Thread: question about my cat.

In case it wasn't a purebred litter your kitty came from: have you seen the father of the litter? It is possible that the father was a shorthaired cat who carries the gene for long hair. If you crossbreed such a cat with a mothercat who has long hair (so who does not carry the gene for short hair), it is still possible to have both long and shorthaired kittens in the litter, because both the father and the mother give their genetic material to the kittens.

If it was a purebred litter, however, I agree with candes. Not all maine coons have long hair. I have two half brothers (they have the same father), and Willow is one of those coons who don't have a mane. He does have a bushy tail and some longer hair on his belly, on his behind, ... Indy however, is really bushy everywhere. He has an enormous mane, an equally enormous tail, ... and is really a nightmare because of that. I have to brush him every day. Willow, on the other hand, is one of those coons that very rarely needs a brush.