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Associations

• The American Cat Fancier's Association  (ACFA)

• The Cat Fancier's Association  - Information regarding pedigreed cats and the cat fancy (CFA).

• The International Cat Fancier's Association (TICA)

Breed Information

• CFA Breed Profile General info about the Maine Coon.

• CFA Breed Standard Technical descriptions of the breed, type, color, show point assignment etc.

• The Maine Coon Breeders and Fanciers Association  - (MCBFA), founded in 1968, is the national breed association.  

• Maine Coon Database Search page of more than 10,000 cats, maintained by Ulrika Olsson.

• Find-a-Coon Hibou's Search page, containing more than 15,000 cats.

• How to Find a Maine Coon Kitten - by Cat Moody, Stormwatch

Healthcare Topics

• American Veterinary Medical Association

• Center for Veterinary Medicine

• Doctors Foster and Smith - They have a "Just for Cats" catalog.

• Feline Advisory - Over 45 information sheets on feline health.

• EMS and Veterinary Medicine - Learning and reference materials, veterinary resource

• HCM (Hearts) - Feline Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy

• OFA - Orthopedic Foundation for Animals. Evaluates X-ray photographs of cat hips. Information about Hips Dysplasia (HD). 

• Our Pet's - Nutrition articles and books.

• Revival Animal Health - Great products with great prices.

• Royal Canin - Cats have very specific physiological and digestive characteristics, a powerful sense of smell, moderate gustatory power and strict carnivorous digestive system, all of which require a specific nutritional approach.

• Ryan's Pet Supplies - Professional pet care products at wholesale prices.

• Upco. com - You'll find everything you need for your pet here including the "bone meal" that we sprinkle on the raw diets.

• Winn Feline Foundation - Contains reports of scientific studies on cat diseases.

• Wysong Feline Diets - Wysong diets are all designed to provide optimal natural nutrition.  This is where we buy the "Call of the Wild" supplement.

Neat Stuff 

• Beware of Cat Lots of cat graphics.

• Cat Fancy Magazine - Looking for that new kitten?  Lots of other cat information too.

• Domestic Cats Screen Saver Free cat screensaver for  your desktop.

• Graphics at CatStuff  More than 1500 cat graphics, free icons, banners, lines and animations.

• Kitten Calendar  Shows kitten development after birth with day to day progress.

• Traveling with your pet ... checkout motels that allow pets to stay.

• Check out the pictures of Frasier - A few pictures from one of our adoption homes.

• Zippy Cages - Jean & Allennia Voerster at http://www.zippy-cages.com/zippy2.htm
  Jean did an outstanding job on our show cages, we will be adding pictures of them soon.  Thanks, Jean for a great job.  We  recommend Zippy Cages. 

Reading Materials

This selection of books about Maine Coon cats can be ordered from amazon.com.  

• Maine Coon Cats: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Reproduction, Diseases, and Behavior (A Complete Pet Owner's Manual), Carol Himsel Daly, 1995. This is an excellent modern guide for the pet owner, with many color photos of beautiful cats.

• That Yankee Cat: The Maine Coon, Marilis Hornidge, 1992 (revised edition). This book's particular strength is its evocation of the breed's roots in Maine culture, with many fine tales about those wonderful "shags". Many pictures of Maine Coon cats, both historical and modern. The best book for stories and history of the Maine Coon cat.

• This Is the Maine Coon Cat, Sharon P. Bass. Reprinted in 1990, this book has actually not been updated (to our knowledge) since its original edition in 1983. A fine book for its time, with many color illustrations of cats that grace our pedigrees now. Sections on showing practices and the like are a little out of date.

• Guide to Owning a Maine Coon Cat, Abigail Greene, 1997.

• Maine Coon Cats, Stuart A. Kallen, 1996. This is listed as a child's book, reading level 4-8 years.

• The 1999 Maine Coon Cat calendar. Beautiful photographs of gorgeous Maine Coon Cats.  

• The CFA Kids and Cats Website, Lots of information for kids to learn about all of the different breeds of cats and about what happens at cat shows.

Maine Coon FAQ (Click here for more facts)

"How big do they typically get?"

A full-grown female typically weighs between 12 -16 pounds and males tend to be in the 17 to 24 pound range.

"Do they need much brushing like the persians do?"

Maine Coons do not need much grooming and a bi-weekly combing is all that is usually required to keep the coat in good condition.

"I think my cat is part Maine Coon. How would I know?"

The Maine Coon is America's native longhair cat; it evolved naturally in response to the New England climate. Your cat's ancestors might be similar to the cats that founded the Maine Coon breed. However, it's impossible to tell from just looking at your cat if it is related to the Maine Coon or to any other breed. Because the Maine Coon is a natural breed and hasn't been bred to extremes, there are cats all over the world that resemble the Maine Coon. The only way to tell for sure if your cat is a Maine Coon is to look at the pedigree.

Do Maine Coons come in other colors besides brown?"

Maine Coons come in a wide variety of color combinations, 87 to be exact.