is my boy kitten a Maine Coone no e cross??

[s4sugar]

People frequently deliberately breed moggies or crossbreeds & morons pay silly money for them.

Like the crossbreed dog puppy farmers they con people with mis-representation and often the kittens work out more expensive than properly bred, health tested, pedigree kittens.

 

[cptrayes]

People frequently deliberately breed moggies or crossbreeds & morons pay silly money for them.

Like the crossbreed dog puppy farmers they con people with mis-representation and often the kittens work out more expensive than properly bred, health tested, pedigree kittens.

I have absolutely no idea why you think this is relevant to my thread. My two were wanted street-bred kittens needing rehoming because the young couple were having to give up their house due to redundancy and rented properties will often not allow pets.

I'd no more pay £400 for a cat than I would cook and eat one

 

[s4sugar]

But people are payng £250 plus for crossbreed kittens with no vaccinations and some are paying £1,000 plus for some pure breeds.

It is expensive to breed cats well and there is no profit unless you get an unusually large litter if you do all the testing & veterinary fees as they cost a forune to keep until 13 weeks or more.

publicising moggies as "part breeds" can create a demand and there are always those people who will be out for a quick profit.

Personally I consider people who get moggies & then try to say they have (non existant) breed attributes as morons -see my earlier post.

BTW my moggies have been moggies -one from a pregnant queen thrown out in a box in a layby on the A1 & the other from CP from a feral litter born under a garden shed.

 

[mulledwhine]

I understand what she is saying but also agree it has no sense in what you are saying

My friend bought a poodle x lab, paid £500 !!!!£. My weims were that !!!!

I asked ' what is her parentage ?'

No idea!!'n

What my friend bought was a x breed

Pretty dog , but looks like hairy mcclarey

Sorry OP , went off topic

 

[cptrayes]

But people are payng £250 plus for crossbreed kittens with no vaccinations and some are paying £1,000 plus for some pure breeds.

It is expensive to breed cats well and there is no profit unless you get an unusually large litter if you do all the testing & veterinary fees as they cost a forune to keep until 13 weeks or more.

publicising moggies as "part breeds" can create a demand and there are always those people who will be out for a quick profit.

Personally I consider people who get moggies & then try to say they have (non existant) breed attributes as morons -see my earlier post.

BTW my moggies have been moggies -one from a pregnant queen thrown out in a box in a layby on the A1 & the other from CP from a feral litter born under a garden shed.

Gosh what a pleasant person you are

Now you think my light hearted musing is reason to call me a moron. Says more about you than me, I think.

 

[s4sugar]

Gosh what a pleasant person you are

Now you think my light hearted musing is reason to call me a moron. Says more about you than me, I think.

No I just answered your comment about me. You made assumptions, wrongly. I used information you had provided.

 

[Feival]

S4sugar You are incredibly rude and a total snob. So what if people are interested in what breed they may have at home. Get over yourself!

 

[CLM]

I'm afraid I amuse myself with the idea that my boy is a Turkish Van. He has the most amazingly soft silky fur, and he loves playing with water. These are characteristics of the breed, so am treating him like the feline royalty he clearly is.
The fact that he was actually a stray of totally unknown origin from the rspca, is totally irrelevant.

 

[cptrayes]

I had a white cat who used to come and sit in the bath with me. I always wondered about him being part Van, too, he was an uneutered 2 year old found in the street.


Your boy sounds lovely

 

[pines of rome]

One of my cat,s that was given to me is "we think" mainly norwegian forest cat!
What do you all think? Here he is

 

[Aperchristmas]

Well we had a half Maine Coone and your boy looks very similar so it's entirely possible.

And s4sugar, please lighten up. This is clearly a light hearted thread, and it would be ridiculous for cat breeding to go the same way as dog breeding where pedigree is the only 'acceptable' thing to have. Pedigree has not improved dog health whereas most of the moggies I know live to a very old age. Good for you for breeding your beautiful cats, but don't impose your standards on the rest of the cat world who love our moggies very much.

 

[TrasaM]

One of my cat,s that was given to me is "we think" mainly norwegian forest cat!
What do you all think? Here he is

Pretty boy. He looks just like the cat my daughter had from a local rescue and we thought he was Norweigan forest cat too. He had very furry feet and I once gave them a trim as they got really dirty .. She wasn't very pleased with me ah, it's fun to speculate

 

[pines of rome]

I think Mcs and NFCs are quite alike they are both big breeds, my Eric has a lot of the norwegian traits, he is very big, he sounds like one, extremely affectionate, he loves to climb trees and he also has the quard hairs and very big feet of the breed!

 

[misterjinglejay]

Yes, they are very similar, pines of rome. Weggies tend to be a bit stockier, and coonies, larger; both have that gorgeous nature though.

Breed standard for MC's: You obviously have to add the word '****' in yourself
http://www.maine-****-cat-club.com/showing/SOP.htm

Breed standard for weggies:
http://www.nfcc.co.uk/breedstandard.html

 

[cptrayes]

POR did he swallow a bowling ball ??? What a cat!!!!!

 

[AmyMay]

And s4sugar, please lighten up. This is clearly a light hearted thread, and it would be ridiculous for cat breeding to go the same way as dog breeding where pedigree is the only 'acceptable' thing to have. Pedigree has not improved dog health whereas most of the moggies I know live to a very old age. Good for you for breeding your beautiful cats, but don't impose your standards on the rest of the cat world who love our moggies very much.

I've got to agree with much of this. I've only ever had moggies. Healthiest creatures alive. My neighbour on the other hand has beautifully bred British Short Haired. None of them last very long, sadly.

 

[Spring Feather]

I have an American Shorthaired and a British Shorthaired, both are huge cats, much closer to dog sized than cat sized. The American Shorthaired, if I hadn't seen her in her litter as a newborn and met mum and dad, I would swear she was half Chinchilla! Point being, of course she can't be half Chinchilla . She is 10 years old and has never lost her super soft and thick silver Chinchilla coat. The British cat is around 14 years old now. Both have never had a days sickness in their lives. I see loads of cats around here that are the bog standard American Longhaireds and others whose owners claim they are Maine Cats, they both look the same to me I'm afraid; big fluffy beasties.

 

[pines of rome]

Yes, he does look rather round there , he is not fat, just big!!!!
Look at his big feet!

 

[joelb]

POR that is one stunning kitty

 

[misterjinglejay]

These are three of mine when they were much younger; all pedigree mc's. Tamsworth, Edward and little Daisy who was due to be a breeding queen in Belgium, but she wasn't big enough and had too much white.

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[misterjinglejay]

And Angus, when he was about a year old. Got their paperwork somewhere, but they all have very silly pedigree names

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[angelish]

aww some lovely cats love Angus