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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2005Question on breeds
My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy when I got her). Is a tuxedo black & white, med hair, has curled fur extending from her ears (like a lynx) & has very long, slightly curved eyebrow whiskers. Do any of these traits denote Maine Coon or some other large breed ? I have no idea whatsoever.  SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas > My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the > last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I have no idea whatsoever. Clearly, you must share pictures. A picture's worth a thousand words! Furry ears I think can be a Maine Coon trait. Also great tufts of fur between the paws. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas > Clearly, you must share pictures. A picture's worth a thousand words! > > Furry ears I think can be a Maine Coon trait. Also great tufts of fur > between the paws. I promise pics by next week. A whole bunch still in the camera... Gotta finish the roll, develop & use a freind's scanner... etc..... SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas When you develop the pictures, just choose to also get a CD of digital pics and save yourself some headache. > When you develop the pictures, just choose to also get a CD of digital pics > and save yourself some headache. Also, this may not be obvious, but this is not a binary-friendly newsgroup, so you'll have to either post them on a server (there are some free picture-hosting sites) or post them to one of the animal picture newsgroups. My server, for example, strips any attachments off the message before it gets to me. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > When you develop the pictures, just choose to also get a CD of digital pics > and save yourself some headache. Usually the resolution on those things (CDs) is horrible. I can't recommend a good digital camera enough! ;) -L. (Canon G3) Yep if she trills, grows and has furry tufts, a racoon tail, and a shaggy coat, then she's probably got some Maine Coon in her. Very common with DLH's in the United States as the Maine Coon is the indigenous DLH, or was until they started being "bred". Maine Coon mixes are phenomenal cats. I have one myself and I still think she's the best darned cat in the world : >> My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the >> last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Furry ears I think can be a Maine Coon trait. Also great tufts of fur >between the paws. Don't forget the long, luxurious tail (Mouse's was probably 2/3 her body length) and the tendency to "peep". We want pictures, though <g> - Norwegian Forest Cats are very similar to Maine Coons. Jodi jmc usenet [at] jodi [dit] ws Any day you learn something isn't a total waste. > Don't forget the long, luxurious tail (Mouse's was probably 2/3 her > body length) and the tendency to "peep". [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > usenet [at] jodi [dit] ws > Any day you learn something isn't a total waste. The long, luxurious tail is there, she doeesn't 'peep' as much as 'trills', but it's quite common with her... Pics are coming, I promise...Next week. SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas tufty ears, tufty, huge paws, long hair that doesn't look that long, but can be up to 9 inches long on spine and tail. I'm not sure how much Chablis weighs, but as a comparison, at six months, kitty weighed 12 pounds lean, at 3 years he now weighs 20lbs and has the start of a paunch between his back legs, so he could probably drop a pound or two. Tufy ears, check. Shaggy coat, check. Long whiskers, check! http://www.obviouspowerplay.net/tabbynation/cutekittypics/handsome-kitty-sit.jpg Size Comparison (little cat was 8 months and about 8lbs in these pics) http://www.obviouspowerplay.net/tabbynation/cutekittypics/hugs11-3-02.JPG And some pictures of the monster at 8 weeks (which kind of clued us in that he was going to get big) http://www.obviouspowerplay.net/tabbynation/earlykittypics/earlykittypics.html Except for when he lays crossways and takes up the whole double bed, I do love me them big cats. Charlotte & tabbynation (remove the kitty to reply) >>My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the >>last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Furry ears I think can be a Maine Coon trait. Also great tufts of fur > between the paws. >tufty ears, tufty, huge paws, long hair that doesn't look that long, but >can be up to 9 inches long on spine and tail. Hair that's nine inches long? I've seen a lot of Maine Coons, but I've never seen that. Did you get that description from a website? (I gotta see a picture of that). On that thought, I had to dig through my vacuum cleaner bag to fetch an earring. There was enough hair in there to make another whole cat. I should count my blessings they don't have 9-inch-long hair!! Sherry >>tufty ears, tufty, huge paws, long hair that doesn't look that long, but >>can be up to 9 inches long on spine and tail. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Sherry I bet she ment 9cm....there is no way it's 9 inches. That would be my hair that hangs down past my waist.... Karryl >My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the >last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I have no idea whatsoever. Go to http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/maine.html and look up the breed standard for Maine Coons and/or any other breeds. Many people who come into the possession of a long haired cat that has some size, automatically think that they have a Maine Coon. The only way you can be sure, is if you have its pedigree papers showing its lineage. Your cat might be what some breeders consider "foundation stock". OTOH, it may just be a large, long-haired cat. Without papers, its impossible to tell. At best, you could speculate that it perhaps has some traits of a Maine Coon .. but that is a long way from making it a Maine Coon (or any other breed, for that matter). >>My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the >>last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > speculate that it perhaps has some traits of a Maine Coon .. but that is a > long way from making it a Maine Coon (or any other breed, for that matter). And in the end, it really doesn't matter. I doubt Mathew was going to try to advertise breeding services or anything; just curious about his cat's heritage, as I think most of us are about our un-papered darlings. "Foundation stock." Sounds like something you'd put in a soup, to me. Bleh! It's fun to speculate about whether my Oscar is maybe part maine coon (she has tufts between her toes, anyway), but it doesn't really matter. It's just fun to wonder about. Oh, Mathew, I seem to recall being told that female maine coons can sometimes be as small as nine pounds, so .... even if she is a maine coon, she might not get huge. Maybe. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* <SNIP> > > the possession of a long haired cat that has some size, automatically think > > that they have a Maine Coon. The only way you can be sure, is if you have [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > be as small as nine pounds, so .... even if she is a maine coon, she might not > get huge. Maybe. Monique, you have hit the nail on the head. As Chablis was adopted from the shelter allready fixed, there'll be no breeding here & I'm positive she's not a purebred. There are several teltales which suggest MC DNA, so I'm mostly wondering if she's gonna get real big. As to the pics, I'll ask the photoshop about a cd, but I might get better resolution from scanning. I have yahoo messenger & I think they offer a picture hosting site so I'll post the URL when all is in place. SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas > My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the > last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat > En Vino Veritas Prolly just a pretty moggie - the best kind. :) Maybe a Maine Coon wannabe? The shelters are full of gorgeous cats that out perform purebreds. ;) Set up a webpage when you can and sens a link to the group. -L.
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