It is well established that Maine Coon cats can suffer from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Incidentally, in addition to that heart disease there appears to be a connection between this cat breed and a condition called pectus excavatum. There is certainly …
Google Trends informs us that the Maine Coon cat has enjoyed a surge in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic. It started around September 2020 and continued through to February 2021 where there is a fall off. The other major cat …
Yes, Maine Coons can be normal-sized. It is a good question because there is a slight obsession about Maine Coons being big and breeders tend to follow this and make them big, sometimes huge. Maine Coons are known to be …
I am exposing my prejudices or biases in this short post. I think this gloroious Maine Coon resembles a middle-aged man from the developed world. It must be an example of projecting my emotions onto a cat which is not …
Maine Coons are big because (1) people want them to be big and (2) the cat fancy allows them to be big or demands it. But the number one cat association in America, the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA), state that …
I’m surprised the question has been asked because how do you know they’re so expensive? How do you compare the cost of a cat with the cost of a car or a new computer? The price of something is relative …
Please note the word “domestic” in the question in the title. Google, at present, ignores the word “domestic” and dutifully finds information about the bite of the jaguar which is one of the big cats and a wild cat species …
Not all Maine Coons are polydactyl. The simple answer as to why Maine Coon cats have a tendency to have more than the usual number of toes is because they originate in cats from England who were polydactyl and which …
Maybe the prettiest Maine Coon you’ll see How big are Maine Coons? This picture shows you. Why are Maine Coons called Maine Coons? SOME PAGES ON THE LARGE MAINE COON
It struck me immediately that this young Maine Coon is perhaps the prettiest that I’ve seen. He looks male to me. If I am correct I am doing him a disservice in calling him the prettiest. He is a pretty …
It depends how far back into history you want to go. The important point is that the Maine Coon, or any other domestic cat in the North America, did not evolve from a small wild cat species in North America. …
Gloria Stephens in her book Legacy of the Cat says that the Maine Coon colours are: Traditional color: Black, chocolate, cinnamon, blue, lilac, fawn, red, cream and white. Sepia and mink color: seal, chocolate, cinnamon, blue, lilac, fawn, red and …
This is a well-known Maine Coon (MC). Highly impressive and imposing. I have seen him before but it is the first time I have seen him at 6-weeks-of-age and 6-years-of-age. It makes a great photograph. I believe the coat is …
These pictures of Oscar, a beautiful ginger-and-white tabby Maine Coon with Ru, a tortoiseshell-and-white, are nice for the reason that they show us how big Maine Coons are or can be because not all Maine Coons are enormous although they …
The story goes that Maine Coons are called Maine Coons because they are named after the US state of Maine on the east coast and after an English sea captain, Captain Charles Coon who is a legend in the area …