She's a Maine Coon.
Have you introduced her to the other two cats?
This is a Maine Coon like her all grown up.
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Have you introduced her to the other two cats?
This is a Maine Coon like her all grown up.
Siete sleeping next to me. Taken just now.
Lord Ba'al
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She was introduced to the other cats right away. But they are keeping their distance so far. The little one obviously wants to play but the others don't. She keeps chasing Qetesh around the house. There's a bit of hissing now and then but getting less and less. At the beginning it came mostly from her. Ba'al and Qetesh have been quite tolerant from the start but when Osiris gets too close they draw a line. I'm hopeful that a week from now they might be good to snuggle up and maybe they'll even play with her if we're lucky. She's a furry little ball of energy that one. Nothing but play play play. Supposedly cats sleep 18 hours a day but with this one it's like she plays 18 hours a day. She was also instantly used to us and our environment which surprised the hell out of me. Normally it takes a while for cats to get used to a new environment and people, but not this one.
Lord Ba'al
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Maine Coons are silly and very "doglike". They are also irritatingly intelligent. You might find that she behaves quite differently than Baal or Quetesh.
But they are so loving and sweet. She is such a beauty! You are making me want to get another Maine Coon for Siete.
YJ02
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Wow.Cats should be eating food that is at least 50% protein, and they should not be eating corn at all. What do you mean "dry feed"? What sort of dry feed, and is it made for cats?
ok,,so i am guessing you are referring to a total daily intake of 50%?
because even this (ridiculous priced) 12 lb bag of food ($60) is only at 40% per serving
https://www.orijen.ca/us/foods/cat-food/dry-cat-food/cat-kitten/
Lord Ba'al
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So Osiris went to the vet today and turned out to be a boy, so now HE is named Apophis.
That is even better! The male of all cat species is more affectionate (and more active) than the females. I envy you...I wish I had gotten Siete when he was a kitten. But I did raise my very first cat Felix from a kitten so I know you have a handful! Oh, and Maine Coons are known for being very vocal. I get an earful from Siete every night. I think he is trying to tell me what he has been doing all day when I was gone or something.
Lord Ba'al
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So far this one is not yet as vocal as the others. Particularly Qetesh is quite vocal. Especially now she's in heat.
Wait, she isn't spayed?
Did you get her from a rescue or a breeder or a pet store? In the US, rescues and pet stores are required to neuter and spay. But not breeders.
Lord Ba'al
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Qetesh and Ba'al came from a farm in the Netherlands. Not breeders. Just people who have cats, probably to help keep vermin away. They had several litters at the same time. Too many kittens.Wait, she isn't spayed?
Osiris looks almost purebred.
Siete has a little bit of Persian in him, so his ear tufts are not as pronounced like they are in Osiris. One of his parents was a Persian/Maine Coon mix, but the other parent was a purebred. Even neutered, he still yowls at female cats and would probably mount one if he could get at them. . In a year's time, Osiris will be larger than Qetesh, and in 2 years he will be as big as Baal. In 3 years he will be bigger than both of them. Maine Coons are the largest domestic cat breed.
Lord Ba'al
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It's Apophis now.
Both parents had a purebred Maine Coon lineage I think, though the mother looked like shit, the poor thing.
Both parents had a purebred Maine Coon lineage I think, though the mother looked like shit, the poor thing.
It's Apophis now.
Both parents had a purebred Maine Coon lineage I think, though the mother looked like shit, the poor thing.
It looks like that. Funny how the hardiness of Maine Coons and Norweigan Forest Cats allow even ferals to easily survive cold winters and living outside. They are fishing cats, so they do not have to worry much about finding birds, although they are excellent hunters of birds and mice too.
YJ02
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i just realized, he and one of our grand daughters cats- Spot (4 yr old naming process)- are dead ringers for one another
Spot's brother has the same pattern of color boundary but is gray rather then black
they are both fairly big (relative to cats) as well and less then a yr old
remind me, is it a certain breeds that have this pattern of color and mid length fur or is it random across many breeds?
The color patterns can be random, but physical and fur traits are somewhat breed specific. If you look at Lord Ba'al's picture of his new Maine Coon Apophis, you will notice those ear tufts. The more purebred Maine Coons and Norweigan Forest cats are, the more pronounced those ear tufts. Siete has them, but they are not as pronounced because he has a bit of Persian in him from his mother who was a Persian/Maine Coon mix (his dad was a Maine Coon purebred). The Maine Coon is also the largest domestic cat breed. Their behaviors are also breed specific. Maine Coons and Norweigan Forest cats LOVE water. They will explore shallow puddles, and if given the chance, they will sometimes go for a swim in a pool or jump in your bathtub as you are running the water. They look down in the water as if looking for fish, and in the wild they fish for themselves. Other cats do not do this.They also have tufts of hair between the toes of each paw to help tread through snow.
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YJ02
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remember i put up pics of those trees i dropped in the river behind my house?
some ppl trapping this yr found that a pair of bobcats (they almost always occupy a territory in pairs) were using one of those trees to go out into the river and sit over the water and fish
they got one of them by following their patters and setting traps nearby
hard to believe there are predators even as big as a bobcat, in the small space of land behind my house and before the river. (pic is not me
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remember i put up pics of those trees i dropped in the river behind my house?
some ppl trapping this yr found that a pair of bobcats (they almost always occupy a territory in pairs) were using one of those trees to go out into the river and sit over the water and fish
they got one of them by following their patters and setting traps nearby
hard to believe there are predators even as big as a bobcat, in the small space of land behind my house and before the river. (pic is not me
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Is that bobcat alive in the photo? I hope so.
. Here are a couple of Maine Coons showing how they react to water:This one swims in a pool.
This one just likes to chill in the water.
YJ02
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are you serious now?
i say this with 'love" so dont take it wrong--
you cant hold a wild bobcat!!!
maybe if it has been raised and fed by hand from birth-- or drugged
and these things eat cats and small domestic dogs
now that i know these things are back there and most likely the apex predator here, i know that it is they who are responsible for killing so many of the domestic cats that we have had over the yrs who lived outside
they will come up on people's porches and decks and kill and try to take away a dog that has been let out
and, the fact that so many have done some serious ankle and leg biting to people out walking, especially right before or at dawn. it is no epidemic to be sure, but it does happen. so many are being born and choosing to live near town, it is a more and more common occurrence
our dcnr and game commission SHOULD BE creating better habitats (rock or log hides) for them and cultivating more wooded areas to grow the underbrush and berries that feed their natural prey like squirrel, rabbit and other small animals
but they do not
the media makes it out to be only the rabid ones, but if you scare one in ambush, it will attack you