Maine Coon MAD

Happy Christmas to the Maine Coon mad crowd!

2009-12-21T17:20:00.000Z

Well it's been an eventful December with Cloud! She's been out in the snow, had to fast for 24hrs because she ate dog food (not good for cats), and I've just spent half an hour trying to work out how she had rotated the screen on my laptop when she wandered across my keyboard. Usual Maine Coon kitten stuff, I suppose. Anyway, as always, she wins me over with just one look. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Your child and your new pet

2009-11-27T11:45:00.000Z

If you want your child and new pet to bond - why not get your child this Design Your Own Pet Bowl set for Christmas? Easy to do (comes with permanent marker pens, so no messy paints to worry about) and your child will love the fact they've designed the new pet's food bowl. Available from Amazon's Maine Coon MAD Pet Store.

Christmas Gift Ideas for your pet

2009-11-27T11:37:00.002Z

I've just seen the perfect gift for my beautiful Maine Coon kitten. How fab is this? OK it's quite pricey, but reading the customer reviews, it's excellent quality and the cat's tail is a handy way to pick it up for cleaning (no more bending down to fill up bowls). For those with style-conscious cats, it also comes in blue and yellow! Or there's this simple polyresin bowl with hearts...

Working at home with a Maine Coon kitten

2009-11-26T13:12:00.001Z

I work from home 3 days each week, so Bella Cloud has been investigating my desk, computer and all those piles of papers I should have filed... Naturally the mouse is an attraction, as are the power cords which for her are irritatingly out of reach, and she's already attempted to file my papers several times (usually on to the floor). Nevertheless I've perservered just because it's lovely to

From wild fluffy ball of terror to purring happy cat....

2009-11-21T18:09:00.003Z

Bella Cloud is just lovely... middle of last week, I was prepared to start wearing my thick gardening gloves because my hands were being pounced on, swiped and bitten quite frequently. But quite suddenly, she's realised that being touched and stroked is enjoyable, so my hands are now being licked. Literally overnight, she's gone from a semi-wild fluffy ball of terror to an affectionate,

She's here.....!

2009-11-12T15:30:00.002Z

My longed-for Maine Coon has arrived. She's currently residing in my spare bedroom and slowly dominating the entire household. Both dogs are reacting predictably - my Lurcher has taken to talking or rather squeaking to her through the door, and my Border Collie is pretending she's invisible. Anyway, she's gorgeous. Her little face, fluffy white tummy and dark brown eyes (which were blue in

Breeder's recommended Maine Coon kitten food

2009-11-02T13:31:00.004Z

For those in a simliar situation, we have been reliably informed that the very best food for a Maine Coon kitten is Royal Canin Kitten 36. It's a complete diet dry food which is good for the teeth and keeps well. You can also feed a small amount of wet food (good for kidneys and if your kitten doesn't drink much) but don't leave it out because it goes off very quickly. Our breeder recommended

Naming a kitten

2009-11-02T13:24:00.005Z

"The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,"... from T S Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Without wishing to cause Mr Eliot any offence, I found it quite easy to find a suitable name for the kitten. Within a few seconds, my friend Paul came up with "Cloud" (hint in the picture), and I added "Bella" for fear that "Cloud" might become "Cloudy", which has rather gloomy connotations. It

Time to prepare the house for the new arrival

2009-11-02T13:13:00.003Z

OK, so I've ordered the extra large litter tray, tidied and cleaned the spare room (yes, she will have her own room... to start with), won a Cat Activity Centre on Ebay which I assembled with some difficulty yesterday, what now? My other love is gardening and plants, so I do have quite a few house plants in my home. I remember once reading an article about lily pollen being extremely dangerous

I just couldn't resist one more visit

2009-11-02T13:03:00.001Z

6 weeks seemed a long time to wait for Bella Cloud to be ready to come home with us, so I plucked up courage and drove over to Uckfield one more time to see how she was progressing. Now almost 9 weeks old, she'd moved into the lounge with all the other kittens who were waiting to go to their new homes. There were 5 of her brothers and sisters, 2 from another litter with Mum, Raja the 14 week

Breeder Terrie Lyons and her Maine Coon mad house

2009-11-02T12:51:00.001Z

With help from The Maine Coon Cat Club Kitten List, I eventually found a breeder in East Sussex who still had a blue/white female kitten available. After various telephone conversations, we went the next day to visit.3 hours later, having accidentally become embroiled in one of the Goodwood car rally days, we arrived in Uckfield at Budletts. Terrie showed us around her bungalow which was

Our black and white moggy, Tinker

2009-11-02T12:42:00.002Z

Having met my first Maine Coon about 5 years ago, I longed to get one, but it didn't seem fair on my moggy Tinker. Tinker ruled the roost and had managed to successfully train my 2 dogs into thinking he was the leader of the pack. Secretly, I think he thought he was a dog (a bad knock on the head from a car in his early years seemingly leaving him one can short of a six pack), although his

Welcome to the mad world of the Maine Coon cat

2009-11-02T11:55:00.000Z

Being about to become the proud owner of a Maine Coon cat, I've become obsessed with these beautiful creatures, and determined to find out as much as possible about them.There are lots of great sites out there, most run by breeders. You'll find the best of these in my links.In the meantime, I await the arrival of my new kitten, Budletts Bella Cloud - only 5 days to go! Here she is at only 5