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

Hi All,

I came across this site a wee while ago, Size Isn't Everything when I was doing some research before I got my Maine Coons and the person who created the site David Brinicombe says the way to measure your Coon is from paw to paw (PTP).

Mr Brinicombe also created some charts based around their average weight and length which I found interesting. Mr Brinicombe has also been a breeder so I think it’s safe to say that he has a lot of experience in breeding Coons? Where ever his estimations and way of predicting the overall length and size are accurate is up for questioning?

Now I’ve been monitoring my cat’s weight since I’ve got them nearly I year ago and they will be 15 months on February the 11^th. As it stands compared to Mr Brinicombe chart, both of my coons are a lot better than his average charts say.

My Sheldon was around 43 inch from PTP around 14 month and my other Coon Sydney is about the same size in terms of length so I would estimate he would be around the same length? But I’ve also read that other peoples Coons are bigger than mine at the same age?

At 24 weeks, both of my Coons where around 1000grams heavier than his 26 week estimation which mean my Coons are doing very well (compared to his estimations) and are well over his estimations. My Sheldon was 43 inch PTP at 14 month which would make my Sheldon very big. Where ever this is accurate, I don’t know?

He considers 40 inch male large (measuring from PTP) but, I’ve heard people measuring their Coons from nose to tail measuring larger and measuring from nose to tail is shorter than paw to paw. He says that Coon’s stop growing in length around 18 months. He also made several estimations of how some of his Coons will eventually turn out down to an inch or so?

Has anyone else created some other type of way in estimating their Coon’s final weight and length that they could share with us and dose anyone feel his way of methods estimating and predictions is accurate?