My original plan was to get a girl (you can probably guess what I was going to name her…), but I saw one photo of that wee face and just immediately said “that’s Leonard”. I didn’t intend to get one quite so similar to Sheldon, it just worked out that way. He is from the same breeder, but I’ve checked their pedigrees, and remarkably they are not actually related.
After two or three days of hissing and growling from Sheldon, he started to relent. They started out by playing together, which would still be punctuated by the odd hiss. Now they play very happily together - quite alarmingly roughly at times, and they have a great mad half hour together, charging around. When nearly 20 lbs of adult Maine Coon chases a 4 month old Maine Coon at full pelt around your apartment, you know all about it.
I reckon I’ve now got the hang of this business of sharing your home with Maine Coons, but would still love chat and pics from others. (I won’t say owners, cause you never truly own a cat!).
If you want to follow the adventures of Leonard and Sheldon, they do also have their own Instagram - SoftKittyMaineCoons.
I read the OP without looking at who posted it, assuming it was someone in America. I looked at the first picture and was surprised to see the unmistakable back of a Scottish tenement! Nice cats.
We have a pair of Maine Coon sisters/litter mates who will be two in April. Named Stevens and Ballou because Cat. They have the dog thoroughly cowed and take unholy delight in teasing her. The daily Thirty Minutes of Crazy has necessitated putting anything frangible or portable behind closed doors or held down with museum wax. They are conversational and definitely have Opinions. They take over the dog’s crate during the day as that is the best viewing spot for the bird feeder and the red squirrel who visits daily.
I know that no cat thread is complete without pictures but I have had no success in attaching any. Help?!
My coon cat died last month. We’ll probably adopt another shelter cat (or pair of kittens) when
we are ready. But I do sort of hope to get another coon. We’ll see.
We’ll probably adopt another shelter cat (or pair of kittens) when
