Today in pictures

[Margaret Pilkington]

We are alright Cashy it is a recognised breed...and anyway do you think I would be bothered ...not a lot!

[susie123]

Originally Posted by cashman

You two will have the P.C. Brigade on yer case,if yeh aint careful.

Ha ha Cashy I had thought of that possibility before posting and nearly looked it up but then thought why bother. However I have now googled it just out of interest and here goes with the origin of the name:

The name 'Maine' comes form the North eastern American State where the breed is thought to have originated. The 'Coon' bit is a little more difficult. The original cats tended to be brown tabbies, with very dark back and a long flowing tail, rather like a raccoon, and long ago,people thought that they must have evolved from matings between domestic cats and raccoons. Of course we now know that this is genetically impossible, but this may have been where the name came from.

But the Maine Coon's pride and joy is his tail. In fact he is often referred to as 'the tail with the cat on the end'. The tail must be at least as long as the body and is especially long so that the cat can wrap it around its body rather like a blanket for extra insulation.

What is a Maine Coon

[Margaret Pilkington]

My rescued Maine Coon had had to have his tail amputated after getting into a fight with a dog(not while I had him)......but the tail went gangrenous and was amputated very close to his bottom...so he didn't even have a stump of a tail.
He was not friendly...had yellow eyes and a bed temper.
He only started letting himself be petted just before he died.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

You and me both...and haven't you just said something that I have been saying all along...someone else always sees a different(and often much more interesting)perspective.

You are quite right, we are singing from the same hymn sheet.

[Restless]

I. Am kinda like Margaret with cats myself ha. Tigger was a semi stray cat in Clayton and is the friendliest cat ever

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

My rescued Maine Coon had had to have his tail amputated after getting into a fight with a dog(not while I had him)......but the tail went gangrenous and was amputated very close to his bottom...so he didn't even have a stump of a tail.
He was not friendly...had yellow eyes and a bed temper.
He only started letting himself be petted just before he died.

That is very sad - more of a Manx Coon!

[Margaret Pilkington]

yes, Sue......he lookede really strange trying to balance on the pointed coping stones of my back yard wall...he never fell off though.

[maxthecollie]

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2.jpg Be quick I've been there and back

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[maxthecollie]

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[maxthecollie]

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16.JPG Overtaking Lane

17.JPG Let's go to Belfast

18.JPG Liverpool Docks

19.JPG I'm cream crackered

20.JPG Jelly for tea anyone?

24.JPG What's this?

25.JPG I'm having it .I bet I can pop it.

26.JPG See told you so

27.JPG I'm practising to fly

28.JPG I can fly

[Restless]

when I was testing my (now broken) HTC sensation I filmed Tigger...

here it is

Originally Posted by susie123

I just love that Tigger

[Margaret Pilkington]

oh, I want one like that...he is lovely. He can come and stay at mine anytime.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by susie123

I just love that Tigger - reminds me of a cat we had years ago - his back legs were so fluffy, from the back it looked like he was wearing furry plus fours or jodhpurs!

Just like my Emma.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

oh, I want one like that...he is lovely. He can come and stay at mine anytime.

I read on the Maine Coon site that they don't miaow, but chirrup. I went on to You tube to find a video of said noise and had to stop myself staying on there all afternoon!

[susie123]

Cracking pictures Frank - but no red squirrels!

Do you want some wildflower names??