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Title: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Stuart on September 26, 2007, 19:10:34 PM
I have this photo on my bebo site , found it on the net,
Just wondering does anyone know what breed it is ???

I Know its not a Lion :evillaugh:
 
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Mark on September 26, 2007, 19:29:55 PM
It looks like a very big Maine Coon to me - or a regular one with a midget  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Gillian Harvey on September 26, 2007, 19:30:26 PM
Looks like Maine Coon to me.  ;D
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Gillian Harvey on September 26, 2007, 19:31:59 PM
It looks like a very big Maine Coon to me - or a regular one with a midget  :evillaugh:

Haha, snap! - thats what I'd look like if I was holding a Main Coon, being only 5ft nothing!  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Mark on September 26, 2007, 19:45:04 PM
My exes mum had 3 a they were big soppy things. They would try to sit on your lap on a kitchen chair but hanging off  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lisa77 on September 26, 2007, 20:05:44 PM
Yeah its a Maine Coon.. The image comes up if you google it.. I looked at all those pics hundreds of times before I got Leo  :Luv:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Stuart on September 26, 2007, 20:20:21 PM
LOL Mark I refrained from mentioning Midgets, But a Skinny Dwarf did go through my mind :rofl: :rofl:
no offence meant Gillian :innocent: :evillaugh:
They are beautiful, but I wouldnt like the food bill, My sister used to have a Horse :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Lisa Didn't realise this but is Leo a Maine Coon as weel ??

Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Sabrina (Auferstehen) on September 26, 2007, 20:32:37 PM
Yeah its a Maine Coon.. The image comes up if you google it.. I looked at all those pics hundreds of times before I got Leo  :Luv:

My aunt mentioned they could get up to 20lbs and I didn't think to google it, just thought that's a huge cat!

Leo is going to be gigantic!
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lucy on September 26, 2007, 21:08:05 PM
Maine coon - here is Xanthe in an alternative colour way! :Luv:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Stuart on September 27, 2007, 00:28:09 AM
I Think they're Looovellyy, and LOOK at those ears  ;D ;D

Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Cheesecat on September 27, 2007, 08:40:53 AM
Awwww Xanthe and Leo are gorgeous puds  :Luv: :Luv:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: puddypaws on September 27, 2007, 10:11:39 AM
I think its a very large pyjama case ;D
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lisa77 on September 27, 2007, 10:48:45 AM

They are beautiful, but I wouldnt like the food bill, My sister used to have a Horse :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Lisa Didn't realise this but is Leo a Maine Coon as weel ??



He certainly is & you sure would know it.. hes so funny with such charactor ! He makes my stomach hurt I laugh at him so much ! Yesterday he really wanted to get in the bath with me but luckily he is a weeny bit to small to jump up !  :Luv: He follows me everywhere & cries if im out the room - its lovely  :Luv: & Yes if we are going by how much of a little piggy he is now - he will be MASSIVE !
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lisa77 on September 27, 2007, 10:50:42 AM
Maine coon - here is Xanthe in an alternative colour way! :Luv:


Sorry to thread jack but hows little Xanthe getting on ? is she growing & does she eat like a piggy ?  :wow:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: sixfurballs on September 27, 2007, 10:59:48 AM
Ok - I've never seen a Maine Coon before and knew they were big but is this for real? ;D
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lisa77 on September 27, 2007, 11:04:34 AM
I think this pic is actually genuine.. There are a few that I think have been doctored !

He certainly is a Large stoky boy isnt he.. Leo makes enough noise at the moment the way he gallops around.. !!! He is going to sound like an elephant when older !   :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: dolcetta46 on September 27, 2007, 12:43:38 PM
Mamma mia... It is not unusual for Main Coons to grow quite big, I knew a few myself.  However this guy in the pic seems a bit exaggerated... maybe he does have a lion somewhere in his genes!! :wow:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on September 27, 2007, 13:37:09 PM
That pic reminds me of Charlotte's pic of her holding Bilbo!  Judging by some of the maine coons I've seen at cat shows, that pic is not an exaggeration at all.
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: alisonandarchie on September 27, 2007, 13:54:14 PM
I should think the owners need a door not a cat flap. ;D
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Gillian Harvey on September 27, 2007, 14:12:53 PM
LOL Mark I refrained from mentioning Midgets, But a Skinny Dwarf did go through my mind :rofl: :rofl:
no offence meant Gillian :innocent: :evillaugh:

Well as long as you don't refer to me as the 'Poison Dwarf' I don't mind LOL!!!  :evillaugh: (Dallas fans know what I mean  ;) )
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: tasha on September 27, 2007, 18:09:59 PM
My Maine Coon boy is just under 3years old.  When he was at the vets about two - three months ago, Max weighed approx 6.9kg then and isn't fully grown.

Have seen photos like that before including one where a girl was holding a Maine Coon which handing over both sides like the cat below.  She then held a Singapura which was tiny in comparison.
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lisa77 on September 27, 2007, 18:37:33 PM
My Maine Coon boy is just under 3years old.  When he was at the vets about two - three months ago, Max weighed approx 6.9kg then and isn't fully grown.

Have seen photos like that before including one where a girl was holding a Maine Coon which handing over both sides like the cat below.  She then held a Singapura which was tiny in comparison.

wow have you got piccies of your Maine ? Would love to see him  :)
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lucy on September 27, 2007, 19:08:57 PM
Sorry to thread jack but hows little Xanthe getting on ? is she growing & does she eat like a piggy ?  :wow:
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Sorry to continue thread jacking but I can't resist talking about Xanthe! She is getting bigger and more adventurous - she gave the game away that she knows her name when she got shut in a room and answered me calling in a bid to escape! She also found her way from the tiny gap in the plinth in the kitchen, through the cabinets into the understairs cupboard yesterday - it took 3 of us on a mission to find her! :rofl: She loves her food and is such a cutie! :Luv: She must be about the same age as Leo - but he'll be bigger in the end!
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: tasha on September 28, 2007, 20:07:18 PM
This is Max aged about 5 weeks old.  The other two photos were taken sometime last year. :Luv:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Stuart on September 29, 2007, 00:14:23 AM
Max is Soooooooo Cute :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:

I think if I ever get a Maine Coon, He would have to be A boy and I would call Him Mr Spock  :rofl: :rofl:

Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lucy on September 29, 2007, 13:34:59 PM
I think if I ever get a Maine Coon, He would have to be A boy and I would call Him Mr Spock  :rofl: :rofl:


Great name!

Max is a sweetie isn't he!
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: lisa77 on September 29, 2007, 17:26:27 PM
Max is a beautiful guy !  :Luv:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Team Svartalfheims on October 01, 2007, 13:47:14 PM
That pic reminds me of Charlotte's pic of her holding Bilbo! 

Teehee! Bilbo is by no means a big NFC for his age (tbh I'd say he's a bit small if anything) and he's only 2 and this is what he looks like with my 6ft 5 OH holding him (yes Bilbo is fast asleep in the photo!!)
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Bobjay on October 01, 2007, 13:56:47 PM
My God - I knew Bilbo was big but he is absolutely enormous! I really do covet him; he's truly magnificent.
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: dolcetta46 on October 01, 2007, 14:00:03 PM
Wow!! Bilbo rocks!! :wow: ;D :Luv:
Title: Re: What Kind of Feline is this ???????
Post by: Team Svartalfheims on October 01, 2007, 14:10:00 PM
and here's my little Princess as a baby...  :Luv:  She looks rather shocked as I had the flash a bit too bright  :evillaugh: She's half Bilbo's age and she's almost the same size as him now!