# Found a new feline Overlord... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697 "2015-03-22T17:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/21 "2015-03-24T00:45:20Z")
Pretty girl! What a lucky find for both of you. ---
**Author:** ![Toastmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Toastmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toastmaker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/22 "2015-03-24T19:35:23Z")
Lucky cat. Your compassion does not go unnoticed and some believe it will not go unrewarded. We actually have lots of people like this in our country. It’s part of what makes us exceptional ! ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/23 "2015-03-24T21:56:27Z")
She’s definitely made herself at home. She looks very comfortable in her new kingdom! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/24 "2015-03-27T03:57:46Z")
Pretty cat! I also approve of the reading materials. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/25 "2015-03-27T16:09:45Z")
I have a 1/2 Maine Coon that adopted me several years ago. Other than being completely white rather than brown or black tabby, he looks the part completely. He appeared out of nowhere and simply jumped in my car as I was loading groceries from my cart one day. He sat there for all the world as if he owned the vehicle. I warned him that there were 3 dogs at my house with very acute prey instincts. He yawned and washed one ear. Warily, I took him home and introduced him to the canines. He was nonplussed. They barked and attempted chase, but you can’t chase something that refuses to run. He jumped on the windowsill and ignored them while watching a bird in the evergreen bush. A trip to the vet proved him to be healthy and unchipped. After contacting all the pertinent organizations and running a “found” ad in the local paper for two weeks without reply, he became a member of our family. His name is Cattius Maximus, or Max to his friends. He has remained mum on his antecedents. Congrats on adding a Mainie to your home, or on having one adopt you. 🙂 They are very special feline souls indeed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/26 "2015-03-27T16:28:13Z")
> [@Toastmaker](#): > > Lucky cat. Your compassion does not go unnoticed and some believe it will not go unrewarded. We actually have lots of people like this in our country. It’s part of what makes us exceptional ! Thanks. Other than our first cat(pet shop), all the others have been rescues in some form. I guess I take after my mom in that regard. > [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Congrats on adding a Mainie to your home, or on having one adopt you. 🙂 They are very special feline souls indeed. I’ve wanted a M.C. for a long time but we don’t have the money to go to a breeder plus our preference for cats than _need_ a home. This one literally fell in my lap. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/27 "2015-03-27T17:08:22Z")
Sounds like she was waiting for you to come along. The best pets are the ones that pick us. And she looks like she’s settled right in. Lovely girl. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/28 "2015-03-27T17:55:58Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > His name is Cattius Maximus, or Max to his friends. I’m stealing that name for my next kitty!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/29 "2015-03-27T18:11:32Z")
> [@Toastmaker](#): > > …We actually have lots of people like this in our country. It’s part of what makes us exceptional ! Yep. In Canada we would have bludgeoned it to death with rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/30 "2015-03-28T21:30:26Z")
If anyone ever has a cat they name Tobermory, I have a personalized food and waterbowl set I’ll send you. My own Toby is gone now, but I couldn’t bear to toss the dish. It’s heavy ceramic too. Lot of cool names out there. I like Cattius Maximus. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/31 "2015-03-28T22:25:30Z")
What a cutie! ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/32 "2015-03-29T00:35:25Z")
That cat is a keeper. I have a rescued Maine Coon who looks very like Molly except my boy has the dark bands. Beautiful cats. Amazingly benign. Fury (I didn’t name him but it has to be ironic) avoids fights and when dealing with another cat, goes and sits under a chair with an inscrutable smile. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/33 "2015-03-29T13:09:41Z")
WHAT?! :eek: An official name (nice one too!) and no official new pic to go with it? Doesn’t that break the rules or something? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/34 "2015-03-29T13:52:42Z")
Didn’t realize that was a rule. H-e-e-r-e’s [Molly](http://s176.photobucket.com/user/runnerpat/media/Cats/P1050050_zpsi7ptfnqg.jpg.html?sort=2&o=21). Not much different from the first photos, it’s the only place she holds still long enough. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/35 "2015-03-29T14:12:17Z")
That’s better! 🙂 I see she’s a book lover too… such a pretty cat! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/36 "2015-03-29T16:28:45Z")
This makes my day! I love it when people help out an animal in need --Restores my faith in humanity 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697/37 "2015-03-29T19:29:59Z")
Gorgeous animal lovely name. We have a full blown Maine Coon named Lucy with similar stripes but a darker color. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-new-feline-overlord/715697.md?page=1)