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Permanut

(8,537 posts)
1. Oh my, we have one of those only a little over a year old..
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:55 PM
Apr 8

I better get a bigger litter box - maybe a wheelbarrow.

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Figarosmom

(13,077 posts)
3. I had a Maine Coon mix ( part Angora)
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:00 PM
Apr 8

He was a very nice cat and lived into his 20s. Maybe the Angora side of him kept him nice. But I guess they are like any other living thong. There are good ones and bad ones.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,501 posts)
5. I think her cat was semi-domesticated.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:05 PM
Apr 8

Got the free food, but did not particularly like humans that showed up on an infrequent basis,

radical noodle

(10,678 posts)
10. I have several friends who have Maine Coon cats
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 01:06 AM
Apr 9

They're often very intelligent with great personalities.

Aussie105

(8,138 posts)
11. Indiscriminate breeding at work.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 01:18 AM
Apr 9

Some huge cat somewhere in the past family tree.

Cheetah, leopard. Something like that.

Are the Coons slow and lazy, or are they good ratters?

PCB66

(172 posts)
15. My son gave us his Maine Coon Cat
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:40 PM
Apr 10

His girlfriend gave him a MCC kitten. Cutest little thing you ever saw.

About a month later he broke up with his girlfriend and a month after that joined the military.

"Squeak" got a new home with the wife and I.

She became a member of our family for 16 years. We absolutely loved her.

She loved my wife and I but hated everybody else in the world. She just barely tolerated our son when he came to visit. She would have nothing to do with the grandkids or any visiting friends or other family members.

She spent the days hunting, following me around the house and yard and sleeping on my wife's lap.

She passed a couple of years ago and my wife and I still miss her.

Figarosmom

(13,077 posts)
16. Happy to hear of your wonderful memories of Squeak.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:57 PM
Apr 10

I had a cat named Sqeaky because she squeaked like a squeak toy instead of meowing. She was just a little calico but the meanest cat I ever had. She was only nice to me and my daughter.

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