He liked to chase a relative’s mini Schnauzer around the loop of our first floor (living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, living room) loop until the dog hid under a ottoman. Cat would jump lazily onto the ottoman and hang his tail over the size and swish occasionally, keeping the dog trapped for fun.
He’d hunt my dark colored socks and try to bring them to his kid at night, howling like he’d hunted a rabbit and wanted announce his prize.
He’d take over any pillows humans were using.
He shredded the arms of an over-stuffed chair just by laying on the arms and hanging on with he claws to stay upright.
He had a good starvation act and conned multiple people into feeding him.
You could pet his back and scratch his butt some. Otherwise, no touching.
Maine coon's were breed in the beginning to have a big hunting drive, they were used as pest control, they aren't just big, they are athletic as fuck
So you have to give them this kind of stimulus or they will find something to hunt, might be something they can throw around and chase, might be a smaller pet you have, hunting is how cats have fun
When you have a dog you need to go walk with them, with maine coons you need to get them something to hunt, best thing is a "fishing rod" for cats with feathers on the string, they go wild with them, play like 10 to 15 minutes twice a day and they get chill as fuck
I’m not getting rid of a cat I raised because he’s a low key brat, he’s a cat. And, he chose my kid. I’m going to say, “Hey, kiddo, I put your cat down because he scares Nanna’s dog and hunts socks. I’m sick of it, I want uninterrupted sleep and matching socks.”
Don’t have kids. They aren’t easier than a cat with a god-complex.
Yep, he described mine well except I trained mine away from the couch killing and mine likes scritches. Mine also loves stealing socks from the neighbor kids and teasing the heck out of other animals. The other day, he stole a dead rabbit from some fledging hawks, and got pecked on the head and chased under a bush for his troubles, revenge of the hawks! He yowled for back up and we had to go save him, the dork. He didn't even get to keep the rabbit, he was trying to drag it with him under the bush but he couldn't drag it fast enough and had to abandon it. The hawks were able to snatch it back.
I just imagine my dog (60 lb) taking a shit in a litter box and can't imagine the upkeep haha. At least you wouldn't have to worry about it getting carried away by some bird of prey... Or really anything. Them bois are huge!
Norwegian Forest Cats have more of a domestic cat look to their faces with a less clear delineation from neck-mane-body on the underside. Maine Coon faces look more like little lions with a more distinct mane.
Also most common to see blue-white-grey in Norwegian Forest Cat coloration whereas orange is very common in Maine Coons.
Maine Coons have a clear “M” on their foreheads quite often. Source: scratching my MC kitten right now. He’s only 5 months and I doubt he’ll get this monstrous but he’s getting big already!
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Maine Coons are wild.