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Hey all :> I'm fairly new around these parts, though I've come across the forums in the past. I'm fairly new to having a cat around, just over a year now, but I've been planning and researching for my girl for the better part of 10 years now.
In any case, this little 6.2 kilo (~13.5 lbs) bundle of fluff is Jumanji, though I usually call her Juma, JumJum, or babygirl at home. In these photos she's about 1 1/2, though she's coming up on 2 years old this January. She's a purebred Euro line Maine Coon, and has yet to grow her full adult coat -- in fact, the silly floof has shed so much for winter that she looks short-haired, other than her fluffy tail! She's taken after her daddy with how late of a bloomer she's been, so I expect to see her real floof this coming summer, or perhaps even the year after. She's registered as a cream solid (both parents are red solid carrying a dilute gene), though at this point none of us are sure whether she's actually cream, or a pale red, as she's too dark for a cream, but understaturated for a red. I'm guessing it'll be more obvious when her final coat is in!
To really highlight her strange shedding habits, here she is after a groom this summer, and a more recent groom sometime around November. Silly girl has been cuddling with me on my electric blanket because it's -20C (-4F) outside, and central heating only does so much! I'm guessing the degree of difference is at least partially due to her preparing for her adult coat change, though I'm somewhat convinced she'll shed her coat for winter for the rest of her life. Her breeder thinks it's a mix of genetics and central heating + artificial light essentially tricking her internal clock to confuse summer and winter. I'm guessing it might have something to do with her being born in the dead of winter (29th of January), as well!
When I took her home at 8 months, she was a tiny little thing, compared to her siblings, barely 3 1/2 kilo (just under 8lbs), if memory serves. She only really started making up her size at around 10 or 11 months, and now I'd say she's fairly large, especially for a girl. Kitties of her lineage tend to look/be large without really having the weight Maine Coons are hyped up for, which I'm all for, tbh, since it should be easier on her joints long term :>
In any case, this little 6.2 kilo (~13.5 lbs) bundle of fluff is Jumanji, though I usually call her Juma, JumJum, or babygirl at home. In these photos she's about 1 1/2, though she's coming up on 2 years old this January. She's a purebred Euro line Maine Coon, and has yet to grow her full adult coat -- in fact, the silly floof has shed so much for winter that she looks short-haired, other than her fluffy tail! She's taken after her daddy with how late of a bloomer she's been, so I expect to see her real floof this coming summer, or perhaps even the year after. She's registered as a cream solid (both parents are red solid carrying a dilute gene), though at this point none of us are sure whether she's actually cream, or a pale red, as she's too dark for a cream, but understaturated for a red. I'm guessing it'll be more obvious when her final coat is in!
To really highlight her strange shedding habits, here she is after a groom this summer, and a more recent groom sometime around November. Silly girl has been cuddling with me on my electric blanket because it's -20C (-4F) outside, and central heating only does so much! I'm guessing the degree of difference is at least partially due to her preparing for her adult coat change, though I'm somewhat convinced she'll shed her coat for winter for the rest of her life. Her breeder thinks it's a mix of genetics and central heating + artificial light essentially tricking her internal clock to confuse summer and winter. I'm guessing it might have something to do with her being born in the dead of winter (29th of January), as well!
When I took her home at 8 months, she was a tiny little thing, compared to her siblings, barely 3 1/2 kilo (just under 8lbs), if memory serves. She only really started making up her size at around 10 or 11 months, and now I'd say she's fairly large, especially for a girl. Kitties of her lineage tend to look/be large without really having the weight Maine Coons are hyped up for, which I'm all for, tbh, since it should be easier on her joints long term :>