Popsie was found 2 yrs and 3 mos ago under a dumpster less than 4 wks
of age - eyes matted shut, covered in fleas and red fire-ants, so young
that we had to dropper feed her "cat milk" every 1-2 hrs at first.
However, the tiny munchkin BURST rapidly at the seams and took on mush
at first and then canned cat food and in just a short time "ONE" cat
food.  Anyway, she, spayed, now is 15#, and nose to tip of tail OR tip
of front toes to tip of back toes with body and legs stretched out BOTH
measure equally at 36".  She can stand on the floor and put her paws up
on a kitchen counter - freaks me out!!  If she throws a toy up
anywhere, she just reachs up and bats it down her own self!  The vet
here in Miami, FL called her a  American Domestic Long hair Bi-Color
Black and White (tuxedo design).  She is just a stray, however, she
looks like the photos and descriptions of the Maine Coon cats: slick
hair on head and back and tail on top that lays down, then under the
neck, belly, britches, and under the tail, she has bushy or fluffy
white fur that is progressively thickening and lengthening as she ages.
When she is cold, she puffs out and her face is big and round with a
square jaw or muzzle/ nose, like it is separate from her face. Along
her back her hair is all slick like I said but when she puffs out or if
she spooks, the back ridge stands straight up like porcupine spikes
down her back and down her tail, her entire tail will flair like it got
struck by lightning.  When she was a tiny baby, she got loose and a big
hound dog came near her. I snatched her up by the scruff of her neck in
the back and she was so terrified she balled up and poofed out like one
balled up porcupine all the time hissing and clawing and biting
anything in her way (ME!!!). For a while we called her Porky. Never
thought that tiny baby porky would become the gorgeous huge cow of a
cat that she is now!  Everyone sees her asks if she is pregnant - NO -
and the vet did not indicate that she was overweight either. She's just
a BIG baby!!  OR IS SHE??   WHAT IS BIG?  WHAT IS NORMAL? Be glad for
comments, I'm new at this.  Thanks, God bless you all.