I just want to open with this, i love my cat no matter what his breed, im trying to find out only so i can be the best cat mummy i can be by ensuring he has all he needs to suit his potential breed.
So, this is Alfie ( The Great ). 2 months ago Alfie was roaming the streets with no home until an amazing charity found him and took him to their shelter. Less than a week later, my parents who volunteer at the cattery saw Alfie and knew exactly where his forever home would be, with me, so they came straight to me and told me about him, i contacted the chairty and ararnged to go visit, as soon as i saw him i knew, i knew he was going to be my fur baby.
After being snipped and chipped we went to pick him up and brought him home (3 weeks ago).
My parents, who own a smaller sized maine coon, gave him a quick look over and thought he was most likely at least half coon (webbed toes).
A few days later, another maine coon owner suggested he looked more like a Norwegian Forest Cat and a couple of NFC owners have agreed. i know other than gentic testing theres no sure fire way of knowing, im not putting him through that as i love him no matter what, just wondering what you guys think. He is somewhere between 1 & 2 years old, very tuffty toes, gaurd hairs, thick coat, mane and his meow isnt the normal meow a moggie would have, he does sound very coon like but i have never heard a NFCs meow.
He does seem to have the straight nose on profile...hard to get a pic of him like that lol
So, this is Alfie ( The Great ). 2 months ago Alfie was roaming the streets with no home until an amazing charity found him and took him to their shelter. Less than a week later, my parents who volunteer at the cattery saw Alfie and knew exactly where his forever home would be, with me, so they came straight to me and told me about him, i contacted the chairty and ararnged to go visit, as soon as i saw him i knew, i knew he was going to be my fur baby.
After being snipped and chipped we went to pick him up and brought him home (3 weeks ago).
My parents, who own a smaller sized maine coon, gave him a quick look over and thought he was most likely at least half coon (webbed toes).
A few days later, another maine coon owner suggested he looked more like a Norwegian Forest Cat and a couple of NFC owners have agreed. i know other than gentic testing theres no sure fire way of knowing, im not putting him through that as i love him no matter what, just wondering what you guys think. He is somewhere between 1 & 2 years old, very tuffty toes, gaurd hairs, thick coat, mane and his meow isnt the normal meow a moggie would have, he does sound very coon like but i have never heard a NFCs meow.
He does seem to have the straight nose on profile...hard to get a pic of him like that lol