Thread: How do you measure your Coon, paw to paw or nose to tail?

By coincidence I came accross this article yesterday.

I am only a humble mc owner but it does seem that his weights are a fair bit out ,

I do however understand graphs and the ones in the article are misleading because both the masurements are far from constant so the straight line it shows is in fact nothing like it. Maybe it isnt deliberate I obviously cant say.

I did find the paw to paw measuring helpful - so much easier to do.
ive been trying to measure my two clowns for about a week , As soon as the tape comes out the game begins . An accurate measurement has become almost impossible especially as after a few failures .Now when they see the tape they just think oh good its that nice game again (typical mc)

Paw to paw however is easy - its a game in itself. When they are in the kitchen i just hold the tape high up by the worktop just out of reach. Immeadiatelt they both stand up and try to reach it with their paws . Mark the unit with a dry marker pen and jod done . Takes 10 seconds max and they enjoy it.

I know it isnt completely correct because they are not "flat out" but standing at a small angle but it is consistant and very easy to do.

Anyway for the record nero made 31"/79cm silver made just under 33"/82 cm that is 3 days short of 4 months old weights are 2.6kg and 3.2kg

Hi, sounds like lots of confusion for you, firstly it can depend on whether your cat is neutered or not as to how much it weighs, breeding cats can often be smaller than neutered cats as they put everything in to breeding kittens. There can also be a difference between 'old lines' cats which are often much heavier built than more modern 'show lines' cats. Either of the 2 measurements are fairly accurate with your own cats, but there can be a 'big' difference in size and weight generally in maine coons. We have a 9kg 13 mth old breeding male but a friend of ours has a 14kg breeding male at 6 years old. Neuters generally are heavier and concentrate more on growth than breeding cats but coonies can take up to 4 years to fully grow and develop. Our 9 mth old future stud is 8kg and 45 inches long. Presumably Mr Brinicombe has measured his own cats over a period of time and has put those measurements up as a rough guide to give people an idea of sizes and weights in general. However coonies can be quite small or in some cases exceptionally large. Their tails can be much longer than when their back legs are fully stretched as well so if you want overall length, then you have to consider nose to tail. The cats individual bone frame will help indicate if it will be big or small, wide shoulders and hips will generally give you a large cat. The previous average weight for a male was 5-7 kg and 4-6 kg for a female. This is from previous research carried out in america years ago, different countries now breed different size coonies.