Kitten - Healthy Weight? Maine Coon Maybe.

[FaBEAR]

Hi all,

I found little (big) Tiger in a box with a note that gave his age, sex, a few other details including a mention of a severe allergy and giving him a good home... so we did!

He was 9 weeks old and 2lbs at the time. I weighed him yesterday at 14.5 weeks old and he is now 6lbs. WTH! He is not fat at all... looks like a Maine Coon too. He has lots of MC personality traits (trills, some attempted chirping, super friendly and confident), he also has the physical traits of a MC... though probably not quite as fluffy as many you see.

Does any body have a good estimate / comparison of a regular kitten weight versus maine coon weight at that age... what did your kitties weigh?

Thanks!

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

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FaBEAR - This chart is a tad clumsy because it uses a cross section of Maine Coon kittens, but it will give you a general idea:

Maine Coon Growth And Weights - Maine Coon Fancy

My late Maine Coon, Big Red, finished right at 33 pounds; my current Norwegian Forest Cat, Bob, is about 10% larger all 'round - just over 113 cm nose to tail, and a shade over 16 kg or 36 pounds.

Perhaps @MistyDawn and mightyboosh will weigh in here.
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[FaBEAR]

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FaBEAR - This chart is a tad clumsy because it uses a cross section of Maine Coon kittens, but it will give you a general idea:

Maine Coon Growth And Weights - Maine Coon Fancy

My late Maine Coon, Big Red, finished right at 33 pounds; my current Norwegian Forest Cat, Bob, is about 10% larger all 'round - just over 113 cm nose to tail, and a shade over 16 kg or 36 pounds.

Perhaps @MistyDawn and mightyboosh will weigh in here.
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Thank You! Wow those are big cats you have/had :-) , I'll take a look at that chart... it will be good to guesstimate an adult size... he will be grown out of the cat tree we bought him very soon! we don't know for sure if he's a maine coon obviously but I'm convinced he's got some in him at least :-)

 

[di and bob]

We would love to have a full picture of your big guy! I have had big cats but none near that. I can't hardly carry my seventeen pound boy, I can't imagine a thirty pounder!

 

[silkenpaw]

My Maine Coon cross is a midget at nine lbs. But she did have a pretty miserable kittenhood - weighed just two lbs at an estimated age of eight months and required emergency surgery because some creep had beaten her up to within an inch of her life.

You do know to feed him as much as he wants and not worry about a bit of kitten fat, right? He’s a growing boy.

Second the photo request, from FaBEAR and 1CatOverTheLine . We love photos.

 

[FaBEAR]

We would love to have a full picture of your big guy! I have had big cats but none near that. I can't hardly carry my seventeen pound boy, I can't imagine a thirty pounder!

I have seen a pic of Big Red from 1CatOverTheLine and he is impressive!!

 

[FaBEAR]

My Maine Coon cross is a midget at nine lbs. But she did have a pretty miserable kittenhood - weighed just two lbs at an estimated age of eight months and required emergency surgery because some creep had beaten her up to within an inch of her life.

You do know to feed him as much as he wants and not worry about a bit of kitten fat, right? He’s a growing boy.

Second the photo request, from FaBEAR and 1CatOverTheLine . We love photos.

Awwww that's awful u hope she's ok now though - just a little small! Do you have a pic?

Here is one of Tiger sitting beside me as we speak... he's being free fed dry food and is currently eating 3 pouches of wet food, probably 4 pouches by next week. When do they stop eating so much!?

 

[mightyboosh]

When do they stop eating so much!?

Errrm, never!

we don't know for sure if he's a maine coon obviously but I'm convinced he's got some in him at least :-)

I've said this already as you know and in my opinion he is a Maine Coon. I know the 'without papers etc.' is the standard reply but I believe it.

Here's a link from a Maine Coon site that should help. I joined it but the activity on there is very slow so I've give up on it.

Maine Coon Growth And Weights - Maine Coon Fancy

 

[silkenpaw]

My pocket Maine Coon is fine and bossing everyone around. Here she is:

 

[mightyboosh]

1CatOverTheLine Sorry, I'm an idiot. I posted the same thing.

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

We would love to have a full picture of your big guy! I have had big cats but none near that. I can't hardly carry my seventeen pound boy, I can't imagine a thirty pounder!

di and bob - Bob appears in the introductory post to this thread:

The Big Breeds (and Mixes): Post 'em Here!

and Big Red does appear later as well, along with a fair number of Big Kitties, including Mightyboosh's Oliver, who appears above in his avatar.


FaBEAR - It would be charming to see photos of Tiger in the Big Breeds thread as he grows vaster than empires and more slow larger!
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[1CatOverTheLine]

1CatOverTheLine Sorry, I'm an idiot. I posted the same thing.

mightyboosh - There's no harm in being an idiot, Phil, but really, that's my job on TCS. There are a couple of situations still vacant, however - I believe that Numpty, Knobhead and Pillock are still open.

Here's a smaller shot of Bob and Scottiecat together. Bob's the one up front, who's... well, no worries... he's hard to miss, eh?

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[FaBEAR]

mightyboosh - There's no harm in being an idiot, Phil, but really, that's my job on TCS. There are a couple of situations still vacant, however - I believe that Numpty, Knobhead and Pillock are still open.

Here's a smaller shot of Bob and Scottiecat together. Bob's the one up front, who's... well, no worries... he's hard to miss, eh?

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Wow look at that for size comparison!! Love it :-)

 

[FaBEAR]

Errrm, never!



I've said this already as you know and in my opinion he is a Maine Coon. I know the 'without papers etc.' is the standard reply but I believe it.

Here's a link from a Maine Coon site that should help. I joined it but the activity on there is very slow so I've give up on it.

Maine Coon Growth And Weights - Maine Coon Fancy

Thanks! I actually tried to sign up but there's something up with their sign up process so I can't , but as you mention it's slow then I might not bother :-)

 

[FaBEAR]

di and bob - Bob appears in the introductory post to this thread:

The Big Breeds (and Mixes): Post 'em Here!

and Big Red does appear later as well, along with a fair number of Big Kitties, including Mightyboosh's Oliver, who appears above in his avatar.


FaBEAR - It would be charming to see photos of Tiger in the Big Breeds thread as he grows vaster than empires and more slow larger!
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I'll definitely post pics there... Though I think he has some growing to do yet!

 

[mightyboosh]

Thanks! I actually tried to sign up but there's something up with their sign up process so I can't , but as you mention it's slow then I might not bother :-)

I don't want to put you off but it's just not as dynamic as this site and it can take a while for replies.
I've found also that it's simply better to be on a site that's not breed specific so the whole gamut of the cat world can be explored.
I haven't been back to it since I joined here.
How is the little fella today?

 

[FaBEAR]

I don't want to put you off but it's just not as dynamic as this site and it can take a while for replies.
I've found also that it's simply better to be on a site that's not breed specific so the whole gamut of the cat world can be explored.
I haven't been back to it since I joined here.
How is the little fella today?

He's sleeping quite a lot today. I work from home so sleepy daytime kitten is the best kind! How many cats do you have? We are moving in with the in laws for a while so Tiger will have a couple of feline friends along with the dog soon. They've been introduced but the two old girls are not particularly fond of him just yet!

 

[mightyboosh]

How many cats do you have?

I've got three-Oliver, Chubchub, who is Siberian and Betty the moggy.

 

[dustydiamond1]

My pocket Maine Coon is fine and bossing everyone around. Here she is:
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She is gorgeous

 

[dustydiamond1]

I've got three-Oliver, Chubchub, who is Siberian and Betty the moggy.

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