Thread: Please settle an argument ! lol

As I've said elsewhere, our Oscar weighed in at 11.5kg in January at the vet's here - that's a hair over 25lbs.
We think he's grown a bit since then, but he must stop soon, surely?

Shimba weighs in at 10.70kg & hopefully as he is coming up to 6 that is it,plenty heavy enough when he curls up on your lap & far too heavy for me to be able to hold him out at shows anymore bless him so won't let him see that you are well beating him Oscar,don't envy your parents when you choose to step on them.....x

Originally Posted by Django

As I've said elsewhere, our Oscar weighed in at 11.5kg in January at the vet's here - that's a hair over 25lbs.
We think he's grown a bit since then, but he must stop soon, surely?

Wow thats brilliant Django.........now pictures please !!! lol

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Shimba weighs in at 10.70kg & hopefully as he is coming up to 6 that is it,plenty heavy enough when he curls up on your lap & far too heavy for me to be able to hold him out at shows anymore bless him so won't let him see that you are well beating him Oscar,don't envy your parents when you choose to step on them.....x

Another big cat, Shimba must be a big boy to, oh I am loving all these big cat stories !!

It's tricky actually conveying Oscar's size via a photo and I'll get Mrs Django to take a photo of me holding him. I'm six feet tall and not scrawny, so that might give some indication.
Meanwhile, here he is just now looking a tad watchful...
A hare came around the house earlier and he may be scenting that.

Originally Posted by Django

It's tricky actually conveying Oscar's size via a photo and I'll get Mrs Django to take a photo of me holding him. I'm six feet tall and not scrawny, so that might give some indication.
Meanwhile, here he is just now looking a tad watchful...
A hare came around the house earlier and he may be scenting that.

Aw he is just lovely, I love his colour. He certainly looks like he has the scent of something there for sure !!! lol Will look forward to seeing pictures with you and him x

Wow! What a handsome lad, he looks like he is proportioned perfectly, not too heavy. I would like to see him next to a regular house cat just for sizing! It does look like he smells something out there, great eyes and noses make good hunters!

Don't want to hijack the thread, but it's sorta related:

We just took our boy for a check up at the vets. She said he wasn't overweight at all, but shouldn't get any heavier (6kg/ 13lbs) and gave a long lecture about measuring out food. I said that I heard that MC's were slow growers and took up to four years to fully develop. She scoffed at that and insisted that no cat grows after its first year, and that at 15 mos if there was any growth it would just be a bit of muscle.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by inexcelsis

Don't want to hijack the thread, but it's sorta related:

We just took our boy for a check up at the vets. She said he wasn't overweight at all, but shouldn't get any heavier (6kg/ 13lbs) and gave a long lecture about measuring out food. I said that I heard that MC's were slow growers and took up to four years to fully develop. She scoffed at that and insisted that no cat grows after its first year, and that at 15 mos if there was any growth it would just be a bit of muscle.

Thoughts?

What can I say, every where I have read about MC's on here on breeders sites and in general they all say that they take 4 - 5 years to reach their maturity. Does your vet have dealings with any other MC's apart from your own ! I once had a vet who said that my Great Dane should only be fed the same amount as any other dog and once a day. Needless to say he didnt stay my vet for very long after that !!! lol In his defence, if there is one, he had never had a great dane on his books, this though, in my opinion, is no excuse. Giant breeds do not fall into the general catagory.

I have a friend who breeds Irish Wolfhounds and an oncall vet, not from her practice, took one of her birthing mothers in to section her, overdosed her and killed the five pups she was carrying ! All dogs are not the same, and I would imagine all cats are not the same either, thats only my opinion though !