"cats are a mysterious kind of folk."
~Sir Walter Scott
Happy Feline Friday!
The site has been undergoing more updates since our last email.
I've been updating the photo albums to better organize the submissions and comments by year and season.
Most album entries now redirect to their new home, but a few pages have changed name. So if you ever have trouble finding your past submission, just let me know. They are all still on the site, almost 12 years of them now!
Our Coonie Thanksgiving Tribute was great! If you haven't seen it yet, you can visit it here and leave your own tribute in the comments, too. It's a fun way to celebrate our Coonies and practice gratitude all year long =^..^=
The November Photo Album is complete! Pandora, Georgina, Enzo, Romey, Hunley, Kitty Kat, Nico, Cosmo, Ezio, Jackie Ray, Ezio and Sheldon are new since last time. Come visit and comment on them >^..^<
Our Featured Coonie for this Flashback Friday is.... Ben Cartwright! What a looker, oh my goodness.
Pamela in San Diego writes:
"Ben Cartwright is such is big love.
He has been in lots of cat shows. People love to take his photo. He is very funny and snuggles all the time.
I named him after the memory of watching Bonanza with my dad many years ago. I feel very lucky to have such an amazing Maine Coon."
See Ben here to leave a comment and take a stroll down memory lane in the Summer 2018 Album
Questions From Our Friends:
Cheryl in the UK asks:
Maine Coon has suddenly lost a lot of weight and her tail has lost its bushyness, it's extremely thin:
"Her name is Tora, she is 14years old. I am worried because although she is eating a lot more (Always hungry), she has lost so much weight on her back region and her bushy tail is so thin, completely different from what it originally was.
She is lethargic though that might be down to her senior years.
She has never drank much water, so no change there.
She is a indoor cat, no parasites are visible in her feces, not anywhere on her body.She is regularly treated for fleas.
The reason I am concerned about Tora is this change in her lower back region and her loss of her tail appearance happened within 3months.!!
Her stomach area remains the same size, it's her back area is extremely thin now."
See Cheryl's post here to comment and give advice
In our cat delcawing section today, a visitor shares their experience:
"Many years ago, while I was living with my aunt, my mother brought me a little orange kitty: badly wounded from being bitten by a large dog, he'd somehow gotten out of the dog's mouth and survived the two large tooth punctures on either side of his abdomen.
He was an exceptionally friendly, loving, social little guy.
As he grew bigger and stronger, it became apparent to our vet he was at least part Maine Coon, and he began using his claws on my aunt's leather couch.
She told me I had 3 options: He got declared, he went to the pound, or we both moved out. We'd had a declawed cat growing up, and it didn't seem anything out of the ordinary. You can guess what happened. I took option 1..."
New Maybe-Maines on the Site:
Alexis asks: "Hi! We adopted Koko a few months ago and realized Koko is bigger than the average stray cat in our country.
A cat rescuer rescued him from a car accident and now he is a tripawd.
We adopted him from the cat rescuer and found him timid, affectionate and clever. He has curly hair and a a bit of a curly 'mane' around his neck. Is he a Maine Coon mix?"
JoAnn shares, "Kitty Kat is a lap cat, he loves to cuddle but weighs 21 pounds, his belly hangs down but he doesn't care.
He loves perching in front of the window to see the birds and community cats"
PS: For folks who reply to these emails, I do love to hear from you! I enjoy your greetings, and hearing about your cats and their quirks. Thank you for these nice
messages!Please Read Before Emailing a Question: For those who ask cat care questions or "Is my cat a Coon?" questions, please know that I may not be able to answer every cat care/behavior question. Look for Q & A's in future PAWSitive Passages. And please check out our Cat Care Questions page; you may find your exact problem has already been discussed there! And this page shares some common
visitor questions and answers, and guidelines. Thanks! |
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