Thread: When did you Maine Coon get a "mane"?

oooh NekoChan that's so encouraging, I don't have any other Maine Coon to compare my 2 years old girl with, so I keep comparing her with pictures found on the net - she doesn't have much of a mane either. Of that age, I seem to have found only pictures of males with a mane, and so from what you're saying and from what I suspected, it might be that females develop it when they finish growing up...
Don't get me wrong, I looooove my Neevie, I just don't want other cats to laugh at her because she doesn't have a mane, you know....

Edit: Your girl is just BEAUTIFUL especially with long hair!

If my brown boy was to get half of that ruff I would be over the moon & he is coming up to five & still looks a domestic short haired in that area,his brother has & always had a ruff so has my red & white boy,the silver & white boy didn't grow a ruff until he was about three & that appeared during the summer but stayed,still is thicker during the summer than winter though & my last girl had a ruff from the start & at a year old still has it,think they all vary & some don't ever sprout one there,have even thought of having extensions put in Shimba....!

Like most things with MCs it appears there is no "rule" . All my three are completely different

Floyd hardly developed a ruff till he was at least two but by four it was quite impressive.

The two kittens are just over a year old . silver is big even for an MC (8+kg) but his ruff is nowhere near as big as his brother Nero's who is a lot smaller . Nero also has huge tufts on his feet already wheras Silver's are far less obvious

I think the colour type also makes a difference . Nero is black shaded (think thats the right description ) so his maine and tufts are a completely different colour so they look more impresive than a tabby like Silver where its the same as the body colour

Originally Posted by F,S & N

I think the colour type also makes a difference.

Couldn't agree more. Mine is white on white haha.