Thread: What’s your favourite type/colour of Maine Coon and why?

Def love red tabbies - Sunshine the big fat ginger boy as I call him! But our girls are blue tortie tabby and white - and their coats are really eye-catching. Def something magical about a naughty tortie!

I'm going to have to say red for fear of being attacked by Mufasa lol! But I love most of them and *whispers* am particularly fond of the brown tabbies too!

Black smoke is number one for me... especially when they have bright yellow eyes like El Monto.

Red classic tabbys are my favorite, when my mum offered to buy me Jimmy for my 21st he had to be a red classic tabby, had to search for him for a while but I refused every other colour lol

Originally Posted by MickB

Personally I love Torties, I love the look of Silvers and Blues but Torties have that extra ...something???

Since I've been breeding I've discovered that the Red Tabbies seem to be by far the most sought after. Every one I've had has been the first to be snatched up.

Just today I had to tell someone that our latest Red boy has already found a home (and he's only 4 days old!!!)

I'm hoping one day I will have a big litter of nothing but Red Tabbies so i don't have to disappoint anyone :/

My Jimmy came from a litter of 7 red tabby boys.

One of my greatest regrets is that when I got Samantha the breeder had 3 half siblings (same Dad) that were 8 months old and were red and white tabby's.
She offered me a discount on one of them and I declined, I was a guerrilla cat owner, my apartments didn't allow pets and I felt 2 of the big furry monsters would give the show away.

Originally Posted by davie boy 2000

hi thanks for the reply. i must say i love your Alfie he's the type of white cat i would love to have. it must be a bummer getting rid of the white cat hairs from your cloths. i used to have a pure white moggie (snowy) and i used to have to wrap sticky tape around my hand and pat my cloths to get the hairs off lol. can i ask what weight is he?

Alfie is quite lean at the moment. He's probably about 6.5-7kgs. Hes got the vets next week for his boosters so they'll weigh him properly then. As far as cat hair on clothes - that was already a lost cause before we got Alfie. Everything I own is covered is a fine film of cat hairs of various colours. Its stuck to the car seats, its even migrated to my chair at work. They all know I'm a Mad Cat Lady so I dont really care

I love any colour, but there is something about cats with white paws I find particularly attractive. As I don't have a full on red at the moment, I'm hoping my red silver girl will provide me with a lovely red classic girl in March. It is fully how colour tastes come and go. Our spring litters had a good variety of colours, but everyone seemed to want blue/silver. Our autumn litter was all blue and silver and everyone wanted red!

Originally Posted by Musicalife

Our spring litters had a good variety of colours, but everyone seemed to want blue/silver. Our autumn litter was all blue and silver and everyone wanted red!

So it's not just cats who are fickle... people are too.

Love the silvers (obviously, look at my 'Kota)! However, my dream MC would be a Smoke, Solid Blue or Black. I've always been partial to these colors. Being a lifetime cat owner, I've never been owned by a ginger cat -- sounds like I may be missing out on something.