Is my new kitten a maine coon?

**MickB** · 26th November 2011, 09:31 PM

Thank you for the photos Ozmosis, he really is a gorgeous looking fella!

**brightlight23** · 27th November 2011, 01:40 AM

Just wanted to write and say what a handsome kitten Oz is. From your new photo he does look quite MC like - especially those large paws and that tail. His grey coat colour is particularly attractive. Do keep posting photos as he grows and develops x

**candes** · 27th November 2011, 06:12 AM

Originally Posted by MickB

I couldn't agree more, here are some photos of our Retired Champion Stud boy "Jools"
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To me he is the perfect example of the original Maine Coon, and he has hardly any Lynx tips to speak of!

Oh and a few of his Great Grandparents and Great, Great grandparents were Charmalot and Coonloc cats from over there in the good ole US of A.

Oh thank you for those wonderful pics! What a wonderful cat!!! Mc used to be not only large, but as rough looking as a junk yard dog when provoked. They could kill each other literally. Very strong and could bite through a human hand with ease. (I once got it good while another was trying to kill my 26 pound boy. They were both identical and I grabbed the wrong one.)

**candes** · 27th November 2011, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Ozmosis

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Thank you for all the replies.

Here are some more photos of Oz. We will keep posting updates on how he is doing in his new home. We will be posting a photo of his tail soon. His tail length goes to his shoulder blades and the color is gray on top and solid white on bottom. Once again thanks for everyone that has posted. We'll be doing more research now and keeping in touch.

Thankx for the updated pics, he is a beauty. To get such a nice cat for free, you hit the jackpot. May I ask for one more pic , perhaps more, of a sideview of his nose? That still looks like a Norweigan Forest cat nose to me. Same goes for the eyes and ears. He could even possibly be a NFC and MC mix. Or a NFC and domestic mix.

**Suzygeorgie** · 27th November 2011, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Ozmosis

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Thank you for all the replies.

Here are some more photos of Oz. We will keep posting updates on how he is doing in his new home. We will be posting a photo of his tail soon. His tail length goes to his shoulder blades and the color is gray on top and solid white on bottom. Once again thanks for everyone that has posted. We'll be doing more research now and keeping in touch.

Oh he's such a gorgeous boy!

**jckkerrison** · 27th November 2011, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by MickB

I couldn't agree more, here are some photos of our Retired Champion Stud boy "Jools"
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To me he is the perfect example of the original Maine Coon, and he has hardly any Lynx tips to speak of!

Oh and a few of his Great Grandparents and Great, Great grandparents were Charmalot and Coonloc cats from over there in the good ole US of A.

Yep MickB he looks like the first MC that Pat Brownsell brought into GB & he looks exactly as I remember him. MY daughters black MC has the smaller ears with hardly any tips & his face has that fuller round look & the one & only time he actually won a Best in Show was when two of the judges were older & loved him for having the old MC look about him. Jools you look wonderful,I bet it was hard to decide to retire him wasn't it...!

**LilyC** · 27th November 2011, 05:02 PM

Oz is a gorgeous boy.

**MickB** · 27th November 2011, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Jools you look wonderful,I bet it was hard to decide to retire him wasn't it...!

It was, but we kept a girl from his last litter (Buffy) and she gave us Gypsy.

Plus he has turned into the most adorable housecat you could ever wish for.