Thread: Is my rescue kitten a Maine Coon? :-)

She's so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. How special to have a poly - I wonder how she got to be lost? I'm so glad she found you and it sounds like she is too. Poor baby must have been so scared and lonely. Looking forward to pictures as she grows. Tell us what you decide to call her x

Thank you all so much for your very sweet, kind and thoughtful responses.

I was so perturbed with the lady who had found her initially in her yard. She'd posted about finding her and I immediately left my phone # but she didn't call me until the next day. I asked her if she'd fed the poor dear and she claimed "I didn't know what to feed a cat" (um, try CAT FOOD). I brought some canned food with me and she gobbled up a can of fancy feast in record time.

I'm here in Canada (Alberta) and I live in a city where people are stupid and let their cats roam, then frantically complain their cat is lost and didn't come home.

I did check the usual places to see if anyone had reported missing a kitten but nothing. I can't help but think she must have had a lot of human contact because of the fact that she was so sweet and cuddly right from the start.

It's possible she's going to need tail amputation surgery, I hope she doesn't, but I want to wait until her diarrhea has settled and she's settled before we consider that.

It's been a good 20 years since I had a kitten but even back then they were just no way as affectionate as her. She loves to give head butts with her wet cold little nose, particularly when lying on my neck and snuggling with me. haha. She absolutely loves her cat toys; I have a little catnip filled mouse that that makes squeaking noises when you move it and she goes NUTS for it. Also this toy that's a long stick with a feather on the end. She's mastered a 3 tiered cat post in no time flat. I bought one of those little cat perches that attach to a windowsill so that she could lie there and look out but I don't think she quite "gets it."

I can't think of a name for her. Usually it takes me a few days to learn their personality and then a name comes to me but this time I just can't. I initially was going to call her Muk-Luk because of her HUGE poly paws but that doesn't seem dainty enough for such a sweet girl. My other cats' names are: Cleo, Spookie, Hobee, Bitsy and BooBoo.

She's still having loose poops (not excessive, just after she eats a meal) so I'm going to bring a stool sample into clinic this morning to have it tested. It's possible she has Coccidia and she's currently on Flagyl and that's only good for Giardia. I did give her a full tube of Bene-Bac pet gel (probiotic) yesterday and the day before but her poops haven't firmed up.

I will definitely post more pics, she's such a doll. lol

Hello & a belated welcome to you both & MickB knows his MC kitties so great to see his post,you are lucky to have found each other & will look forward to seeing what name she is given.....x

Hello hello!
Well, I have finally named my sweet little girl....her name is Bizzee (as in "busy") because she is such a bundle of energy.

In my original post I had mentioned that when I found her, the end of her tail was missing and Vet said the tissue was dead and would either fall off or she'd need surgery to remove that dead half of her poor little tail. Well Wednesday the end seemed to be puffier and I feared there was pus inside that was building up/causing pressure. Took her to Vet, they clipped the area and soaked it and (warning if you have a weak tummy!......) tons of pus came out and necrotic tissue fell off. She bandaged tail up and we scheduled her for surgery yesterday, and while under to spay her as well.

She did well with the surgery and I picked her up yesterday afternoon at 5:30pm. She was purring up a storm. She was not impressed with the huge plastic cone (way too small for a little kitten). They shaved her entire tail, removed the dead/infected part and stitched up the end. I brought her home and put her in "her bedroom" (lol) and she was so happy. Didn't even have that typical "googly/glazed eye look" that cats often have after surgery from all of the drugs. It was a total struggle to keep her from wanting to play. I fed her small amounts of canned food every hour and she was starving!! Never saw a cat lick a plate so clean LOL. I took the cone off of her while I was with her. I didn't have the heart to leave her in the room alone overnight so I grabbed a quilt and slept on the floor with her but she just wanted to play. My back was killing me! So I took her into my bedroom and she snuggled up beside me and we slept.

Until..........I woke up at 3:15am and she was nowhere to be found. My heart stopped. My bed is very very high and I do have a bench at the end of it but whether she'd know to use it, no idea. I found her in my other spare bedroom, just jumping off that bed. UGH. So back to her bedroom we went. I did give her something for pain about 1am.

This morning I went into her room to feed her and she wasn't there. My heart stopped. No real places to hide at all. I have a cabinet with drawers that I sit my printer on, she wasn't underneath it. I was panicking. Finally I heard a noise and I opened up the big long bottom drawer...............and there she was, sleeping on top of a pile of books and manuals. LOL. She's done it again today so now I have to figure out a way to block the area she crawls into. My God that area is about 2 inches wide, how she gets up in there I don't know. What if I'd been gone all day? I don't think she'd know how to get out?

Anyway here are some pics I just took of her....showing her sweet little tail that will hopefully have new fur on it sooner than later LOL

Hello Bizzee! What a sweet name. Hopefully her tail will heal quickly and the fur will grow back soon. Lovely to see new photos and to know that her spirit isn't dampened by all she's gone through. Never ceases to amaze me the new places my two end up choosing to have their nights' sleep. She looks more and more like a MC too x

I needed to read this story after hearing about 92 dogs dumped by backyard breeders going out of business in my neighborhood. 92 Dogs Dumped Along Texas Roads, Cops Say Illegal Breeder Responsible

Bizzee looks like a classic Maine Coon.