The breeder is a very close friend in Thailand that helped teach me everything I know about cats and grooming.
She sends me pictures and videos everyday from the moment they were born. She hand picked him for me solely based on temperament after they started showing the personalities.
The whole litter was great but I'm so glad I waited and let her pick for me, I was gonna pick a different one. He's so sweet and gentle and always has a thoughtful look on his face like he's trying to figure out what's going on.
And he really responds well to people, he loves human voices and will just stare at you when you are talking.
I'm so excited to get him. I'm gonna meet her at the cat show in January, I think he's going to do really well in the kitten ring, but it's mostly for his temperment and development and training him to travel confidently. I won't be disappointed at all if he doesn't win the kitten ring.
My work productivity is completely in the toilet right now 🙃.
He has to be at least 4 months to clear customs travel to the US. And he needs to go to the cat show at 16-18 weeks to confirm his temperment and for his development.
I just would never travel with a cat internationally even if I could if they were less than 4 months, Their immune system and ability to go most the day without food or hold it until they can go is just not ready
I personally believe that 16-18 is what's best for the cat anyways, That's the age for Maine coons that the Mother and kittens naturally start to separate at.
They are much more confident and have less behavioral issues and do better when showing and are much easier to leash train and travel train if you leave them with the mother and litter mates until they are about 16-18 weeks.
They are just so cute, you want to take them home at like 4 weeks 🤣.
I will be there there in January when he turns 18 weeks, we might come home in January, but we will probably come home in February.
Haha yeh I hear that. We are UK. So most customers are in Britain for us. We have a miniature maine coon. She has proportionate pituitary dwarfism. So full proportionate maine coon just 1.2k at 7 months. Nor Al one is about 4 5 kilo at 7 months at least
Oh my goodness, can I see her? I love the smaller ones.
A lot of ours like to sleep in bed with us.
The big ones can sleep on my husbands belly and chest fine for a few hours or through the night and fit on his lap and he can carry them easily because he is a big man, but they are just way too big for me sometimes.
I hate how everybody is so obsessed with size now, it's not even close to the best thing about maine coons. They are all great, but my most special have been the medium or smaller ones.
This boy, will probably be a lighter blue silver shaded. I really wanted to pick one of the blue silver shells but his temperment is just too perfect for show and for traveling and walking on leash, that's so much more important to me than anything else, I couldn't not go with him when she showed me his behavior.
He needs to be at least 4 months to clear customs and do such a long international flight.
He also needs to go to the cat show at 18 weeks.
And I have to get this girl while I'm there, she's only 4 weeks. She is a huge female brown tabby with white. All of her markings are perfect and her father is an 11kg WCF world champion silver tabby.
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u/Eiffel-Tower777 3d ago
I'd lose sleep. What a P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S cat. ♥️