Thread: Can somebody tell me if my kitten is a Maine Coon?

I am certainly not an expert but he has all features of Maincoon. He may belong to one of the three fluffiest breeds (MC,Siberian or Norwegian Forest)
If you look at your cat's profile, draw the outline and compare to these images you may be able to determine :

Comparative between Siberian, Norwegian forest cat and Maine coon. - Artannes'Cattery

Not all Maincoons have tufts on their ears, and he has puffy whisker's pads, so I vote for MC. Breederes may give you better advice.

I just reviewed again the picture of my kittes great grandmother, Yaneshka Galadriel. She looks very much like your cat:

http://www.carstutz.ca/Carstutz%20Ca...Galadriel.html

Whatever breed your cat, he is a stunner and I hope his personality matches his looks. You have a good one there. Best of luck.

My goodness, isn't he a beauty. Certainly he has the tail and the face and the size of a MC. But in any case, aren't you lucky, he's gorgeous! And loves the camera...

Halcyon..I am interested to see your baby as if the grandmother is Yaheska Galadriel, then my boys are uncles to your baby. Yaheska Galadriel has the same daddy as my white boys, the wonderful Yaheska White Storm.

It is very difficult to say if your cat is a MC as I believe that MC's can have a different look in Europe and America(can of worms opened maybe), some being more extreme than others so it would depend on the lines bred with. Also , show lines tend to have a more extreme look. It also could be he is part MC. He certainly looks like there is some MC in there.
I have an 'older' type MC who has smaller ears with very little Lynx tips...it will be interesting to see how he matures, pretty baby

Sure looks like one, some of the white MC sometimes do not have as much bone and they do not have big tufts on the ears,


but could also be a Siberian? example of a stunning white Siberian attached.

Wow, he is a stunner! What's his name?
Also I think he has some clear MC characteristics. Ears are a bit smallish, but so are our Tatja's. Only his weight seems on the low side... our Monty, who is by no means an exceptionally large Coon, weighed about 4 kgs (8.8 pounds) at that age and had just been recovering from a bout of diarrhoea.

Anyway, welcome to the forum! Looking forward to see and hear more about your stunning Snowman.

Okay, I’ll try to pry the first worm out of the can.

Being on this forum as well as on a Dutch MC forum I did notice something. On here I see more pics of what the folks in Holland would call ‘the extreme type’. Longer muzzles higher cheekbones, bigger ears... like howlinbob’s Larry of FreyjaRomaine’s Wicca.

The pics on the Dutch forum often show rather more ‘sweet looking’ cats, with faces like our Tatja and El Monto. And when someone does post a pic of the other type, it often gets commented upon… with people saying how they’re not too keen on the ‘extreme’ features.

That was my two cents’…
BTW, I am something of an ‘extremist’ when it comes to MCs. Just looove that look.

Originally Posted by Antonia

The pics on the Dutch forum often show rather more ‘sweet looking’ cats, with faces like our Tatja and El Monto. And when someone does post a pic of the other type, it often gets commented upon… with people saying how they’re not too keen on the ‘extreme’ features.

Of course 'sweet looking' is a matter of opinion, but I'm not quite sure what is meant. Perhaps less wild looking? I'm curious about this because I think it interesting that there might be a difference between American MCs and European MCs. There are some differences in American versus European & UK appearance between certain dog breeds that have gone so far as to be classified as separate breeds. I wonder if something like that might happen with MCs.