Thread: Black smoke unusual?

Originally Posted by IrishKitty

Our kitty was officially registered as a black smoke and certainly was a little smoky up to a few months old. I'm afraid the smokiness disappeared and he is now a more solid black with white ruff and socks to match - a real cutie though

Smoke or not, your coonie is gorgeous! If you have the time, do post some new pictures of him. I'd love to see some recent pics!!

Woodside your Tortie is gorgeous - i neverliked torties until i saw maine coon torties and have fallen in love with all i have seen

Originally Posted by Claire

I will! I am going to bring him to an MC cat show! I haven't been to one myself but I think this may be the way forward!!

Claire, it worked for me - I took OH to a cat show (was a general breed show, admittedly) but he was so taken with the whole cat thing that he's now up for getting a second cat, and the only breed we agree on is another MC. Worked a treat!

We got our Black Smoke "Raggles" at no extra cost. He is the brother Storm of WoodsideMaineCoons from "Sueragdandy" in Cardiff. Susan has a few "smoked" kittens available at the moment.

Since I am so new to MC's, I'm definitely getting a bit confused about all the different coloring and pattern names.
Does anyone know of a website that may have a chart with PICTURES of samples of each type? I mean I know that every cat will be somewhat different, but just when I think I might understand the definition of smokes and silvers and parti-colors (etc, etc) then I see a cat labeled one of those that in the definition I thought I learned would be a different kind.... oy vey

If you go onto the Maine Coon Club cat site they have a very good bit on colours & patterns,they start off with a few pictures but if you scroll down that page there is a very detailed report on them all,hope it helps...

Kari, you could try the Maine Coon Cat Club Website - down they left hand side they've got a link to colours and patterns, and they've got photo's to illustrate the different types. It's not brilliant but it's a good place to start.

Oops, didn't see Jackie's last post!

The MC Cat Club was definitely helpful. Now my main question left is the difference between "silvers" and "smokes". Some people seem to say they are the same, others say they are different. The site you referred me to did not mention "silvers", so it makes me wonder if maybe they are officially the same as smokes....
Thanks again!