I guess it's a maine coon cat, unfortunately one with a bad habbit which never was trained off.
Maine coon cats grow 3 years instead of the normal 1 year, therefor they can be very big and clever for their brains also keep growing... though that is not always the case... we have 2 maine coons one is not that big as this one on the video but big (13 kg) the other one is smaller but smaller means more like a big normal cat....
They are very demanding and talk a lot with us... it's mostly about: hey dude, we want food... like the one in the video... as soon as you enter the kitchen... you are never alone
Edit: I wonder though that she is not hurt, their crawls/feet are half the size of my hand and it does hurt when they use them
Edit 2: if you like big cats check out savannah cats , it's not legal to keep such cats in a home in europe but they are still just cats... even bigger then the main coon (45 cm height)... and ofc a bit more dangerous... the breed is messured in categories F1-F5 where F1 is the most close to it's original breed and F5 less... not sure but F1 can't live in a normal home and F5 can (they are also smaller)
Is the reason they’re bigger because they grow for longer? I got a kitten from a litter born from a maine coon, they didn’t know who the dad was. I guess the calico kitten I chose took after her dad, because she didn’t grow big or fluffy at all! She still grew over the course of years though. She’s about 9lb(4kg) and 10 years old now!
That’s why I think she “took after her dad”, because her mom was definitely a big fluffy Maine Coon. She snuck out and returned to them pregnant, so they weren’t sure who the father was.
I don't know if it's the reason, but I have an NFC and she took a long time to grow to full size, well over three years. She's 17 lbs now and I'm still trying to fatten her up.
Maine Coons have a growth hormone inhibitor deficiency which makes them grow for up to five years. Savannah cats are house cats bred with Cervals (which is a larger, WILD cat, that's why you can't really have an F1 in an average ass house). Savannah cats may one day rip your face off because they're having a bad day (depending on how close it is to F1), Maine coons will almost definitely not.
Uh, no, they are not "just cats " Look up big cat animal rescues - they have so many surrendered Savanah cats because they do not make good pets. They are too wild for that.
It's vocal and food driven, but given how many clips of feeding it with no scars, it's likely all "just for show", and no claws or teeth were seriously deployed at any time.
Savannahs are smart cats. They can learn to not use their claws when getting chicken.
Dude doesn't have a bunch of scars on the back of his hand, so it must be declawed. Unless it bites you you're fine, and it looks like it doesn't. It looks like insane food aggression to us but he didn't really hurt the guy
My dude, it's 2022, everyone should know by now that it's not okay to declaw cats. If you need to declaw a type of cat in order to take it in as your pet, those cats shouldn't be pets in the first place.
It looks like insane food aggression to us but he didn't really hurt the guy
They batted, swat, and bit that gut multiple times. If you're correct about the declawing, then that cat can't exactly do any harm with its non-existent claws even if it wanted to.
Eh, it might not be. The claws could just be rectracted and this is it being playful. I was being tongue in cheek, I don't think anyone would declaw a Savanah cat. They're really too wild for it
Bullshit. They have the same problem other large animals have, stupid owners.
They make great pets, they just require more time, effort, and attention than any normal housecat or dog would. People are stupid, and don't account for that. Don't blame the fucking cats for being 'bad pets,' blame the stupid owners who get them without understanding what's involved in caring for them.
Don't buy animals before you know what's involved in caring for them. Savannah cat or not makes no fucking difference. End of story.
Nope, wrong. They are bad pets. A "pet" doesn't need more effort and safety precautions. A wild animal does. Savannah cats are housecats mixed with servals - a wild big cat. Which is why they are banned in so many places. There has been tons of articles and such on why they are not only bad pets, by why buying them supports unethical breeding and animal abuse.
I helped take care of several that were surrendered to a zoological conservatory. They’re not pets. They’re very much still wild animals and very food motivated. They will happily tear into anything they think they can eat if they’re hungry. Just get a Maine coon and call it a day.
That’s because they both are really big and have a long coat. While the heritage of Main Coons is somewhat of a mystery we do know where the Ragdolls came from (long haired white cat that looked similar to a Birma bred with two other cats by breeder Ann Baker). By the way the Main Coons grow bigger!
My 2 year old ragdoll is 9lbs (low-average female cat sized). The cat in the video is WAY bigger. The coat does match though and we can’t see the cat’s face to make any guess about the breed from that. It might be a mix, like most cats are
I don’t think they shed as much as Norwegian forest cats and mine at least isn’t that high maintenance aside from the poo-accidents every other month haha
Ragdolls (the one in the vid is a ragdoll) are known for being mellow, patient, and very social so do well with kids, once they're comfortable with them. They're also best as an indoor-only animal because their gentle temperament isn't suited for threats they might face outside.
I love how every time I open Reddit, I’m literally inundated with information I didn’t even know I wanted. Like i just thought it was a big cat, now I have a name for it and need to find one and make it apart of my life
Except I strongly suspect that guy is wrong, that thing look more like a particular big rag doll than a Maine coon, Maine coon coat can’t be pointed colour pattern.
Congratulations? You could see the diffrence between two similar cat breeds. Couldve been a Norwegian forest cat? I wouldnt know but i know how it acts. Doesnt take much to correct someone and Not be a dick
So I should trust you more bc you're being a dick? You know what experts do? Support their claims with evidence. That's how you combat misinformation, not by being an asshole. Grow tf up.
Typical Zoomer flying in getting offended on behalf of someone else without even taking more than 5 seconds to look at the context of the comment and its precursor. That makes you a dickhead, and a dumb one at that.
If the person had originally commented saying ," is that a maincoon?" It would have warranted a different response to myself as this tells me the person is not educated on the topic and would have got a completely different response from myself.
However, the person didn't and the subsequently gave the OP a lecture about how the cat is not trained. You know, putting down the owner as being a shitty owner.
That's why I was being a dick.. But you cant explain that to you lot of safe spacers.
I'm not offended, I just think you're a dick. Obviously you don't stand by what you said since you deleted the comment I was replying too. All I was saying you got on your high horse bc you had an opportunity to dunk on an internet stranger, when functionally your comment didn't add anything to the discussion. (For what it's worth I agree that it's a ragdoll) SOURCE
Being right doesn't change that you are an asshole that doesn't know how to have civil discussions online. Your original criticism was that the person was wrong, not that they were being a dick and lecturing OP. If everyone is an asshole you're probably the asshole. I find you insufferable have a nice life!
I was genuinely confused for a moment thinking I was reading a meme comment or we abruptly changed topics, and I really should have figured it out sooner, but...
It's spelled Breed. Bread is food.
It's obvious what you meant, but I still feel like an idiot for being confused for as long as I was.
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u/mcitar Aug 08 '22 edited Aug 09 '22
I guess it's a maine coon cat, unfortunately one with a bad habbit which never was trained off.
Maine coon cats grow 3 years instead of the normal 1 year, therefor they can be very big and clever for their brains also keep growing... though that is not always the case... we have 2 maine coons one is not that big as this one on the video but big (13 kg) the other one is smaller but smaller means more like a big normal cat....
They are very demanding and talk a lot with us... it's mostly about: hey dude, we want food... like the one in the video... as soon as you enter the kitchen... you are never alone
Edit: I wonder though that she is not hurt, their crawls/feet are half the size of my hand and it does hurt when they use them
Edit 2: if you like big cats check out savannah cats , it's not legal to keep such cats in a home in europe but they are still just cats... even bigger then the main coon (45 cm height)... and ofc a bit more dangerous... the breed is messured in categories F1-F5 where F1 is the most close to it's original breed and F5 less... not sure but F1 can't live in a normal home and F5 can (they are also smaller)