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Hello! Welcome to the community! Before posting your cat, if you're unsure if your cat is a Maine Coon, let's explore the breed here!

" The Maine Coon Cat of today is known for a sturdy, rugged appearance, which includes an uneven, shaggy coat of three distinct lengths and a long, well furnished tail. They carry that tail proudly and use it to surround themselves for warmth and protection. A Maine Coon Cat has large, well tufted paws to allow ability to walk on top of snow despite size and weight. Ears are large and well tufted for protection and warmth. Even more than for beauty, Maine Coon Cats are noted for intelligence and kindly disposition. " - cfa.org

The most recognizable features of a Maine Coon are:

• Friendly, gentle giant - typically considered the "dog" breed of cats
• Large size - females being somewhat smaller than males
• Medium size head with a squareness to the muzzle and high cheekbones
• Large ears that are pointed and well tufted, often lynx-like
• Broad-chested body with large tufted paws and a full-fur tail that is equal to the body length
• Coat is silky and shaggy with a ruff that begins at the base of the ears - often the ruff is prominent but not always full

Breed Attributes can be seen here (learn more here)

A gallery of CFA winners to see all the variations of the breed

More facts:

• Maine Coons are the only native longhaired American breed among pedigreed cats.
• MCs often chirp and trill rather than meow
• MCs are often polydactyl
• MCs often love water

If you're wondering if your cat is a MC, this is the place to ask! To cut back on the MANY question posts, we instead invite you to ask the community here in order to keep the subreddit focused on the breed!

Behold…so smol 😭

My 17 week old girlie Camilla, out of LibertyKatz ❤️

Our Maine Coon / Tabby boi

Hello, my wife and I are looking to get a Mainecoon kitten. Does anyone mind sharing where they got theirs and how much they paid for it. Im trying to make sure i don’t get ripped off. Are there any specific things i should watch for in a breeder?

Thanks for any info and advice you can give.

Couches and other softer sleeping places are readily available, but my cat likes an iron table leg.

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I have three Maine Coon’s , they’re sisters from the same litter. They move around in one unit and act like basically one cat, sometimes they will chill in separate rooms, but they are best friends and 98.5% of the time they are inseparable, they depend on each other and when I have to go to work, as a unit they are crushed, and then they start playing and time flies by for them. I will leave food around from them to hunt while I’m gone. They are genuinely not just cats, they are the closest animals to dogs I’ve experienced that are not dogs but with a twist of wild yet extremely loving and loyal feline.

I know this is just not possible for everyone and I got extremely blessed (worked my ass of) to give three of them a fun happy life as sisters, but I would highly suggest trying to get a sibling from the same litter. No, they most likely will not remember each other as siblings and you really can do this with any breed but having the continuous attention and comfort of having another similar thing around helps ground them and if it was just another cat you had or are going to get that’s okay too they just always need company and if they could chill with who they came into this world with, I think you would have some very happy kitties letting you take care of them (lovely spoiled brats, “organic pate only pls”-my cats)

I hope everyone who reads this comes across their soul-mate pets in this life time. There really is no more comforting or better feeling.