New Maine Coon/Pixie Bob kitten

Hello Everyone!

I am very new to the forums and Maine Coons altogether ! So please be easy with me :) I got a beautiful kitten from a co worker who claims he is a Maine Coon/ Pixie bob Mix. He sure does look like it and I'm just wondering what you all think. He has all of the traits of a maine coon and pixie bob. He is extremely smart and follows me everywhere ! I taught him how to stand on his hind legs in just a couple of days. He was born on March 7th and is about 4 or 5 pounds now. So what do you all think ? His Mom was Maine Coon with a long tail and the dad was a big pixie bob. I met both.

Also. I feed him only wet food ( I have heard mixed feelings on this and am wondering what you all think). I feed him BLUE Wilderness and about a can and a half of the small cans in a day split up in 3 meals. I also give him about 4 Greenie treats a day (just started this about a week ago) and he loves them. When he was younger he was scared of them lol.


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He has a very sweet innocent face bless him,as for the mixture of those particular breeds have to say I don't know what to expect in looks but that doesn't matter he sounds a bundle of fun & certainly has the MC traits of following you everywhere & learning quick.
As a babe I would suggest at the moment you feed him to the amount that he wants,MC babes don't half pack it away & they do an awful lot of growth in the early weeks, I mostly wet feed mine but with some biscuit {some people feed just dry or even raw}if you do want to use biscuit make sure you get a good make,the other thing I do with mine as they were put onto adult food early was to add in a vitamin supplement for a while to help while they are growing,as for the treats well of course they are very frightening to such a sensitive babe could have bit him instead of the other way round,very sensible of him to be sure about them before approaching,one can't be too careful........
Keep us up to date with your babe & more pictures plus his name please....x

Thank you very much :) His name is Ari and if you can't tell his tail is bobbed as well. The dad was a huge pixie bob and the mom a decent sized MC. I hear that all wet food is the way to go so id rather not get dry food ( or biscuit if thats the same thing ?) Correct me if I'm wrong. He eats up the amount of food I give him but do you think that sounds like enough ? Should I give him more ? Vet claims he is growing healthy but I know they are a huge breed and can probably eat a lot.

I doubt my co worker would show me a pixie bob and maine coon and lie about them mating so i'm sure he is a Pixie Bob/ MC but I just haven't seen people cross these breeds at all online. I've been searching but no one seems to have info or have any MC/Pixie bobs so I thought it was strange.

he is too cute..

What cute "little" boy! I whish you both lots of funny and lovely years!

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Thank you very much :) His name is Ari and if you can't tell his tail is bobbed as well. The dad was a huge pixie bob and the mom a decent sized MC. I hear that all wet food is the way to go so id rather not get dry food ( or biscuit if thats the same thing ?) Correct me if I'm wrong. He eats up the amount of food I give him but do you think that sounds like enough ? Should I give him more ? Vet claims he is growing healthy but I know they are a huge breed and can probably eat a lot.

I doubt my co worker would show me a pixie bob and maine coon and lie about them mating so i'm sure he is a Pixie Bob/ MC but I just haven't seen people cross these breeds at all online. I've been searching but no one seems to have info or have any MC/Pixie bobs so I thought it was strange.

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Wether it is by accident or planned there are a lot more MC crosses available now,think thats why a lot more breeders are having their kittens neutered before they leave them so the breeding terms cannot be abused but if its is an accidental mating then it is giving some interesting new lines..... Don't quite know what Ari would be classed as,a Coonbob I reckon.Yes did notice his tail.
Yep biscuit is the same as dried food,a little won't hurt him just as a sprinkle on top of his meal,thats all mine have just adds a little more to fill them up a bit but with his wet food try him with more & see what happens,if he is not a greedy cat he will say thanks I don't need no more,if he is like one of mine just keeps eating for the sake of eatin then it will be up to you to say you have had enough,my piggy boy to try & make him ease up a couple of times we just kept filling his dish continually & he kept eating until he made himself physically sick then he said ok fill up again if you don't mind,him we know what he needs & he gets fed away from the others,you will get to know what your babe needs.It never amazes me with the MC how much they pile away in the first part of their growing life but when they mature it drops off to no more than a normal cat,in fact when some people come into work & say what their domestic cat eats my shopping basket seems small especially considering I have six of the darlings.

Thank you so much for the info JCK I am glad I found a forum to go where I can speak with people as much in love with the MC as I am ! Thank you all for the comments yes he is very handsome, curious, and active. Always wants to play half fetch ( I call it half fetch because he loves for me to throw the ball while he runs after it but he never brings it back lol)

My co worker said it was not an accidental breeding though. He has actually bred that same maine coon female and pixie bob male before a couple of times he said he breeds them like that because he loves the mix and that MC and Pixie bobs are the smartest most interesting breed.

'My co worker said it was not an accidental breeding though. He has actually bred that same maine coon female and pixie bob male before a couple of times he said he breeds them like that because he loves the mix and that MC and Pixie bobs are the smartest most interesting breed'

Wow, how interesting. He's beautiful.

When I got my Casco I was totally bamboozled by the diet question. I was told by the breeder and my vet to feed dry as wet food is effectively pointless as it’s just full of water. But I never really bought this, because my childhood moggy only ever ate tinned felix and lived to 19 with no health problems.

Then I started talking to someone at work whose cats had various urinary problems due to eating dry food only. I subsequently read up on raw feeding and became even more confused... I had no idea what to do and there is just so much contradictory information on the internet about cat nutrition. it’s beyond a joke!

Anyway, to this day i'm none the wiser but decided on a wet/dry mix so Casco has good quality dry down all day and I give him 1 pouch of wet in the evening. He has also has a raw egg yolk mixed into the wet once a week as it seems to make his coat extra shiny! He'll also get an occasional treat of raw mince or steak.

He’s a happy little chappy, full of energy and bright eyed and bushy tailed so I must be doing something right.

Enjoy your babe, he really is lovely.

He is REALLY cute - I love his little tail! I do the same as Sketches regarding the food. Leave dry down (not too much - you can get measuring cups from the manufacturers) and give a pouch in the evening. I have tried raw and the nose was turned up each time. I guess at 2 he was having none of it and being a feisty red didn't help. I know some people on here have written that their cats have been happy straight away on chicken wings and chicks etc so I guess it all depends on the cat (and owners persistance)!

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Always wants to play half fetch ( I call it half fetch because he loves for me to throw the ball while he runs after it but he never brings it back lol)

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Keep going with the throwing,the day Ari clicks on that bringing it back to you results in more fun having it thrown again will be the day you wished you had never started it,like with dogs you will tire of it a lot quicker than him,has he got a favourite mouse that is normally the first toy mine will retrieve.
Any chance that you could get a photo of mum & dad to post would be great to see his parents...?

Sketches and Fozzie- Thank you very much :) Ya I love him to death he is such a character and I like the dry/wet mix method that JCK uses with only sprinkling some on the wet food I feed him about 3 times a day. He is a pretty hungry guy he can eat all the time I bet and whenever I open the fridge he walks by to check whats in it lol.

JCK- Lol, he already bugs me to throw the balls all the time and he carries them in his mouth sometimes but then gets distracted and starts playing with something else haha. He also loves to intercept the balls I throw over his head by jumping up and blocking them with his body ! He is very active and athletic. My girlfriend has pictures of the mom (maybe) but for sure the dad. I totally should have taken more photos of the mom and dad upclose I don't know why I didn't. Either way I can get some photos for you.

Hi just wanted to add praise to the others who are admiring Ari. Certainly a very endearing MC cross. On the eating front, my MC boy who is coming up to eighteen months and while he ate loads as a young kitten, his appetite had tailed off. Just recently he's been eating a huge number of sachets again. He's very lean, but think he's going into another growth spurt. Also he's started retrieving all sorts of things including food waste sacks and my shoes. Do hope you keep posting updates on Ari, and hope he continues to delight x

Brightlight23- I will definitely be updating and checking out the forums on my free time so you haven't seen the last of Ari and I. I'd like to keep Ari on a all wet diet and I am kind of thinking of just getting the big cans and giving him half of that a feeding. He definitely seems like he can eat more I just don't let him because I wanted him to follow a nice diet. Although I see more and more now that people feed their kitties A LOT as much as they can eat. I want Ari to be a big healthy boy with a nice coat :)

I use cans as they work out a lot cheaper with my lot but that is also why I put in some extra vitamins early on to help too,my last babe could polish of a tin & a half a day with some bickies but at eight months she is now starting to pull back quite a lot although still eats more than the adult boys....
Yep please would just like to see parents as a matter of interest but in a way dad more important have seen magazine pictures of his breed but would be nice to see one that you know is producing offspring now but then wouldn't want to leave mum out as she played a big part didn't she so back to where I came in,both please...!

I am trying to get those photos as we speak JCK !

What lovely pics, never seen this cross before, beautiful. Thanks for posting!

On the diet question, wet is definitely the way to go. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion around feeding and conflicting information out there. What Sketches was told is all too common:

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I was told by the breeder and my vet to feed dry as wet food is effectively pointless as it’s just full of water. But I never really bought this, because my childhood moggy only ever ate tinned felix and lived to 19 with no health problems.

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The idea that wet food is pointless because it's full of water is totally wrong. Cats need to take in a lot of water with their food, as they are not great drinkers. So the high water content of wet food is essential for their good health. A lack of water intake over the long term can lead to painful bladder problems. There was an IAMS dry food advert recently which was allowed to claim value for money because of a lack of water content. Complaints were made to the ASA but they were not upheld.

The other problem with dry food is that it is high in grains and low in protein, and the quality of that protein is questionable. Still, if fed in small amounts it's pretty harmless.

Thanks Howlinbob :) that's definitely the way I'm going !I will be doing rotations of high quality grain free wet foods.