Thread: is my 5month old maine coon or part maine coon?

I'd say you got lucky and have yourself a Maine Coon. He's young yet and he may be anywhere from half to fullbred. Only thing I see unCoonie is his muzzle structure as a Coonie's muzzle tends to be very square with little taper. I cannot tell if his hair is short on his shoulders. On a Coon the hair is short on the shoulders down to the leg and gets longer going back toward the tail. Also his body conformation if he is full Coonie, he will look very rectangular from the side when standing. Its a striking difference between Coonies and a normal DLH. He certainly has the tail!!! My Khan was like that-friendly to everyone even other cats!!

Originally Posted by RIAP27

I'd say you got lucky and have yourself a Maine Coon. He's young yet and he may be anywhere from half to fullbred. Only thing I see unCoonie is his muzzle structure as a Coonie's muzzle tends to be very square with little taper. I cannot tell if his hair is short on his shoulders. On a Coon the hair is short on the shoulders down to the leg and gets longer going back toward the tail. Also his body conformation if he is full Coonie, he will look very rectangular from the side when standing. Its a striking difference between Coonies and a normal DLH. He certainly has the tail!!! My Khan was like that-friendly to everyone even other cats!!

hiya thanks for the reply...he has short hair on the shoulders his fluff is mainly around the neck and cheeks and back to his huge tail i think he is a MC or partly i think i have a photo of his face front and sideways i can put up

Welcome to the forum - what a handsome boy! He certainly looks to me like he has a lot of Maine Coon in him. He's adorable - what a gorgeous tail. . Please post updates as he grows - everyone here loves photos!

He certainly has a lot of coonie features and it sounds like he behaves like one too, but there is one photo that makes me think he is more Norwegian Forest Cat and that's photo 11 (where he's laying in the doorway) the shape of his face and the short body just screams Norge to me.
Whatever he is, he's gorgeous and it sounds like you have yourself one heck of a great cat there. Congratulations.
best wishes,
Mick

hey thanks
he isnt short in life hes really very long ill have to get a photo with him fully stretched or holding him. what ever he is he's my baby! hehe even if he is a gerbil,cow and a pizza! (caternity leave)'s comment above yours..no idea what that is all about. probably a troll.
thankyou hun

It's a lovely and beautiful cat, a lot of MC characteristics are in him.
My wife found a nest of little kitten in an old barn, the mother was killed by a truck.She saved them and took one little fellow in our home.I don't know if he was a MC, he was our treasure for a lot of years.

Hi pixie, thanks so much for sharing photos and descriptions of your boy. I also think he has some Maine Coon in him, paws, tail, for sure. His face looks a bit like a cross between a MC, Norwegian Forest Cat (the almond slightly slanting eyes) and a domestic short hair (mussle) but his ways and the chirrup sound pure MC. Hope you keep sharing how he grows up and more of his endearing ways. And in terms of weight I think my boy was only a couple of pounds heavier at a month older and now at twenty one months he's just over eighteen pounds so your boy still has plenty of time to grow x

looks like he certainly has a fait bit of MC in him. I wouldnt have said 6lbs was big for 5 months though . One of mine , silver weighed half as much again at 5 months but he is big.