Thread: What made you choose a Maine Coon?

Well we waited one week before we got our 2nd MC!

We got Larry on 26th May, he was marvellous, a solid black MC with a stand-out personality. There were 5 kittens in the litter: 2 silver tabby, 2 black smoke and one solid black, and Larry was the only one left available. But ideally I would have chosen a black smoke.

Anyway, for some random reason 6 days later we looked at the breeder's website, and noticed the black smoke male was 're-available due to a timewaster'. Well that was it, my stomach flipped over and I couldn't stop thinking about it. My OH didn't go mad, so I wrote a tentative email to the breeder, asking if the kitten might like to live with his brother. Later that evening I started writing another email, saying ignore me, I've gone mad, we can't possibly have another kitten. The OH said 'what are you doing? Don't send that! Wait till she rings you'. I was half hoping to hear that the kitten was reserved again. But next day, the breeder rang and offered us the black smoke kitten! She was very keen that he went with his brother, as she only very rarely manages to home 2 together. But how tight was this, (and therefore fated): she had already promised him to a lady who was coming to collect him after work that very day, so we could only have the kitten if she managed to get hold of this lady in time, and let her down at very short notice! As luck would have it, things went our way and she brought Monty round that evening. Yes we already had 3 cats and no we can't really afford it, but we don't regret it for a second - they are so delighted to have each other. They are like one unit at the moment anyway!