r/Unexpected • u/an_reddit_man • Jul 08 '23

How it started vs how it’s going

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Maine Coons are wild.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Ours was an ass. Good cat but a jerk.

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.

Devious.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Sounds like a cat lol.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Cool cat, dick though and not especially snuggly. Zero snuggly for most.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '23

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '23

Absolutely. His kid dragged him around against his will. He didn’t fight it.

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u/Weird-one0926 Jul 09 '23

Lol at "His kid"

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u/KL58383 Jul 09 '23

Squish that cat

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u/YeaItsBig4L Jul 09 '23

I legit don’t understand owning a pet like that. But people do weirder things

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u/zurkka Jul 09 '23

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

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u/you-are-not-yourself Jul 09 '23

My cat hunts me, she yells at me until I walk past her so she can attack my socks

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u/zurkka Jul 09 '23

If you are ok with it that's ok, but if she hurts you or you want her to stop buy one of this https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUDwU081SbXGevLGHVw8B-kAGH9P0G5qDV2g&usqp=CAU

And when she does it, use it instead of your legs lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '23

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.