Thread: Can a Tarnished Silver Classic Maine Coon Become "Untarnished"?

Update: Sid has lost all the brown tarnish completely and is now grey/black with a touch of cream on his muzzle and his eyeliner (80's New Romantic).
Meanwhike, Ava has gone from pale strawberry blonde to definitely ginger with white bits.
Who knows what colour they'll end up!

Weasel - your Ava is our Wolfie's sister.

I wonder if she's a red smoke maybe?

That is great! Ava definitely needs her roots "doing", much like Sid, so you may be right. She is listed as "red silver classic tabby & white", but she really is a strawberry blonde with white feet. I like white toes on a cat, it makes it much easier to see what you are doing when cutting their toenails.

We remember meeting your Wolfie - he was quite lively at 12 weeks old! In fact, we came away quite relieved that he was not our kitten - he was into everything and Ava seemed a lot calmer.... she was just on her best behaviour and has now shown her true colours. Lovely temperament, kind and gentle, but my goodness is she strong-willed! If she wants to sit on you, it's easier just to give in. She now thinks all tins contain tuna, Sid is a cushion and the whole world revolves around d her. Which it does, really.

We are currently trying to lead-train her for Pets as Therapy. Sid is brill, can sit on command and is learning "up" but Ava is taking a long time to twig what is required. I don't think she's dim, just not so keen to please me as Sid. We will get there, though. She loves being fussed so is perfect for visiting the elderly - she is already visiting my Mum in her nursing home and is very well behaved, just not yet very well trained!

Do you live near Helen

Chuckling away here at your description of Wolfie. He's turning into a big, heavy lad and yes, he's totally into everything! Jabbers away at us and adores cuddles. Runs round like a lunatic, but our older MCs let him know where he is in the hierarchy. If he gets out of line, our eldest girl Emmy (the Boss) gives him a smack! One of his favourite things is to steal cat food pouches and stash them away. He's a right little character, we love him to pieces!

Ava sounds like a sweetheart. We always thought she was very pretty and got a chance to cuddle her a couple of times when visiting. We live about 40 minutes down the M1 from Helen and Brenda, so not too far at all.

Wolfie and Ava are so similar - she has something to say about everything, has to have cuddles every evening (but from my husband, not me - she is a terrible flirt with any man, but my husband must smell special!). sadly, Sidney is a bit pathetic most of the time and Ava can get away with nearly anything with him, she so bullies him and has from the first day they met! Aside from that, well, and the fact that she has turned into a SAS-style killing machine in the garden (got either a small rat or a big vole the other day, ate it before I could really identify it), she is utterly adorable and the gentlest creature in the world with people. Her fur has got quite dark now, proper ginger with a white undercoat, but everyone who sees her asks if she is the O2 "be more dog" cat!

Do you have any pics of Wolfie? Here is one of Ava after we groomed Sid yesterday, the fur is in the bag, and one of her after she'd been out hunting in the rain. She was soaked, but only the top layer - these cats are pretty waterproof!

Here is Wolfie in Meerkat Mode! Can't believe he's nearly a year old already.

Ava sounds fab and I think she has everyone wrapped around her paw by the sound of it! She looks lovely, and she is really going darker isn't she. We always though she was a sweetheart.

There's a 2nd litter from the same mating at Elmcoon at the moment and we are having the tortie girl - so Wolfie will have a full sister living with him.

Wolfie is GORGEOUS!!!

Ava has just got naughtier and naughtier. Sid is no better. I now need a new bedroom carpet.

I asked my son to give them their breakfast tuna whilst I had my shower. He didn't quite manage such a herculean task all by himself (well, he is only just 18!) and wandered off doing something else. The cats were furious. I was in the shower and had shut the en-suite door - Sid couldn't get in to complain to me so he pulled the carpet up all along the wall and dug through the underlay to try and tunnel in. He managed to pull off several square inches of carpet. Meanwhile, Ava yanked a potted orchid off the windowsill and spread the compost-stuff everywhere - which has stained what was left of the pale pink carpet black. I had sort of hoped that they wouldn't start working together... they get on really well now, sleep curled up together, hunt stuff together, climb trees together, eat out of the same bowl. Really sweet. I just wish they could each learn the other's good, not bad, habits!

Just looked at the kittens - they are lovely!