Thread: Habits and how to break them!

I think you need to name and shame this breeder just so no other potential MC kitten buyers on here end up encouraging her kind of operation. Six weeks is way too young for a Maine Coon kitten to be away from Mum. The description of the house and breeders comments plus the lack of pedigree is very worrying. For Neo to be force weaned at four weeks is also strange. At least he's in a better situation now with responsible parents and being loved.
Name and shame!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Looking at him at the moment would say he is a brown mackerel tabby with white...his head looks true brown but his body is appearing lighter,he has the unbroken lines on his body you can also get a spotted mackerel & that says it again in the name the pattern is broken & appears as spots although they still form lines down the body instead of the swirls of the classic pattern,will be interesting watching him grow....xxx

Blimey, colouring science sounds a bit complicated! I'll keep posting pics as he grows though, so you can see how he changes x

Originally Posted by Englishman

I think you need to name and shame this breeder just so no other potential MC kitten buyers on here end up encouraging her kind of operation. Six weeks is way too young for a Maine Coon kitten to be away from Mum. The description of the house and breeders comments plus the lack of pedigree is very worrying. For Neo to be force weaned at four weeks is also strange. At least he's in a better situation now with responsible parents and being loved.
Name and shame!

Although I'd love to warn off other unsuspecting potential buyers, I'd rather not name and shame...call me a coward, but I'd rather not get into that situation. I'd be happy to let anyone know by private message though.

On a lighter note, we took the step of locking him in the living room last night to start with breaking the 'peeing on the bed' habit, and he was fine this morning. We decided to leave him in there alone in the end, as we didn;t think it was fair to lock one of the other cats in with him. They've always had completely free rein through the house and it didn't seem fair to expect them to change their habits of a lifetime just to keep Neo company. We did feel mean leaving him alone though, but he was very chilled out and really happy to see us this morning, and the added bonus was that he'd done all of his 'business' in the right places (i.e. the litter tray!).

Oh, and a second bonus was that we had an undisturbed nights sleep without being used as a kitten playground at 4 in the morning!

He's a very independent, confident little fella, so I'm sure that being alone overnight won't harm his development.

Thanks for the replies everyone , Tracey

Thats a great post to see,just what you wanted toilets in the right place & long may it continue...... of course the way to go so he isn't lonely is to have a second MC right now to keep him company......!!!!!!!! { Once again have I really put that in a post on here.....}
I don't blame you for not wanting to put the name of the "breeder" on here & very often by the time someone comes on forum they have already been to see & decided on their new babe but in case anyone picks up on thread you could perhaps name the county & hopefully anyone in tat area would do as you have adviced,PM you...... Some colours can be hard to distinguish such as red silvers/creams & some blues & even breeders can't always pick up the right colour code on them but will watch your boy with interest.....xxx