Posted on 01/18/2022 11:01:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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, according to BabyCenter.com.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
It doesn’t look like a cat. It looks like a Lynx. Wild cat.
Mom always said that whenever someone would come by the house to see her and/or Dad, they’d hit the skids when they saw how big Casey was - they thought he was a bobcat. Then they pointed to his tail, which as as long as he was. I think he topped out at 41”, nose to tail. BIG cat, and they took him in as a stray kitten.
I found my Maine Coon, Duchess, when I lived in Hawaii and she was a feral. She seemed to be an empath with me, sensing when I was down or not feeling well. After a major surgery she wouldn’t leave my bed except to eat or use the litter box.
I’m not sure how old she was when she died since I don’t know her agree when I got her. So beautiful and sweet, though. I like to believe she’s waiting for me at Rainbow Bridge with Fiona, Homer, Noodles, and Ginger.
My sister had a Maine Coon orange tabby that weighed 33 pounds. People frequently mistook it for a bobcat.
My son had a mancoon but didn’t know it was when he took it in. The owner of a gas station had left this world and the employees were looking for someone to take the cat in....who had been the business mascot for several years.
We first noticed how thick and strong his muscles were....and learned he kept the mice population in check in a big way....so he was a meat eating cat and it showed.
Yet his personality, though very independent, was a cuddling but on his terms.
HE died several years later but was loved by the family throughout that time.
Junior was his name. He was not a Maine Coon cat, but just big. They got him as a tiny kitten who was starving. For the rest of his life, he made sure he never starved again.
Really remind me of an albino Bobcat hybrid.
Wonder what he uses for a litter box??
The bathtub...??
I’m waiting for the fall out of the NYT using the word coon especially on a white cat. Is that cultural appropriation as far as the left is concerned?
LOL!!
I don’t know what is more beautiful... that gorgeous kitty OR the young lady’s hair!!
See post # 23....
I’m sure Duchess is there waiting for you now, still looking down and loving.
Our other Maine Coon, Snoogie, was also white but he had a few small orange spots and piercing eyes. He and my wife were inseparable. The cat was literally brilliant too. I remember one time we were in a hotel, and were enjoying ourselves well past our normal bedtime, and Snoogie went over, reached up with his big paw, and literally flipped the light switch for the room off. My wife and I looked at each other, and said NO WAY. But each time I flipped it back on, he would wait for me to walk away, and then flip it back off. After the 4th time we said I guess he’s serious about this and went on to bed!
Ha! I had a rescue “mutt” cat, Jethro, that was fascinated with the light switch.
And he “got” the phone. When it rang, he would jump on the counter and knock the receiver off the hook. Then “meow!” It caused some problems if we weren’t home. We’d return and saw the receiver off the hook, and had no idea how long it had been that way.
Too funny! Snoogie was fascinated with various office supplies on my wife’s desk here in the home. Whenever she would sit there and try to do anything, he would always jump up there and try to help. Pushing her the stapler, or pushing her the scissors, or grabbing a pen in his mouth and just holding it there. But I never once saw him up there by himself, he just wanted to help her so bad he couldn’t stand it. I think a lot of cats just respond to the love they receive, your example of the rescue cat Jethro being a perfect example.
Reading the headline I wondered if it meant that people mistook the author’s little boy for a dog.
A Russia lab is missing a cat.
So, what does the chick look like from the front?
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