Maine Coon kitten outweighs a toddler:
‘Everyone confuses him with a dog’
New York Post,
by
Hannah Sparks
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
1/19/2022 3:13:13 AM
This cat’s as big as a dog — and sweet as a baby.A Maine Coone from Stary Oskol in eastern Russia is thought to be the world’s largest kitten at just under 2 years old — with perhaps years more before he stops growing.Owner Yulia Minina bought the alabaster tomcat named Kefir — after the creamy cultured milk drink — two years and many pounds ago.“But when strangers come to the house, everyone first confuses him with a dog,” she added.In fact, Kefir weighs more than the average toddler, with 2-year-olds typically clocking in at 26 to 28 pounds,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Mushroom 1/19/2022 4:23:14 AM (No. 1043508)
2yrs is not a kitten.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Highlander 1/19/2022 4:45:38 AM (No. 1043517)
A real live putty tat!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PageTurner 1/19/2022 5:52:14 AM (No. 1043546)
We are planning to get one of these. To restore order among the calicos.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 1/19/2022 5:56:42 AM (No. 1043549)
Racist name.
Will be changed
Perhaps Maine Harvey Milk?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 1/19/2022 6:03:23 AM (No. 1043553)
I think it would rather be called African-American kitten.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 1/19/2022 6:24:24 AM (No. 1043565)
If you are into cats and can find one, get a Maine Coon.....they are the gentle giants of catdom.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
PChristopher 1/19/2022 6:34:12 AM (No. 1043578)
#3.... Good luck with that. Calicos are a law unto themselves ;-)
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
PageTurner 1/19/2022 6:42:55 AM (No. 1043586)
Our last big cat, a gargantuan 18-pound Abyssinian mix who was literally as big as a small bobcat, got eaten by a coyote in the canyon last November. The calicos have never been the same since, they miss their big male alpha cat. We think a huge Maine coon, who won't wander into the canyon, but will restore order among the calicos, will be just the cat.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers 1/19/2022 6:45:33 AM (No. 1043592)
#6 We've had several Maine Coons over the years. We have one now. All have been rescues, too. Most of them have been pure joy, and all of them lived nearly 20 years. Just one was a feisty devil who loved tormenting our other cat at the time. She was feisty until the day she died -- at age 20. We've loved them all. The Maine Coon we have now is 14.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
chumley 1/19/2022 7:00:10 AM (No. 1043608)
Can you imagine cleaning the cat box? Ewww.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 1/19/2022 7:09:00 AM (No. 1043622)
Our Blue Point Rag Doll male is 25 pounds! Huge cat! His name is Winston and his fav is long belly rubs! Great pets. Our two girl Rag Dolls pester him because they think he’s a bit of a dullard and they run faster than him!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mossley 1/19/2022 7:59:23 AM (No. 1043671)
Several years ago, there was a viral image making the rounds - Why The Dog Left Home. It became famous because people thought it was Photoshopped, but it's real. That guy was a bit overweight, but male Maine Coons can reach the size of a lynx. They also have a personality more like a dog - they will fetch and aren't as aloof as other breeds.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Clinger 1/19/2022 8:24:58 AM (No. 1043702)
When I was a kid we had an 18lb-er all black. He was mistaken for a dog on several occasions. He was an absolute killing machine yet gentile and affectionate with women children and adult male family members. It was like Mutual of Omaha's wild kingdom right in our own yard.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
paral04 1/19/2022 8:32:02 AM (No. 1043716)
I had a white Maine Coon and Persian mix and he was big, furry and beautiful He lived 17 years and was an indoor out door cat. This picture here reminds me so much of him.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 1/19/2022 8:48:48 AM (No. 1043733)
#8 - The only way to keep your cats safe is to keep them inside. Coyotes, foxes and raccoons are common in cities and the suburbs. All can kill cats.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cor-vet 1/19/2022 9:54:18 AM (No. 1043828)
My all black Main Coon is the cat I miss the most. She lived 15 years, until cancer got her. She was an indoor/outdoor rescue cat!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
red1066 1/19/2022 9:58:05 AM (No. 1043831)
The only kind of cat I'd own. I had a Maine Coon cat, and he was the nicest cat. Friendly, playful, and one could hear him purring from twenty feet away. His name was Hershey because while he looked like he had black hair, when the sun hit it, his hair was brown. He was 34 inches long from the tip of his nose to the end of tail, and he weighed about 32 lbs. These are great cats for anyone.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 1/19/2022 10:24:52 AM (No. 1043871)
The headline threw me off I didn't know it was about a cat at first. Sounded racist before I read it.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
cor-vet 1/19/2022 10:45:00 AM (No. 1043902)
Poster #18, you just described my black Main Coon.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
DVC 1/19/2022 1:48:20 PM (No. 1044131)
This one is an elegant, beautiful, VERY large cat, and I'll bet that it has some lynx genes in there somewhere. Eastern Russia - lots of lynx live there, and those ear tufts are definitely lynx-related.
We had a fairly big cat, but he only weighed 15-16 lbs. The jump up to 26-28 is huge. I'll bet lynx bloodlines in there.
My SIL in college had a black and white male cat. He was a fighter, scarred and VERY strong and big.
When I first saw the cat come into the house, I exclaimed, "Holy Cow, that looks like a bulldog in a cat suit."
And I stand by that description. The huge, bulky, bulging muscles in the shoulders and legs and huge, broad head....just like a bulldog.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 1/19/2022 2:04:30 PM (No. 1044143)
The Norwegian Forest Cat is considered the predecessor to the Maine Coon possibly carried to the new world on Viking ships where they were often employed as "mousers." Males can get to 20 lbs., so this cat could be related more to that breed than the familiar North American Maine Coon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Forest_cat
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Hazymac 1/19/2022 2:20:16 PM (No. 1044151)
Re #18 and #20: That described my Maine Coon Leo, who stood noticeably taller at the shoulder than any domestic cats, weighed 20 pounds, sported a fox's tail, a heavy ruff on his chest, and lynx type tufts on his ears. Leo was always a devoted companion with the softest hair I've ever felt on a cat, like a chinchilla.
He was also a Superman among cats. In about 2000 Leo, who habitually slept behind my La-z-Boy swivel recliner, should have been crushed flat when, unbeknownst to me, three of the four screws holding the swivel base broke, and the seat back of my chair with me in it fell directly on Leo. There were two glass-topped end tables on either side of the chair, both of my legs were in the air, and I couldn't move. Oh, no! Leo! That had to have killed him, but didn't. To my astonishment the seatback with me lying on it and its total weight of some 260 pounds moved up, Leo shot out from underneath it, and disappeared into an upstairs closet. He wasn't even hurt. God was looking out for him that day.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mossley 1/19/2022 4:12:37 PM (No. 1044267)
#21, those tufted ears are the hallmark of a Maine Coon. They also have furry feet to keep their toes warm and a two-layer coat.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 1/19/2022 6:55:02 PM (No. 1044410)
OK, #24, lots of lynx around Maine, too. Lynx features.....probably came from lynx genes somewhere along the line.
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