great picture!!!!!

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LOL Sorry Joe


OH may be coming around to a Maine Coon! He's been asking about it since I showed him a photo of a brown tabby and white kitten and its daddy. He loves tabby and whites you see... clever tactic showing him one that colour me thinks

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That a girl. Keep working on him!

Maine Coons, are classed as semi longhair cats, but being a natural (evolved) breed their coats pretty much look after themselves. Just brush through once or twice a week to keep neat.

Dexter and Honey's breeder has kittens available (Doncaster) and going to see them is a sure fire way to swing the deal (worked for me)!

LONCOON MAINE COONS

Ian F.

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Thanks. Their kittens look gorgeous but think I will have to research more about them so I know what I'm getting myself in for first. I'm also moving house in a month so need to wait till after that too. I will keep the website saved though, thanks

Any idea how much is right for a pet Maine Coon? Especially brown or silver tabbys.

Also, whats the difference between a classic tabby and a mackeral tabby?

Oh you mentioned how their fur is different. Whats does that mean for their shedding? Do they shed a lot?


Sorry for all the questions and thanks again

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Maine Coons average between £350 to £425 for a pet. Brown Tabbies are the traditional colour so there are usually plenty of them. Silvers are fairly common (I have a silver classic tabby tortie with white) but not as common as browns.

The difference in mackerels and classics is the way the stripes fall. The big tell tale sign is a classic tabby has a big bulls eye mark on each side of their torso like this:



& stripes down the back like this:


whilst mackerel is simple stripes like:



Yes, they do shed a lot.

Just to throw my 2p's worth in.

I have 2 silver bengals and they share their house with 3 Tonkinese and 2 Maine Coons and they get on excellent with all of them.

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