Comments on: Facts about the Maine Coon Cat

By: trinity

trinity — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:38:00 +0000

my mom saved a maine coon last year and she was so soft it was like a cloud and she was just because we brushed her all the time and you cant hide treats from her at all………….. Lol it was funny and she would have ran for 2 miles for a treat and she would knead you for hours in the stomck so hard the your stomch would hreat for days and so you can get a free rub on the back .

By: Crazy Cat Lady in Oregon

Crazy Cat Lady in Oregon — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:57:21 +0000

It’s amazing to see all these comments from people who love their Maine Coons. I big, fluffy gray cat started hanging around our house last year when the temperature was dropping down into the teens. We named him “Harry” and my daughter let him in, but when he saw another male cat outside, he went crazy wanting to get out and chase that cat off. My daughter was heartbroken and when I told her I didn’t think we would see him again. She made a bed for him out on the deck just in case he came back. The next morning, there was Harry, grooming himself as he lounged in his new bed! I took him to the vet to be neutered and cleaned up. The vet looked at him and said “Oh, he’s a Maine Coon Cat!” We found out he is FIV positive, but he is so tough it doesn’t slow him down much. He had terrible ear infections, scratches and cuts from fighting, runny eyes, and fleas that took weeks of treatment to cure. He’s probably been hit by a car (at some point he broke his pelvis bone and broke off a canine tooth) and he’s been SHOT! He has 3 pieces of buckshot in him. Regardless of his sorted past, now he’s a fat, happy, house cat. He DEMANDS attention from everyone in the house. If one of the kids sits on the couch, Harry is right on their lap, climbing up onto their chest to get his head as close as possible to their face. If you don’t pet him, he’s poking at you with one of his huge paws or head-butting you. If there are no laps around, he lies on the floor, usually on his back. We joke that he normally sees the world upside down. He’s an amazing personality and we are so lucky that he adopted us. I guess Harry’s pretty lucky too.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:19:06 +0000

I have a Maine Coon that was given to me at about age 5, and she had belonged to many people previously (I don’t know for sure how many). When I got her she was very aggressive to me – bit me or scratched me on the average of once a month. Seriously I lost a lot of blood to this cat. Most of the time she was very lovable, not a lap cat, but wanted to be petted and talked to. One day I was petting her and for some reason I brought her face up close to mine and I started rubbing her with my face. Sorta like cats do with each other – and remarkably, she has not bitten me or scratched me since. This has been over a year ago. However, I have since rescued a large dog, mixed pit bull, and she growls at him frequently and has bitten and scratched him. He just goes and hides under the furniture. So glad I didn’t give up on Rudi, the cat – I really enjoy her now. Right now she is on the computer desk watching me type.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:30:15 +0000

this cat looks bad cat

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:56:49 +0000

I have 3 maine coons. Just found one in the street on a main highway. Holy cow. He is a classic brown tabby with white and just beautiful. Just had him neutered and hope the others will accept him once his hormones are gone.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:44:34 +0000

If Stuwie is biting he may have something that is bothering him.. Biting is defiantly not a characteristic of a main coon. All mine give kisses. OOOOOO I love them.

By: Peggy R.

Peggy R. — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:55:49 +0000

I have a 9 week old Maine Coon kitten. He will walk around the house or follow me “screaming” very loudly at me. I have no clue what he wants. I pick him up. He wants down. He has food, water, etc. Is this just a trait of the kitten?

By: Snuggy's Mom

Snuggy's Mom — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:10:19 +0000

We have 7 rescue kitties ranging from 7 years old to 4 months old. One is a main coon and he is my heart. He gets along fine with his brothers and sister but tended to stay apart from them. Then my husband brought home a kitten that was almost a week old and Snuggy decided that she was his. He would grab her out of my hands and run with her, he would curl up around her, groom her and play with her. Now our youngest is 4 months old and they are best buddies. Snuggie is the greatest kitty, we are so lucky he is in our lives…..I do love all my other ‘kids’ too…lol

By: T

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:26:11 +0000

P.S. Re some of the other posts: my maine coon cat Tinker does like to be picked up and held/hugged while I’m standing up but while I’m sitting down he will lay the front half of his body on my lap to get his cuddlies and petties, but only very rarely will he curl up his entire body on my lap in a typical “lap cat” position. He also likes to lay himself right up against my side for cuddles and also likes to sleep at the end of my bed against my legs or feet at night, but also quickly takes the hint and is very polite about staying off of me on nights when it gets too hot for me to have him up against me. He just moves over to his “alone time” corner of my bed and gets his zzz’s there. (FYI…you’re adopting maine coons and are ok with sharing your bed with your cats, I don’t recommend having a tiny bed). Also, Tinker never ever tries to wake me up when I’m sleeping. Wonderful, awesome cat! Love him :) — Seriously, stop thinking about it and go adopt.

By: T

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:30:41 +0000

My 4 year old 13 pound indoor maine coon boy named Tinker is like a living work of art – a masterpiece in my opinion. Absolutely beautiful to look at, graceful as can be, and wonderful to hear his occassional soft, sweet meow or his little chirps when he’s looking at birds from his windows – nothing cuter! Big, fluffy, soft, silky, squishy, adorable and cuddleable. My fiancee found him outside on as a small adorable but malnourished kitten on his own without a home or a mom, so I’m his mom now and couldn’t be more blessed. He’s a such a doll. He likes to be talked to and even sung to, he is extremely graceful (he prances!). He loves eye contact while talking, singing, petting, cuddling (sweetest big babydoll eyes too – no kidding he makes me smile every single day). He’s a smart boy too. He comes immediately running right to me from anywhere in the house like a dog when I call him (on those rare occassions when he’s not already right by my side). He likes me to hold his giant front paws and squeeze them. He likes to purr. He likes to be petted. When I come home he always greets me at the door and when I start to reach down to pet his big head he raises himself up on his hinds and pushes his head up into my hand. He loves me back and is as happy to see me as I am to see him. He gives me occassional very gentle love bites and soft licks. He likes to be kissed (yes, even on his lips). He is super mellow and easy to live with yet also playful and still quite “kittenish”. Not at all demanding for attention (of course he does get plenty). He gets along wonderfully with my 7 year old orange tabby boy, “Buster” (who I could also rave about for entirely different reasons, but since this is a maine coon site I’ll control myself). When Tinker first came here as a scrawny little fluffball, he was playing with big full-grown Buster who he tackled and took right down to the floor with a thud on day one! Good thing they were playing and good thing maine coons are such good natured kitties because believe me these strong smart cats are no wimpy pussies. Even though Tinker quickly grew bigger than Buster- Buster always eats first while Tinker hangs back until Buster leaves the bowl. Tinker does acknowledge Buster’s seniority and lets Buster be the boss. In turn Buster always leaves Tinker his fair share of food, he taught Tinker how to jump onto the very top of the high kitchen cabinets amongst many other neat cat tricks, and has always groomed Tinker, naps with him, and takes care of him. No jealousy between them – great pals. Tinker hides at first when strangers come in the house, but eventually comes out and warms up to new people and flirts with them a little. In the summer his fur can get some knots which are quickly and easily “zipped” right off with an electric hair trimmer which he was afraid of at first but tolerates better and better each time. If you or anyone you know is looking for a truly wonderful cat , I wholeheartedly recommend adding an abundance of joy to the home by adopting and loving a maine coon or two or three:) … Happy petting!!!