I had a cat where three people swore up and down he was a Maine Coon, and a fourth said that he was either a Maine Coon or had lots of Maine Coon in him.
He was a whopping 11 pounds and his ear "tufts" were barely there. And after his death I found a cat identical in looks that has zero relation to him. (Unless he had a chance to breed before the shelter got him, and his progeny managed to travel 200 miles over 18 years.)
Edit: And they both look just like a couple of cats in the top picture of this subreddit.
Me, with three (not Maine Coon, very average-sized) cats at 12.5, 14, and 15 lbs, seeing someone call an 11 lb cat “whopping” Maine Coons are typically around the 20lb range fyi!
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '22 edited Jul 16 '22
I had a cat where three people swore up and down he was a Maine Coon, and a fourth said that he was either a Maine Coon or had lots of Maine Coon in him.
He was a whopping 11 pounds and his ear "tufts" were barely there. And after his death I found a cat identical in looks that has zero relation to him. (Unless he had a chance to breed before the shelter got him, and his progeny managed to travel 200 miles over 18 years.)
Edit: And they both look just like a couple of cats in the top picture of this subreddit.