; a Maine Coon shakes the ground!
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 2, 2015 12:19:30 GMT -5
I've had a half Maine Coon, and now I have a full Maine Coon, but she isn't big (not for a MC) - she's only about 14 lbs, althogh she looks bigger because she's so fluffly.
Maine coons do have a thing for water - mine absolutely loves it when my hair is wet. She'll come wrap her front paws around my head, if I lean down far enough to let her. She also likes to lay on a damp towel (but not on dry ones) if you leave it on the floor, or get into the bathtub right after you get out of it, when it's still damp.
Mine is also very social; wherever I go in the house, she follows along, and while she might not be in my lap, she does want to be nearby.
One weird thing with both my MC's, - they were both very clumsy. I don't know if this is due to their oversized snowshoe feet, or if they just don't have the grace gene, but both of mine are bad about jumping and missing their target, or falling off tables or chairs, or jumping onto something and knocking down whatever was in their way when they jumped.
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Post by lexxy703 on Mar 2, 2015 12:54:37 GMT -5
My mom has a MC. He is big but not huge like the one in the picture. He is big enough to need a dog carrier instead of cat when he goes to the vet or groomer. He is also a love but sort of shy with new people.
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 2, 2015 12:57:38 GMT -5
Makes me want a kitty
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 13:53:45 GMT -5
My brother's MC is very particular about people. He really only likes my brother. He'll sometimes act like he might want you to pet him, but then he'll attack you...and he's the size of a pit bull.
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Post by swamp on Mar 2, 2015 14:28:15 GMT -5
I've had a half Maine Coon, and now I have a full Maine Coon, but she isn't big (not for a MC) - she's only about 14 lbs, althogh she looks bigger because she's so fluffly. Maine coons do have a thing for water - mine absolutely loves it when my hair is wet. She'll come wrap her front paws around my head, if I lean down far enough to let her. She also likes to lay on a damp towel (but not on dry ones) if you leave it on the floor, or get into the bathtub right after you get out of it, when it's still damp. Mine is also very social; wherever I go in the house, she follows along, and while she might not be in my lap, she does want to be nearby. One weird thing with both my MC's, - they were both very clumsy. I don't know if this is due to their oversized snowshoe feet, or if they just don't have the grace gene, but both of mine are bad about jumping and missing their target, or falling off tables or chairs, or jumping onto something and knocking down whatever was in their way when they jumped.
OMG! I though my cat was just an idiot!
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Post by cronewitch on Mar 2, 2015 14:48:36 GMT -5
My brother was managing a motel when a Maine Coon was hanging around for a month or so without an owner he must have got left. Mom didn't want a cat since she was too old and might not outlive a cat but she had a house and the cat couldn't stay in the motel so one Mother's day he brought her a big old cat. Put the cat on the couch and it took a nap. When she wanted to nap she would move it to the bed and it would take a nap. He was no trouble at all. When mom moved to my other brother's house and had two dogs to deal with the cat taught them to respect the cat. If my brother wasn't home his dogs would sleep on mom's bed with her and her cat, very good companion and nice soft fur. Mom out lived him a year or two but if she hadn't my brother promised to keep him.
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Post by cael on Mar 2, 2015 14:49:36 GMT -5
The kitties I had growing up were part Maine Coon, and my Willow (or wildebeast as he was nicknamed) was enormous, 21ish pounds at his biggest. He was a cuddle bug, not fluffy like full MCs but had the furry ears. He was my boy, slept on me every night and I loved him dearly, even when he pooped in my room in retaliation for me going to college and leaving him for a week or several at a time. Still miss him.
Our vet has an orange fluffy kitty named Olaf up for adoption right now, lol.
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Post by Bonny on Mar 2, 2015 15:17:54 GMT -5
My girlfriend has had two of what she calls a Tuxedo cat. I wonder if they were/are part Maine Coon.
Anyway since no one has mentioned it be prepared for a lot of "product". You'll need an oversized kitty box and A LOT of kitty litter. I've kitty sat for her and it's quite an eye opener!
She actually had an enclosure built which looks a lot like a foot locker to contain when hit kicks all the cat sand around.
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Post by Tiny on Mar 2, 2015 16:12:22 GMT -5
My girlfriend has had two of what she calls a Tuxedo cat. I wonder if they were/are part Maine Coon.
Anyway since no one has mentioned it be prepared for a lot of "product". You'll need an oversized kitty box and A LOT of kitty litter. I've kitty sat for her and it's quite an eye opener!
She actually had an enclosure built which looks a lot like a foot locker to contain when hit kicks all the cat sand around. Don't have a MC - just a Big Boy (he was a 'skin and bones' 13 pounds when I brought him home from the shelter...) so I second the oversized cat box. A friend has a huge plain old house cat that's really really really LONG. He's 22 pounds. He has a plastic cement trough that is used as a cat box (it's 36 *25 * 10 inches deep). You may need to do Tushie Trims -- I had an extremely fluffy non MC cat with a long fluffy tail with alot of extra floofy fur on the tip of it. I had to keep the tip of his tail trimmed (he'd somehow curl it around and the long tip hairs would get in his business...) and I also would trim his "pants" and Tushie fur for neatness. Poor guy... he hated getting trimmed - he was always like "Hey, Hey! HEY! What you doing back there with those scissors " (See Henri the Exstential cat video - he gets his tushie fur trimmed too but takes it better than my cat... )
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 2, 2015 16:18:57 GMT -5
We had a Maine Coon years ago. His name was Fred and he weighed in at 21 pounds. Absolutely great cat!
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 2, 2015 17:02:25 GMT -5
My girlfriend has had two of what she calls a Tuxedo cat. I wonder if they were/are part Maine Coon.
Anyway since no one has mentioned it be prepared for a lot of "product". You'll need an oversized kitty box and A LOT of kitty litter. I've kitty sat for her and it's quite an eye opener!
She actually had an enclosure built which looks a lot like a foot locker to contain when hit kicks all the cat sand around. I love tuxedos! They're awesome cats. I have a tuxedo and a tortoise shell. Both cats have big personalities.
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