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Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
hey, slug. is he a maincoon? or forest cat? he's beautiful.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Wow a Mainecoon!?!?! (and now I know why you spell it that way). I love those guys! I had one when I was growing up and we're thinking of getting another.

I've never heard of Forest Cat?

That's amazing that you managed to get a picture of all of them together and looking at you that way. It's like you posed them or they were posing for you!

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
Yes, Loki is a MaineCoon. :-) The Norwegian Forest Cat is very similar, though.
He is so big and I can't wait to see how much bigger he gets. His daddy, Apache, weighs 30 pounds, so we'll see!

For the most part, the kids are pretty good about having their pictures taken. I've also learned how to get the best shot with each of them. All 3 together is a different story, lol...


Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
half, loki is looking more and more like belle every day! she was the runt of the litter and topped out at 17lbs! too bad i have her fixed, or we could have some beautiful kittens.

so people remember what belle looks like...
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Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Oh my goodness ... Loki is just beautiful! From an adorable kitten to a beautiful cat! I love the picture with his eye's closed ... I had to "ahhhhh" out loud! My boys heard and they had to check him out. They agree Loki is so cute!!!

I had 3 cats at one point ... 3 is the perfect number, imo! :-))

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL, and that isn't even all of Belle!!

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
Yay Belle!

Yay kitties!

Yay mountain lions!


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Here's a not so recent shot of Angelina:

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Norwegian Forest Cats actually did originate in Norway (my Norwegian friend, Morten! says the Norwegian name for them means exactly that.. Norwegian Forest Cat) and they did live in Norwegian Forests at one time.

Angelina has the prominent chin and a great curved tuft of hair in front of her ears.. they seem to have lots of white.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Uhhhhhh - are those reindeer horns on Belle's head? Did Belle mete out punishment evenly or did Holly take the brunt of it?

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
yep GAL, they are reindeer horns. after the picture was taken, belle's right paw took quite a gouge out of holly's arm where you can see it is resting. hey! she is the one who put the things on her head in the first place. holly got what she deserved. i just took the picture.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
ROFL!! She's a gorgeous cat. Do all Mainecoons have those big sort of startled eyes?

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Landi, that is one hulking BIG cat! So gorgeous too!
I swear my tiny black Booboo is maybe a quarter of that size.

I love the Mainecoon breed; they are beautiful.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
wait till loki gets his full size, he'll be bigger than belle. remember she's a runt! mainecoons are also longhairs, so they look bigger than they really are.

i always thought belle looked startled cuz she's real sensitive and scared of most everything in the world. she runs to underneath the bed faster than lightning. but after seeing loki, who looks like he could be her brother, it looks more common.


Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
I think we need to make a calendar out of the kitty pictures in here. Seamonkey, Angelina looks like she should be in movies she's so beautiful and unusual looking. She also looks very sweet and loving.

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Landi, I don't care how much hair that loki and belle have. You could shave them bald and they would STILL be four times bigger than Booboo.

I do have a questions though about their coats.
Do they need alot of care and do they matt easily?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
RMAO, GAL!! Angelina is getting much better, but when I first adopted her she was quite the biter, scratcher... she's beautiful and can be SO cute and playful but she's still a bit touchy with me and she and Critter.. not pretty.

Belle is a gorgeous kitty and no, I didn't try to pick her up when I met her :-)

I can't wait to see how big Loki gets

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 4:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Bonzacat's Bonza is pretty large and Julip has DC who may well be a mountain lion! But Belle, with all that hair, can out fluff em all..

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
I like the calendar idea, Gal! And I just love Angelina!

I have found that MaineCoon coats are easy to take care of. I try to get cats used to a brush, but I don't brush regularly. Since I'm always petting them, I can feel if any mats are forming and get rid of them quickly. The only problem I have found with long hair cats is, once in a great while, they won't have a completely 'clean finish' coming out of the cat box. I will stumble across a cling-on in their pantaloons. I just take a paper towel or something and grab it and that's that. If it happens while I'm not at home, it the cat usually gets it out on their own and I find a surprise when I get home from work, lol.

I read somewhere that MaineCoons eyes are just a bit more round than most breeds, giving them that startled look. Most cats have the almond shaped eye. Loki's eyes change whether or not I have the flash set on the camera. No flash = round eyes.

There are also all different colors of MaineCoons. Here is a picture of Loki's littermate, Sneaky:

Sneaky

Out of that litter, there were 2 orange and two brown tabbys (like Belle).

Here are two more of Loki and his tail. It is like a feather duster.



And finally, if you click HERE you can see a quick glimpse of the MaineCoon world, their sizes and startled faces, lol.

I just love kitties, purebred or not!


Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
That tail is AMAZING!

Angelina's tail is nothing at all like that but she has a curl in her tail bones at the very end.. the vet says that may be injury or may just be the way she came into the world.

I remember the first pics that landi posted of Belle and the TAIL was quite a feature for her too. I'd guess Mainecoons have warm noses in any weather with that built in scarf!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Love the links!!

One of them linked back to all breeds and here's the one for Norwegian Forest Cat..

LOL.. had no idea they were only breed to come down from a tree head first and Angelina isn't getting much chance to prove that..

Norwegian Forest Cat

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
This is more like the other google NFC

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
I am not thinking that I must have the skinniest cat around. All these cats look so gorgeous and then I look over at my stringbean black Booboo.
She looks like a stick cat when she is beside Shadoe the football shaped cat. I know she is super healthy but she even has bald heels on her back feet.
You would think that I must starve her, but she has a choice of the same 10 kinds of biscuits as Shadoe.

For a skinny little runt, she sure is good at bossing me and Shadoe around.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
::gulp:: MaineCoons do not reach their full size until they are 3-5 years old... hahahahahaha!

One line I did notice that is true with Loki is that he will play fetch. 10-15-20 times in a row. I've never had a cat (or dog) do it that well.


Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Well, I don't dare show the picture of Loki's tail to Max. He's convinced he has the biggest, honkinest ding-ding of a tail that ever came down the pike. Little does he know.

Half, Colossus is convinced you're raising a freak of nature. A really kewl looking one, though. He lluurrvvs the stripes. I think the muzzle is just fantastic. I'd be afraid of setting that tail on fire with candles or something, though.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 7:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Awesome pictures!!! Those cats are huge and gorgeous!!!! I did have a regular old gray tabby who played fetch better than most dogs. I know our dog Kellie won't fetch for anything! She's afraid of balls although when she was younger, she would run and catch a cloth frisbee, but she wasn't always good about bringing it back! LOL