Maybe you've seen this Whiskas ad where they say every bite is only 2
calories. But how much is 2 calories to a cat?

I feed both Whiskas Temptations and Purina Luv to my cat. It makes her
expect something, I suppose. And, since I switch variety with every
new pouch, it makes the food not so uniform.

But this 1 year 15 pounds Maine Coon only eats half a cup of kibbles
and about 55 g. of pâté a day. That's not a lot. The kibbles are low
fat (11.5%), so she's losing fat, but not weight, as she's still
growing, I suppose. The small pouch she had on her stomach is smaller
now. In a month from now, she should have pretty much none left.

So what about those treats? Do you feed treats to your cats?

Once in a while, when her fur doesn't look too good -- but it might be
because of hot wheather and humidity -- I add half a teaspoon of
Kalamata extra virgin first cold pressing low acidity olive oil to one
156 g can of food that I feed her over 3 days. It seems to help. I
tried to add beef fat instead, but she doesn't like it.

Is olive oil ok for cats? After all, some supplements are made of
wheat gluten oil...

But I suppose her fur would look much better if she was outside in the
winter. When I was young my mother was a fur finisher -- she was
sewing in the lining -- and racoon fur smelled pretty much like the
Maine Coon's. (A little pelt conditioning would help with the
similitude.) And, of course, racoons are trapped in the winter so that
their pelt looks better.

OTOH, I suppose you can't expect Maine Coon fur to look like a persian
cats'. There are spikes and waves. See, for instance:

<http://www.maine-coon-fans.de/index.1.jpg>

But if you have suggestions to make Maine Coon's fur look better, I'm
open to suggestions.

Maine Coons... I don't find they look that good. As I said, they
surely would look better spending a winter outside at 20 below, but
whose's Maine Coon does? But they're so delicate, affectionate
creatures. What a change from the mind games playing rascal I had before!

She jumps on the clothes closet and we play hot paw. She utters little
war shouts, but hasn't scratched me once. What a delightful little thing!

Maine Coon are big, but I don't believe they'd be good at fighting.
First, they don't feel this way, and then, I don't believe they have
the muscles. My previous cat I could hang head down by only one leg
and he'd climb back up. Hanged by both legs, the Maine Coon doesn't
come up. One year old! My previous cat could come back up until he was
10 or 12.

I would be really afraid if she went out, accoustomed as she is to
play without getting out her claws or letting her tail be grabbed
until I let her pull away. She even purrs when I grab her tail, but
I'm afraid a dog wouldn't play this game.

What's your experience of Maine Coons as fighters?