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Maine Coon's M
Hello there i have a little maine coone and when i took her to the vet
the lady there said ohhh you have a maine coon. I didnt know what she was talking about.hehe.Then she showed me the little M on her face. I had never noticed it before. I was just wondering is that a thing that all maine coons have?? Another thing is KissPurr (don't laugh at her name all she does is kisses and purrs) lol does not have really long hair so is she still considered a Maine Coone? Any will her fur get longer over time?? Thanks in advanced for your help |
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On 2005-02-15, trishy penned:
Hello there i have a little maine coone and when i took her to the vet the lady there said ohhh you have a maine coon. I didnt know what she was talking about.hehe.Then she showed me the little M on her face. I had never noticed it before. I was just wondering is that a thing that all maine coons have?? Another thing is KissPurr (don't laugh at her name all she does is kisses and purrs) lol does not have really long hair so is she still considered a Maine Coone? Any will her fur get longer over time?? Thanks in advanced for your help She probably just meant that your cat may have a maine coon in her ancestry. Your cat isn't "really" considered a maine coon unless she has papers to prove it, but I promise that no one here will demand papers before allowing you to call her a MC if that's what you want to do. I've never heard of an "M" having anything to do with maine coons, but maybe it's related. "Little" isn't a word generally associated with MCs, though. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"trishy" wrote in message
oups.com... Hello there i have a little maine coone and when i took her to the vet the lady there said ohhh you have a maine coon. I didnt know what she was talking about.hehe.Then she showed me the little M on her face. I had never noticed it before. I was just wondering is that a thing that all maine coons have?? Another thing is KissPurr (don't laugh at her name all she does is kisses and purrs) lol does not have really long hair so is she still considered a Maine Coone? Any will her fur get longer over time?? Thanks in advanced for your help Tabby cats have the characteristic "M" on their foreheads, some Maine Coons can also be tabbies. Here's a link that describes the traits of the Maine Coon: http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/m...-faq.html#Char Hugs, CatNipped |
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On Tue 15 Feb 2005 07:24:04p, CatNipped wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Tabby cats have the characteristic "M" on their foreheads, some Maine Coons can also be tabbies. Here's a link that describes the traits of the Maine Coon: http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/m...-faq.html#Char The same with my little tabby babies. Though I like to think of Rhett and Scarlett as having Bengal blood because someone pointed out the characteristics, I'd still never say I have "Bengals". They act like Bengals, right down to liking to play in water. They make a mess, particularly Rhett!! AAKK!! lol Here are the pics of him that I showed a Bengal owner/shower. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shambo...r=8768&.src=ph -- Cheryl |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
... On Tue 15 Feb 2005 07:24:04p, CatNipped wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Tabby cats have the characteristic "M" on their foreheads, some Maine Coons can also be tabbies. Here's a link that describes the traits of the Maine Coon: http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/m...-faq.html#Char The same with my little tabby babies. Though I like to think of Rhett and Scarlett as having Bengal blood because someone pointed out the characteristics, I'd still never say I have "Bengals". They act like Bengals, right down to liking to play in water. They make a mess, particularly Rhett!! AAKK!! lol Here are the pics of him that I showed a Bengal owner/shower. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shambo...r=8768&.src=ph -- Cheryl Wow! They really *DO* look like Bengal's - are you sure they aren't? Well, whatever they are, they are *GORGEOUS*!!! Hugs, CatNipped |
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On Tue 15 Feb 2005 09:01:00p, CatNipped wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Wow! They really *DO* look like Bengal's - are you sure they aren't? Well, whatever they are, they are *GORGEOUS*!!! They are, aren't they. Their parentage is totally unknown. They were found under someones shed. The wierd thing is that of the litter of four, the two males are identical brownish tabbies, the two females are identical gray tabbies. Their markings are identical, but the grays are like dilute versions of the browns. Scarlett is unique of any cats I've known. She took a long time to grow, but she had some health problems. Now, she is very looooong and narrow. If you look down on her, she is only a couple of inches wide. But she has a long neck, and a very long body. If she sees something that scares/interests her and she lengthens her body to strain to check it out, she looks so funny! -- Cheryl |
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I would love to see them Cheryl but unfortunately I couldn't get the pics,
only thesquares they 'should' have been in lol that sometimes happens to me. Jean.P. ps I'm sure they are quite georgous though. Jean. Cheryl wrote in message ... On Tue 15 Feb 2005 09:01:00p, CatNipped wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Wow! They really *DO* look like Bengal's - are you sure they aren't? Well, whatever they are, they are *GORGEOUS*!!! They are, aren't they. Their parentage is totally unknown. They were found under someones shed. The wierd thing is that of the litter of four, the two males are identical brownish tabbies, the two females are identical gray tabbies. Their markings are identical, but the grays are like dilute versions of the browns. Scarlett is unique of any cats I've known. She took a long time to grow, but she had some health problems. Now, she is very looooong and narrow. If you look down on her, she is only a couple of inches wide. But she has a long neck, and a very long body. If she sees something that scares/interests her and she lengthens her body to strain to check it out, she looks so funny! -- Cheryl |
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"trishy" wrote in message oups.com... Hello there i have a little maine coone and when i took her to the vet the lady there said ohhh you have a maine coon. I didnt know what she was talking about.hehe.Then she showed me the little M on her face. I had never noticed it before. I was just wondering is that a thing that all maine coons have?? Another thing is KissPurr (don't laugh at her name all she does is kisses and purrs) lol does not have really long hair so is she still considered a Maine Coone? Any will her fur get longer over time?? Thanks in advanced for your help Your cat is only a Maine Coon if it has the pedigree papers to prove it. That doesn't mean to say it doesn't look like a Maine Coon. Cats with tabby markings, pedigree or not, tend to have the 'M' on the forehead. My plain old feral rescue tabby has a very well-defined 'M' on his forehead. Cheers, helen s |
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CatNipped wrote:
"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On Tue 15 Feb 2005 07:24:04p, CatNipped wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Tabby cats have the characteristic "M" on their foreheads, some Maine Coons can also be tabbies. Here's a link that describes the traits of the Maine Coon: http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/m...-faq.html#Char The same with my little tabby babies. Though I like to think of Rhett and Scarlett as having Bengal blood because someone pointed out the characteristics, I'd still never say I have "Bengals". They act like Bengals, right down to liking to play in water. They make a mess, particularly Rhett!! AAKK!! lol Here are the pics of him that I showed a Bengal owner/shower. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shambo...r=8768&.src=ph -- Cheryl Wow! They really *DO* look like Bengal's - are you sure they aren't? Well, whatever they are, they are *GORGEOUS*!!! Hugs, CatNipped I agree, beautiful "not Bengals" who sure could pass to us 'regular folks' Everyone who sees a decent (natural light) photo has asked me if Persia is a Russian Blue. She's got some in there somewhere, I just know it. But like Cheryl, I wouldn't claim she was a true Blue. Jill |
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