Thread: Is Your Maine Coon a Lapcat?

Unfortunately our two Coonies are no lap cats. Nika sometimes jumps onto my legs when I am laying in my bed. But as soon as I move a little bit, she jumps off. I guess it is due to her blindness, she reacts very sensitive to movements.
Diego is a bit more cuddly, but he doesn't come to my lap either. He loves to be caressed on his neck and sometimes (only when HE wants) he jumps onto my chest, lays down and purrs.
But our domestic cat Lauda is a lap cat. He is sleeping on us at night - either on our back, our legs, the chest. He lays down where he finds a place. The main point is, that he lays ON me or my partner. He also likes to "wash" people with his tongue. I am sure, Lauda was a human being in one of his former lives ;-) He is such a special guy! It seems as if he understands every word we say, and he really really loves people :-))

Hi- my kitten is also nearly 4 months and he is becoming quite a lap cat, too! well... unless he is galloping round the house with my other non MC cats; they really sound like a herd of elephants
He also seems to like sitting behind my head with his paws over my eyes which may be interesting as he gets bigger!! he is our first Maine coon and he really makes us laugh, daily, with his antics! He is developing quite a swagger when he walks which has us in stitches :-))

Originally Posted by bluey

Hi- my kitten is also nearly 4 months and he is becoming quite a lap cat, too! well... unless he is galloping round the house with my other non MC cats; they really sound like a herd of elephants
He also seems to like sitting behind my head with his paws over my eyes which may be interesting as he gets bigger!! he is our first Maine coon and he really makes us laugh, daily, with his antics! He is developing quite a swagger when he walks which has us in stitches :-))

This sounds like my boy. He is all alone, but he sounds like a galloping horse all night long, lol. Thanks everyone for answering. I like being about to compare my boy to everyone else.

Marshall is 6 months old and he is such a cuddly lap cat, he's so cute he just wants to be nea r someone all the time, he's obsessed with grooming my hair too! He likes to sleep on me at night time usually my head!

Mine seem to come in equal measures,have some lap cats & some who require the dignity of sitting beside not on you so with six am quite happy with that,have sat in a chair covered by 20kg plus of fluff & on a hot day it feels as if you are in a sauna....
CatsMom don't fret yet Whiskey has time to become one big luv bug we saw no sign of it from Merlyn until he was over five years old & now you get the purrs,the paw in the face to blow on,the paddles {very rough ones I might add}the luv & most importantly loads of drool with it....where did it all appear from I will never know but its there in bucketfulls now...x

Mine are all different
Sarah - female aged 3&1/2 has always been a lapcat and sleeps right up next to me at night in bed
Zack - male aged 2&1/2 was not at all but has started to come up to me about once a week and plonk on my lap if he is quick enough to beat Sarah - he sleeps on the bed at my feet
Boris - male 1&1/2 is not a lapcat at all - he does get on the back of the sofa and leans on my head - he jumps on me in bed in the morning for a purr and a pat

My boy Fred is DEFINITELY a lap cat (or a lap squasher). I've tended to notice that boys are generally more "lappy" than girls - does anyone else have this experience?

Luisa

My 3 will all have a go on my lap so I suppose they are all lap cats. Larry doesn't stay on for long simply because he is too big. He needs 2 legs and an arm to lie on, at least! We don't have a sofa but if we did then he could spread out a bit. Monty and Herbie are the bed bugs - Herb likes burrowing under the duvet, and Monty likes to get in my face and give me a good lick!

@Luisa: I have heard, that male cats are more cuddly, too. But I cannot confirm that absolutely.
What I can confirm is, that MC-cats are no lap cats. And that female cats are little divas. Especially our domestic cat Puma. On the other side, she loves men. As soon as we have male visitors, she will sit next to him on the sofa to get a massage. At night, she will lay beneath my partners head. But Puma never would jump onto ones lap!
What I also can confirm: when the cats - especially the coonies - are chasing throught the flat, it sounds like a herd of elephants