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18th March 2011, 01:28 AM #1
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We've Chosen Our Kitten!
Hey kitty lovers
I posted on this forum ages ago because I'd been reading a lot of the threads. We decided months and months ago that we were going to get a Maine Coon when we moved in together. We (me and my boyfriend, Dave) are both animal lovers and Dave, who is not normally a cat lover, really fell for the Maine Coon breed.
We found our breeder way back before Christmas. She's lovely and is really dedicated to her animals which we felt was really important. She's been answering our questions and giving us regular updates since before the kittens even arrived! She had two litters at the end of January and we went a week ago to choose/have a look at them all. There were ten in total. (I know lots of breeders don't let you meet the kittens until after they've had their first vaccinations but she said as we didn't have any other pets it was okay).
We had an awesome time meeting them, their mums, their dads and all the other Maine Coons in the family.
We settled on a little red tabby boy and he's going to be called Teddy.
We're not moving in together until mid-May so he'll be with the breeder for an extra couple of weeks but that's okay because we know she's taking good care of him. We just want him with us asap and think about him constantly! It's crazy!
Anyway, my posts aren't normally this crazy but I'm just so excited and I really hope some of you on here can help me out as we go through the process of preparing for his arrival and with any problems we may have.
I don't have any uploadable photos just now - they're all on my camera! We're going to see him again in a couple of weeks
Does anyone have any top tips for first time MC owners?
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18th March 2011, 01:36 AM #2
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Hi Stacey,
He sounds lovely, can't wait to see some nice pictures in the future!I am going to be a MC pawrent really soon, we are going to collect our first kitten on Sunday and I absolutely can't wait! I am bursting with excitement! It's such a lovely feeling, the choosing your lovely kitten and then the anticipation of finally getting it home. Enjoy!
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18th March 2011, 01:40 AM #3
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I'll try to get some up soon
the only ones we really have of him are quite dark because Dave didn't want to blind him with the flash!
I hope you have a lovely time bringing yours home! I'm so jealous :P
I love the way you said she's your first kitten...I've got a feeling Teddy could be the first of many for us!
We were planning on getting two but Dave was a bit worried about transport etc. because we don't have a car at the moment.
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18th March 2011, 08:20 AM #4
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We've chosen our kitten
Hi Stacey,just caught up on this post, read "why I chose a maine coon" thread first but I did comment on there that you will not stay at one MC for long,having just read this posting I am even more sure.I always had my MC's in singles but the last time due to one introducing himself & saying he wanted to come with us as well we ended up having two together & it has been brilliant,wish I had done it before,don't know that I would ever have been brave enough to go for three at once as another forum memeber has,but....!!!
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18th March 2011, 09:25 AM #5
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Congrats and to echo others - pick a second one too! They'll love eah others company when you are both out and two are always better than one
Or three in my case.
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18th March 2011, 10:39 AM #6debbie560Guest
Congratulations, hope to see photos of your baby soon, I bet you are very excited... I have had to put going for my New Abyssinian on hold because of work commitments and it totally KILLING ME!! LOL
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18th March 2011, 07:18 PM #7
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Congratulations! I got my first MC (Rasputin) 3 weeks ago and he's brilliant. He's an only cat (but between my boyf and I we work from home 3 days a week) but we've got him loads of stuff to play with and he seems quite happy...
The one tip I have is to get some cat deterrent spray and coat any electrical wires with it because Rasputin luuuuuuuuuuuuuurves chewing wires and doesn't seem to be the only one... Whether you do end up getting both or just the one, they are awesome!
Keep us updated and can't wait to see some photos!
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