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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 18:42:33 GMT -5
You are lucky! We had a half Maine Coon. He was about 16 lbs . He liked to watch the water running anywhere and would only drink from moving water. He was a great jumper despite his size and his paws were huge. He wanted to be with us all the time.
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 2, 2015 19:34:34 GMT -5
A kids plastic swimming pool is a great litter box for a large cat.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 2, 2015 20:10:21 GMT -5
We've had Maine Coons in the past, and I've still got one now. We get them at the rescue I'm with fairly often ~ and they are immensely popular!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2015 21:39:55 GMT -5
I have a MC mix who is everything you've said about the breed and more. Extremely vocal, much more like a dog than a cat, prefers the company of dogs to other cats, 20 lbs, and yes, you need an extra large box and scoop. Every morning DH says he is going to "flush Dewey's toilet" and I tell him not to strain a muscle. He loves to be brushed by the hour and demands to go riding in the car. Before we made him strictly an indoor kitty, he would jump in any open vehicle on the block, and more than one plumber or electrician almost ran off the road when a very large cat jumped up on the back of the seat and said "MEOW" in his ear.
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Post by msventoux on Mar 2, 2015 21:51:13 GMT -5
*I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* *I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* *I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.*
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Post by Jaguar on Mar 3, 2015 3:19:46 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. Seriously that looks exactly like what my Elmo looked like. I miss my big boy.
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Post by Jaguar on Mar 3, 2015 3:20:30 GMT -5
*I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* *I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* *I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* You need two Maine Coons.
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Post by Happy prose on Mar 3, 2015 5:56:04 GMT -5
Keep us posted with pictures! My cat is 21 lbs, but not a MC. They are beautiful.
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Post by cael on Mar 3, 2015 8:49:50 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. My girl is a Tuxedo calico, so we have the 'best' of several worlds of cat personalities. I do absolutely love tuxies now since having her!
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 3, 2015 8:50:05 GMT -5
I have to do that with my MC - I call it 'cutting her pantaloons.'
Always a two person job as she hates to have it done, but if you don't, she ends up carrying around small poops embedded in her butt hair.
At least it's better than the fat little Siamese who stands in the litter box and then poops outside of the box, and who won't lick her backside to clean it - she sits on the carpet and drags her butt like a dog. I understand not wanting to lick your dirty butt, but if you can't master toilet paper, that's the only option you have.
The calico, the only one who can successfully poop in the litter box, cover her poops (something the MC has problems doing, since she likes to go outside the box and dig at imaginary litter to cover the poops) and keep a clean butt thinks the other two are idiots.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 3, 2015 8:56:01 GMT -5
Okay, I really wanted one there for a minute until the conversation moved on to poops and grooming. I think a short-hair would be better on my allergies anyhow.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Mar 3, 2015 9:02:25 GMT -5
*I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* *I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* *I don't need a Maine Coon Cat-4 cats already is enough.* You need two Maine Coons.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Mar 3, 2015 9:03:22 GMT -5
Okay, I really wanted one there for a minute until the conversation moved on to poops and grooming. I think a short-hair would be better on my allergies anyhow. I know, my kids are starting to hint around about pets. This helps me.
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 3, 2015 12:14:19 GMT -5
Okay, I really wanted one there for a minute until the conversation moved on to poops and grooming. I think a short-hair would be better on my allergies anyhow. Actually, a fish would probably be best for your allergies Although DH used to be terribly allergic to dogs and cats, but didn't want to NOT have dogs and cats, and now, after 20 some years of living with animals, he is no longer allergic to pets. Unfortunately, he is still horribly allergic to trees, grass, mold, flowers, dust mites - pretty much everything EXCEPT pets. I guess next he needs to move into a greenhouse to see if he can get used to being around plants...
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Post by swamp on Mar 3, 2015 12:18:10 GMT -5
Okay, I really wanted one there for a minute until the conversation moved on to poops and grooming. I think a short-hair would be better on my allergies anyhow. I don't groom him, he seems to do a good job himself.
However, he shits a lot.
And I had to get a bigger litter box since his ass wouldn't fit in the other one.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 3, 2015 12:37:28 GMT -5
I have to do that with my MC - I call it 'cutting her pantaloons.' Always a two person job as she hates to have it done, but if you don't, she ends up carrying around small poops embedded in her butt hair. At least it's better than the fat little Siamese who stands in the litter box and then poops outside of the box, and who won't lick her backside to clean it - she sits on the carpet and drags her butt like a dog. I understand not wanting to lick your dirty butt, but if you can't master toilet paper, that's the only option you have. The calico, the only one who can successfully poop in the litter box, cover her poops (something the MC has problems doing, since she likes to go outside the box and dig at imaginary litter to cover the poops) and keep a clean butt thinks the other two are idiots. That's what Sushi the Terrible Tonk does, too. Won't cover his business, but digs at imaginary litter outside the box. Need a HazMat suit to walk into the room.
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Post by cael on Mar 3, 2015 14:50:31 GMT -5
My cat got better at covering after we got her a covered litter box. Before that, she'd stand in the box, but scoop on the floor *outside* the box, then look confused that it wasn't covered. Once she dropped a little piece off her butt right outside the litter box... she stood there guiltily pawing at it trying to cover it on the floor. LOL. At least she kind of tried?
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Post by Jaguar on Mar 3, 2015 15:15:04 GMT -5
Okay, I really wanted one there for a minute until the conversation moved on to poops and grooming. I think a short-hair would be better on my allergies anyhow. I don't groom him, he seems to do a good job himself.
However, he shits a lot.
And I had to get a bigger litter box since his ass wouldn't fit in the other one.
I had this exact same problem with Elmo. The pet store had to place a special order for a massive sized one with a hood.
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Post by cronewitch on Mar 3, 2015 17:57:39 GMT -5
I bought a covered cat box on Amazon for my ISO's cat for Christmas. He doesn't like it but ISO does like it so he is forced to use it, charcoal filter on top and swinging door to keep smell down and he can't kick litter over the sides. He is a polydactyl cat so has extra toes so has a door mat now too. He is spoiled stray cat gaining weight every day because of ISO with bad math skills. He tells me he only gives him half a can of food twice a day but he measures half a can of food then adds a half a can of another kinds to mix because he doesn't like the first kind but he still says it is half a can, cat thinks it is two cans a day plus dry plus people food.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 3, 2015 22:40:53 GMT -5
I don't give Sushi people food, but he steals it off our plates, off the counter and from the trash. From date squares to boiled cabbage to a dish of butter....nothing is safe.
He ate a pot of asparagus with parmesan the other day. He told me he didn't do it, but his pee smelled suspicious.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Mar 3, 2015 23:16:26 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. I love Maine Coons - but they're not the only ones that get massive. My first kitty after getting married was a short-haired ginger tabby - that guy tipped the scales at about 20 lb as an adult, and was the most lovable, sweet boy. I had him with me for over 2 decades.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 3, 2015 23:20:20 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. I love Maine Coons - but they're not the only ones that get massive. My first kitty after getting married was a short-haired ginger tabby - that guy tipped the scales at about 20 lb as an adult, and was the most lovable, sweet boy. I had him with me for over 2 decades. What colour was the orange kitty before it got married?
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Mar 3, 2015 23:26:11 GMT -5
LOL - he was the first one we adopted after my marriage. The one I had before my marriage (who stayed behind & lived out his days with my parents) was a gray short-haired tabby.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 4, 2015 9:05:05 GMT -5
Okay, I really wanted one there for a minute until the conversation moved on to poops and grooming. I think a short-hair would be better on my allergies anyhow. Actually, a fish would probably be best for your allergies Although DH used to be terribly allergic to dogs and cats, but didn't want to NOT have dogs and cats, and now, after 20 some years of living with animals, he is no longer allergic to pets. Unfortunately, he is still horribly allergic to trees, grass, mold, flowers, dust mites - pretty much everything EXCEPT pets. I guess next he needs to move into a greenhouse to see if he can get used to being around plants... Probably, but not as cute and cuddly! My DH is more allergic to cats than I am. (Keep fur away from my eyes, and I'm good. Pet a cat and touch my eye/face, I'm miserable.) I don't want to make him suffer for years until he builds up a tolerance. (I'm also allergic to tree pollen, dust and ragweed.)
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Post by Lizard Queen on Mar 4, 2015 9:06:20 GMT -5
Okay, I really wanted one there for a minute until the conversation moved on to poops and grooming. I think a short-hair would be better on my allergies anyhow. I don't groom him, he seems to do a good job himself.
However, he shits a lot.
And I had to get a bigger litter box since his ass wouldn't fit in the other one.
Hmm, not sure I'd want to deal with massive poops either...
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Post by cktc on Mar 4, 2015 10:18:25 GMT -5
I don't give Sushi people food, but he steals it off our plates, off the counter and from the trash. From date squares to boiled cabbage to a dish of butter....nothing is safe.
He ate a pot of asparagus with parmesan the other day. He told me he didn't do it, but his pee smelled suspicious. My Fiona does this too! She used to just have a sweet tooth so I had to keep anything with chocolate safely hidden, but recently she's stolen a peach, an avocado, and I caught her sniffing at a red onion but shooed her away before she did any damage. Silly thing acts like she doesn't have two bowls of food out at all times.
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 4, 2015 14:05:11 GMT -5
I don't give Sushi people food, but he steals it off our plates, off the counter and from the trash. From date squares to boiled cabbage to a dish of butter....nothing is safe.
He ate a pot of asparagus with parmesan the other day. He told me he didn't do it, but his pee smelled suspicious. My Fiona does this too! She used to just have a sweet tooth so I had to keep anything with chocolate safely hidden, but recently she's stolen a peach, an avocado, and I caught her sniffing at a red onion but shooed her away before she did any damage. Silly thing acts like she doesn't have two bowls of food out at all times. I have three, one of them only wants my food if it smells yummy, the other two need to inspect what I'm eating first hand to make sure it isn't something they might want. Very often they don't want any, but they still need to do the sniff test to be certain. The MC not only wants to sniff test what I'm eating, but when she is coming to get a pet or a cuddle she usually wants to sniff my mouth, too, to see if maybe I ate something interesting that I should have shared with her an hour ago. DH hates that I let the cats sniff my food, but they don't lick it, and they (usually) don't try to swipe any off my plate. I guess I'm used to it. Not like the damn beagle, who once snapped up half my sandwich directly out of my hand. You pretty much had to exile the beagle outside when there was any food out in the open anywhere in the house.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 4, 2015 14:22:49 GMT -5
Henry (my tuxedo) likes to sniff my mouth after I've eaten as well! Silly little weirdo.
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Post by beergut on Mar 5, 2015 2:42:14 GMT -5
I'm a dog person. Pugs are superior to any breed of cat, and I will hear no argument otherwise.
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Post by msventoux on Mar 5, 2015 2:54:42 GMT -5
Pugs snore. And pass a lot of gas. At least the three I've been around. 3 out of 4 of my cats don't snore. And are polite enough to not pass gas around me. I do have to clean their kitty boxes though. I think my attempt at countering the pug argument is flawed. Plus pugs are cute little buggers.
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