Thread: Got to see our first Maine Coons in person

There is no better way of finding out about your favorite breed then going to a show & I always let people pet & make a fuss of mine too as I think it gives them an even better insight into the breed,will also lump 10kg of cat flesh into their arms too if they ask is he heavy....!
How long now before you get your babes...? Be prepared for no one to accept they are only three months or so old because as you say they are large even at that young age,I sometimes think perhaps it would be nice to have another breed so I could have a sweet "little" bundle but what a joy I would miss out on so perhaps not...! Their fur stays lovely & soft some are more silkier than others,I find my silvers are really silky but they all have that super softness to it.
Will look forward to seeing photos of your babes once they have picked you as their new parents...x

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

There is no better way of finding out about your favorite breed then going to a show & I always let people pet & make a fuss of mine too as I think it gives them an even better insight into the breed,will also lump 10kg of cat flesh into their arms too if they ask is he heavy....!
How long now before you get your babes...? Be prepared for no one to accept they are only three months or so old because as you say they are large even at that young age,I sometimes think perhaps it would be nice to have another breed so I could have a sweet "little" bundle but what a joy I would miss out on so perhaps not...! Their fur stays lovely & soft some are more silkier than others,I find my silvers are really silky but they all have that super softness to it.
Will look forward to seeing photos of your babes once they have picked you as their new parents...x

The breeder we spoke to said she normally doesn't let people pet her cats, I think that's just for shows since there could be diseases transmitted by touch, but since we had been in contact and everything she let us, what a privilege that was.

We're still waiting to find out for sure if the cat is pregnant, hopefully confirmation this week, and then hopefully she has kittens that we want. If we cross all those hurdles, they'd be going home early January. She has another cat that hasn't gotten pregnant the last 3 times, that cat was bred a couple of weeks ago, so if she's pregnant that is another potential litter to choose from. We are extremely hopeful.

If the cat is pregnant and there are kittens we want from the litter, I'll get some pictures up after we get to choose them.

No you can't blame breeders for not allowing people to touch their animals as they obviously don't want to take any unwanted problems home so yes you were very lucky but that's why I allow people more access to my lot,not being a breeder I don't have quite so much to worry about,even when i take them to work for their annual jabs the rules get broken as everyone wants to "just"look at how big they are so that means a quick let out of their carrier,a no no really....

Good luck with the girls coming up with your babes,I had to wait a few years for my breeder to come up with my designer babe & by then I had three others,just too addictive these MC's,are you going for girl's,boys,one of each or waiting to see ....?

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Good luck with the girls coming up with your babes,I had to wait a few years for my breeder to come up with my designer babe & by then I had three others,just too addictive these MC's,are you going for girl's,boys,one of each or waiting to see ....?

I sure hope it's not years, we don't want anything special, we like the tabby coats, we like the blue, silver, brown, and red colors. If we can, we'd like low white, but if it came down to it, we'd accept kittens with high white. We're looking for 2 males, we like that they are really goofy, and we like the large size of the males.

It's looking like the 2 cats that she had originally told us might be pregnant, probably aren't. But her third female is pregnant, not sure of the circumstances. We put down a deposit for 2 kittens, they're supposed to be born mid October. There's 1 deposit in front of us for a male, so hopefully there are at least 3 males, 1 for them, 2 for us. We're hoping for as many colors as possible so we can have 2 completely different colored kittens for easy identification. Would love a red classic tabby and a silver classic tabby, though I don't think silver is possible from the parents, but we'll see.

good luck with your wait for you new babies, i think it is important that you have patience in waiting for the right breeder to produce the right kittens that choose you ! I ended up waiting over a year for my boys to be born ! Glad to hear you are getting two , mine spend so much time playing and just being with each other

Originally Posted by H&SWells

good luck with your wait for you new babies, i think it is important that you have patience in waiting for the right breeder to produce the right kittens that choose you ! I ended up waiting over a year for my boys to be born ! Glad to hear you are getting two , mine spend so much time playing and just being with each other

My girlfriend originally said "I want to get a Maine Coon", but then I was like "he's sure going to get bored sitting around here all day waiting for us to get home" so I said "we should get 2", there was absolutely no arguement from her. I really hope the litter due in a month will have exactly what we want, a year will be torture. This is definately the right breeder, she's prompt with responding to my questions by email, has absolutely no problem answering any question we have to the full extent, the kittens she has produced are amazing. The only negative is that we have to drive over 250 miles round trip to visit them (when their ready for visitors), and then again when we pick them up, but that'll be well worth it.