What affects us affects cats
by Paul (Netherlands, Bergen op Zoom) Temba Hi, Here a short note from the Netherlands. We’ve got two kittens (male) born 5 weeks and 4 days ago. They are now 660-690gram. Here is their growing graph: I think they will be large! Paul Comments for Maine Coon kittens Click here to add your own …
by Anna Nesterova-Liers (Long Island, NY) Lyova the Lioness Her name Lyova means “little lioness” in Russian. She was adopted from the shelter in Ann Arbor and she helped my daughter survive Law School. Though I heard many times how big, beautiful, intelligent and furry she was, what a shocker it’s been to finally …
There is a different Maine Coon breed standard for the Cat Fanciers Association (CFA) and The International Cat Association (TICA). The CFA like ’em polished and pretty and TICA likes ’em natural and feral . I describe the important parts of breed standard (but not all of it) over the next 4 pages with Helmi’s photographs “to hand” to allow …
“Miss Kate” – strictly ©copyright Helmi Flick page 2 continuation from Maine-Coon-1 CFA and TICA breed standard compared. The TICA also say under “General Description” the Maine Coon has been developed by natural selection (e.g. she has not been developed by people such as the mutated breeds or the wild/domestic hybrids – click here more …
This is a continuation from the page Maine-Coon-2 a discussion with photographs about the Maine Coon breed standards of the CFA and TICA. It is said that the CFA prefers more groomed Maine Coons and I am seeing if the standards of each registry encourages that different approach or whether it is down to …
page 4>>>continuation from Maine-Coon-3 CFA and TICA breed standard compared. The lynx tips to these ears are so dense that they are flopping forward under their own weight. So far I have established that there are some differences in breed standard between the 2 most important cat registries. This supports the view that a …
This is Shooter, a very large Maine Coon cat, at a cat show. Since publishing this picture, I have written many more pages about large Maine coon cats. In fact, I have a website on the Maine coon cat which you can access by clicking this link. You will find some more large Maine …
by Jessica Rayne (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Is it possible that there’s a breed of cat crossed between a Maine Coon and a Bengal?!? I find both breeds gorgeous! What I mean by a breed of cat crossed between a Maine-coon and a Bengal, is a Maine-coon with fur the normal length for its breed, …
