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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2004REALLY large cat breeds?
A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) normally grow to be very large. Does anyone know which breeds of cats become LARGE? === "Man will become better only when you will make him see what he is like." -- Anton Chekhov >A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb >cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) >normally grow to be very large. > > Does anyone know which breeds of cats become LARGE? If you're talking domestic cats, there are maine coons. They get big and have thick fluffy coats. If you're talking exotic, there are lynx and bobcats which some have as house pets. You need special permits to have these types of exotic cats. They are 25-50 lbs. >>A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb >>cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > some have as house pets. You need special permits to have these types of exotic > cats. They are 25-50 lbs. Mary.....I have a main coone female and she is nowhere near 47 pounds. She's lucky if she tips the scales at 11 pounds. Maine coone cats are just what you said, ALL FUR. There is also the ocelot, the sand cat, and a few others. Like I said in an earlier post, do a google search on different cat breeds. Thanks for mentioning ocelot, that's what we were trying to recall when my brother and I were trying to come up with the name of the wild animal one of my cats look like. Stone >>>A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb >>>cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > others. Like I said in an earlier post, do a google search on different > cat breeds. > A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb > cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > he is like." > -- Anton Chekhov Are we talking about domestic cats or "wild" cats here? I mean I thought that my guy was big when he tipped the scales at 29 pounds. The only cats that I know of that get that big are cats that are extremely obese, or the cats that belong in the jungles and rainforests. You could always do a google search for different breeds of cats and that might help. >> A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb >> cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) >> normally grow to be very large. http://www.uslink.net/~rrcats/ bobcat and lynx cats as pets. I don't endorse this, just posting the link so people can read about them. I'd be a bit skeptical of your co-worker's friend's tale. If I recall correctly the largest domestic cat ever weighed forty-something pounds. The biggest cat I ever saw was a Maine Coon Cat at a cat show this year in NYC. It was enormous, weighing thirty-something pounds and was not obese. > A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb > cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > he is like." > -- Anton Chekhov >I'd be a bit skeptical of your co-worker's friend's tale. If I recall >correctly the largest domestic cat ever weighed forty-something pounds. The >biggest cat I ever saw was a Maine Coon Cat at a cat show this year in NYC. >It was enormous, weighing thirty-something pounds and was not obese. Our Maine Coon who died earlier this year was 23 pounds and very large (huge head, feet, very tall, huge tail, etc). Our new kitten is now 8 months old and weighs in at 14 pounds. It is all muscle with this little guy too, he is like a bodybuilder. when he finishes growing and fills out he should be well over twenty. And Maine Coons are very funny guys to have around. - - DL http://www.geocities.com/dicklong14_ca/fanclub.htm >> Evidently your buddy Cedeño is a bastard. > >First of all, Cedeño is not my buddy. :::::::::::::::: Halter Sucks! On Sat, 11 Dec 2004,07:29:56, DL wrote >And Maine Coons are very >funny guys to have around. You can say that again. I have a Maine Coon (reasonably rare in the UK, where they have been bred only since 1984) who is, as we say here, as nutty as a fruit cake. As well as bursting into song at 4:30 am, just for fun, she has a number of odd habits. The least pleasant of which is as follows. When she was a kitten, I used to clean her butt occasionally if she needed it. She has never been a keen washer. Now, whenever she has defecated, she follows me round the house, shouting her head off (she had a LOUD VOICE), until I clean her butt with kitchen wipes. She purrs all the time I do it. Sheesh! Tony  Signature******* email sent to this address is automatically discarded ******* ************************ Please reply to the group ****************** >Now, whenever she has >defecated, she follows me round the house, shouting her head off (she >had a LOUD VOICE), until I clean her butt with kitchen wipes. She purrs >all the time I do it. > >Sheesh! That is hilarious! I wish my cats butts were as easy to clean. I just try to keep their butts trimmed shorter. You're well trained aren't you! Bet she tells all her friends. > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004,07:29:56, DL wrote > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Tony My maine coon has trained me as well. Every evening, just as I get ready for supper, he comes to be brushed out. He will not stop telling me to brush him, until I do. While I brush him out, he sits there purrring, looking as regal as possible.Simply the king of house getting his just deserves! On Tue, 21 Dec 2004,07:49:50, Dr_Dickie wrote >My maine coon has trained me as well. Every evening, just as I get ready for >supper, he comes to be brushed out. He will not stop telling me to brush >him, until I do. While I brush him out, he sits there purrring, looking as >regal as possible.Simply the king of house getting his just deserves! Now that is a coincidence! That is *another* one of my Coon's (her name is CoCo) habits. She follows me round the house at about 9:30pm, yelling, until I groom her. When she sees me take the grooming comb out of the cat cupboard, she squeals with delight and runs to me. Sometimes she sits in front of the cupboard, yelling, until I groom her. What is unusual is that she will lie on her back and allow me to comb her belly without complaint. In fact she loves it. Most cats hate it. I lift her paws up, one by one, to comb her pawpits, too. Her third eyelids go up in exactas, and she gradually falls asleep. Regards Tony Signature******* email sent to this address is automatically discarded ******* ************************ Please reply to the group ****************** > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004,07:49:50, Dr_Dickie wrote > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Tony Wow, cherish that. My Copernicus was found in bad shape. He was skin and bones and pretty badly beaten-up (cuts and brusies all over). I suspect that he was abused by his previous owners (he cowers alot and always acts like he as been caught doing something wrong). He is getting better, but he will not let me brush his stomach. His favorite is this mane area. He loves the brush bristles against his face (he controls that not me). As I said, he gets a very regal look about him as he is brushed, like a king with new clothes to show off. Aaaaah, how cute! Sandra On Tue, 21 Dec 2004,16:41:48, Sandra wrote >Aaaaah, how cute! >Sandra Yup. And I should have written 'ecstasy'. Cold fingers. Tony Signature******* email sent to this address is automatically discarded ******* ************************ Please reply to the group ****************** > I'd be a bit skeptical of your co-worker's friend's tale. If I recall > correctly the largest domestic cat ever weighed forty-something pounds. The > biggest cat I ever saw was a Maine Coon Cat at a cat show this year in NYC. > It was enormous, weighing thirty-something pounds and was not obese. WOW! I would love to squeeze that guy. Enormous Maine Coons are so gorgeous! K. My cats: www.twentypaws.com >WOW! I would love to squeeze that guy. Enormous Maine Coons are so gorgeous! > >K. >My cats: >www.twentypaws.com They *are* gorgeous and have such a sweet nature. I posted these on another group recently, here's a pic of my grandcat: http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/jamieorion2.jpg http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/jamieorion3.jpg http://members.aol.com/sriddles/o.jpg Sherry | A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb | cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) | normally grow to be very large. | | Does anyone know which breeds of cats become LARGE? Tigers? I'm skeptical, too. Maine Coons are the largest Domestic cat breed, and they don't get that big. My mom has one that weighs 24 pounds. Like Professor said, the world records cat was in the forties range. Probably your co-worker is exaggerating, or the co-worker's friend is exaggerating, or the friend owns a lynx! > I'm skeptical, too. Maine Coons are the largest Domestic cat breed, and > they don't get that big. My mom has one that weighs 24 pounds. Like > Professor said, the world records cat was in the forties range. Probably > your co-worker is exaggerating, or the co-worker's friend is exaggerating, > or the friend owns a lynx! Maybe the owner shold call Guiness up. > > I'm skeptical, too. Maine Coons are the largest Domestic cat breed, and > > they don't get that big. My mom has one that weighs 24 pounds. Like [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Maybe the owner shold call Guiness up. Brilliant! We have two ragdoll kittens and the breeder told us that the male could get to be 30 lbs. I understood that ragdoll were the biggest domestic cats. Ev > A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb > cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > he is like." > -- Anton Chekhov > We have two ragdoll kittens and the breeder told us that the male could get > to be 30 lbs. I understood that ragdoll were the biggest domestic cats. > Ev Ragdolls were never considered the largest cat breed. Breeders can sometimes be a bit loose with the truth when making a sale. Actually the breeder was not the one who told us that they were the biggest breed and if it's only heresy then that's fine with us. We really like them whatever their eventual size. > > We have two ragdoll kittens and the breeder told us that the male could > get [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Ragdolls were never considered the largest cat breed. Breeders can > sometimes be a bit loose with the truth when making a sale. >Breeders can sometimes be a bit loose with the truth when making a sale.< I have noticed that some breeders do make exaggerated claims about the size of their breed. They might not be soliciting sales, but merely taking pride about their breed or cattery. I have heard Maine Coon breeders bragging about their 20+ lb cats. While some male Maine Coons are 20+ lbs, most are probably between 15 to 20 lb. I understand that Pixiebob is a very large breed, although I have never seen one in the real to verify that. In a recent cat show, I saw an large and lean F2 Savannah. A Savannah is a cross between a domestic cat and an African serval cat. An F2 would be about 1/4 serval cat. That cat looks to be 25 to 30 lb. Your friend doesn't happen to live near an atomic plant, does he? But seriously, here's the Snopes (urban legends) page about big cats: http://www.snopes.com/photos/bigcat.asp They mention the heaviest cat on record as being about 46 lbs.; there's also a pointer to the Guinness page on the longest living cat, who weighs a mere 35 lbs: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=51254 > A co-worker of mine told me today that his friend had a 47-lb > cat. Apparently, he says this breed (which he can't remember) > normally grow to be very large. |
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