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My Maine Coon Cats Over The Years

My Maine Coon Cats Over The Years

My first Maine Coon cat was given to me by one of my cousins. She was a purebred Maine Coon cat. She arrived at my house in a large wooden chicken crate. My Father told me to look in the box, and I was delighted to have a new car. She had an excellent disposition and got along fine with my other cats. They are not lap cats. They get along very well with children. I would carry her around the farm, and she would wait for the school bus to come and take me to school in the morning.

She had long hair that needed to be brushed out. Once, she got in a burdock patch; it took quite a while to get all of those out of her hair. One time Fresca lost her entire coat of fur. It more or less just all came off one day. She grew back a beautiful new skin of hair. Some cats will have this happen to them. They can get a fungus or groom themselves too much. Take your cat to your vet if she loses her coat; he can help her. I named her Fresca after the Fresca soda pop. She was a wonderful and kind cat. She lived to be 12 years old.

Years later, I had Leonardo, and he would sit under an old weeping birch tree with me while I did my Algebra. Leonardo lived to be ten years old, and he was a red tabby color. Years later, I had Fluffy, and she had several short hair kittens. Fluffy’s Father looked identical to her, with long red tabby color hair. Fluffy’s Mother was a gray tabby cat. Fluffy had several cream-colored male kittens and a female calico kitten. Her calico kitten had a black and white male kitten and another calico kitten.

I adopted Snowflake from a woman whose Mother died, and she had to find a home for her Mother’s cat. Snowflake was very friendly and loving. She liked all of my other cats immediately. She wanted to be patted and brushed. She died at about age fifteen.

About 30 years after I had Fresca, a male kitten named Cool Cat was born on my farm, and he looked identical to Fresca after 30 years had passed. I gave him to one of my cousins, and he is a house cat and a cherished pet.

I now have Peter, a beautiful bi-color black and white Maine Coon cat. He was born on my farm. His Father was a black cat named Onyx that was part Siamese, Persian, Himalayan, domestic short hair, and Maine Coon cat. His Mother was a gray tabby. Peter loves to watch me when I feed him and clean out the litter boxes in the morning.

I adopted Nola. She was part of Maine Coon cat and Himalayan. She had Sophia, Lorenzo, and Maxwell. Lorenzo is still alive and well. The rest of the cat family died very young. Sophia lived to be six years old. Nola died at age four. Maxwell was only one year old when he died. The average life span for Maine Coon cats is 10 to 13 years. A few have made it to 15 years.

I hope you may have the pleasure of owning a Maine Coon cat sometime in your life. They are lovely, kind, and loving house cats.

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So many fabulous cat names — Leonardo, Fluffy, Snowflake, Onyx, Nola! I’m not much of a cat person myself, but the love you have for your Maine Coons is so touching.

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My Maine Coon Cats Over The Years

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