What It’s Like Owning A Maine Coon 

I had a male...he was the most affectionate cat ever. Slept with me and loved to lay on my shoulder and sleep. I miss him.😢

Our Maine Coon mix, Hermes, is 25lbs and the biggest cat I have ever seen in person. He's such a sweet baby, he loves everyone but he's especially bonded with me. He follows me around the house, taps me politely for pets, tells me to sit down so he can sit in my lap, herds me to bed at night so we can spoon (he's the little spoon.) He loves my husband too, he loves licking his arm hair at night.

I've had a lot of cats in my life. Having owned (well a stray, I found) a Maine Coon that came along by chance, they are one of the most beautiful, gentle cats I have ever had the good fortune to come across. They are little cat angels sent from heaven. RIP little Moocher!

Basically like owning a lion but it's legal

I just adopted a Maine coon this elderly woman could not take care of him anymore he is 4 years old and hes the sweetest nicest cat I have ever ever owned I am so proud to be his new mummy

I have a Maine Coon she is the sweetest very friendly always following me around the house 🤗she has a teddy bear toy she walks around with in her mouth as she chirps 😂they truly are amazing and very intelligent ❣️

Just lost mine after twenty years. He was a real CatDog! He when he was younger, be weighed 10kg in winter and 7kg in summer. It was amazing how his body and coat changed with the seasons. Would love another one one day.

I just love the way he turns and locks eyes on you when you call his name…extraordinary bonding

He looks at you with such affection ❤

I adore my 20 pound Maine Coon!!!! He’s is the greatest cat ever!! Mine loves to kiss me too.. he loves a cuddle!!!! I love your kitty!!! Love this breed!!!💕💜❤️

I have a 15-year-old male Pedigree Maine Coon Cat that I bought in 2009 for $600.00. His name is Sir Prince Charming because he can turn on the Charm and get his staff of two caretakers to do anything he wants. He loves to spend most of his time outdoors and the only time he ever used a litter box was when the temperature outside was below zero. He eats the same food, Hills Science Diet 11+ every day and never tires of it. He is never a bother to take care of as he is just about the perfect pet in every way. 😽🥰😼

My Skeezix lived for 23 glorious years. It's been almost that length of time since he passed, and I still miss him.

As a long time US Siamese owner, I would now consider a Maine Coon. The lady in this video has a charming accent!

I have a 5 year old male Maine Coon but he's only 14lbs at best. He is VERY talkative and playfull. I took him after his previous owner suddenly died a couple months ago. He lost a lot of weight because of that, but is doing much better now.

We have a Maine Coon girl Amy who we got from a person who couldn’t look after her anymore when she was 2 years old she is 11 years old in September and we love her to bits ❤️

We got a male MC from the SPCA that had been returned twice and he was in rough shape when we got him but he has blossomed. He follows my wife around the house and is by far the sweetest cat we have ever had. He is such a gentleman and never demands. He is also doing a fine job of keeping our mouse population in check. We are so fortunate and he is such an adorable cat. Love the tail too and it is ALWAYS up.

Mine was my best friend and the most beautiful soul. She always LOVED a cuddle and we shared a bond I've never had with anyone ❤❤❤

My female Maine Coon is super loving and social too! Cuddling, kissing, talking, likes to be carried, follows you around the house. :-}

I've adopted a Maine Coone from a friend who went back to living with his parents, the cat was locked away in a bench practically 24/7. His fur was knotted really bad & covered in pee, also underweight.... Just miserable! I really felt sorry for the cat, so I suggested I'd take him in. I've had cats and dogs all my life, but this one is special & really stole my heart. I've only come across your channel recently, but I can see alot of common behaviour between both of them!

What a fantastic cat. So dignified. I have a cat named Pippin, but she's a tiny (didn't have the best start in life) rescued tabby. Would love a Maine Coon one day.

Bro is handsome, can’t wait to finally have one.

I'm biased also. I had a MC female and she was such a love muffin. She was a great comfort after my husband died. Sassy would follow wherever I went. She wanted to go for rides in the car. It didn't matter where she just wanted to go. Lightfoot at times has some Maine Coon personality traits as well. He leads me all over the apartment to show he what he wants. Sometimes he forgets to watch where he's going and he walks into a trash can or kitchen chair. Very silly and loving.

I agree, we had one without knowing he was one and I was thinking how special this cat was compared with other cats I have had. I always said he is like our fourth dog. There are many similarities in behavior to yours. Everyone here loves this tomcat to bits. He even cuddles with the dogs and waits for me to come in the evening. If I am at home, he is where I am or very near...

We have a 7mo.male ginger/white kitten named Sunny. He is the dearest ♥️ .We got him from a breeder in Wisconsin. Nothing but joy!! Love him, he just oozes happy happy happy! Blessings to you!

He knows exactly what you are saying. Imagine having a cat with a head as large as my own. LOL

All cats are incredible, but the forest cats (Siberians, Norwegians, Masquerades and Maine Coons) are in a league of their own. You only need one in your home for a few minutes to realise that the joy of cat ownership just stepped up several gears. These are big cats with massive personalities, and they never take no for an answer. Ignore them at your peril!

I remember being exfoliated and walked over and cuddled and just blessed with the most wondrous breed ever. ❤

Back in the early 90's I had bought a Maine Coon from a breeder in Carmel, Ca. His Grand Father was a grand champion. We got him home as soon as it was permitted by age. We named him CJ from the white C and J in the fur on his grey side. There never was a more loving cat in the quite a few cats we have had in our house. Total of 9 with 5 at the same time. While reading a news paper in bed, he would jump up by my feet and start walking under the paper and lay down on my chest. Lots of Purring and a vibration that tingled at times. He would reach up and lick my chin and then ever so gently bite and hold onto my chin for about 30 seconds purring louder. like the one here, mine too was a head butter to the face. Always ready for a belly Rub and a good brushing. My wife and I would go for walks and he would accompany us to the corner then turn and trot back home tail held straight up. He was mine and I was his. Just like here, there is a lot of love in that look pippin gives I would get. I really miss him.

I've had 3. Nothing like them. Best pet in the world.

Greatest cat breed on earth.

Love him! Looks just like my Frankie cat, 1988-2005. He was the best. ❤

Always wanted one, but I couldn’t live with the guilt. All of my kitties are rescue kitties with amazingly different personalities.

Wow, he's so docile. I kept expecthing him to bite her in the face. 🤣

Love your post. I lost mine in May 10 years to the day we rescued him. His name was tucker ..after book tuck everlasting. We recently adopted 2 beautiful mainecoons . Opie and sir sunny...we own makes . They are amazing

I bought two 12 week old pedigreed brothers, and they are indeed great family members.

Adopted Elsa our maine coon. From the time we get up in morning, she is affectionate demanding attention. Follows me around like a dog. She is a handful, the best cat ever. Love her

Aww, I'm a dog person (dachshunds especially) but if I wasn't allergic to cat dander I'd love to have a little guy like this. They seem to have some of the traits I best love about dogs, like being cuddly and loving. Pip just gazed at you adoringly the whole time you were talking!

I was in Montana on summer vacation when I was 7 and it is really hot there even at night, so I was out at midnight and had the 2nd biggest scare of my life when I saw two huge animals come around the corner of the house. I couldn't figure out what they were cos they were too fluffy for wolves-- and I was making a mad dash for the house. Many years later, I'd heard of Maine Coons, but not their size. The internet educated me-- as well as solved a 50 year old mystery for me! My last baby was a MC mix and I would love to have another, pure bred or mix, doesn't matter to me and after hearing this, I would want a male (tho' I wouldn't be upset with a female!). Pippin is just sooo adorable and reminds me so much of my Boyo! I love watching your vids every chance I get! Thank you for sharing Pippin with us! Take good care!

Omg, I love these cats so much

He's so majestic, and affectionate. Great combination. I guess his beautiful coat needs to be regularly groomed and brushed. Thanks for sharing.

So beautiful. Maine Coon is one of my dream Cats to own

I was immediately drawn in by your expressions and interactions before i even turned the sound up. You are both so lovely ❤❤❤

What a sweet amazing guy, I just love his big fluffy coat and his loving nature 😽😽

I have two Maine Coons. Half brother and sister (same father). Dooku (boy, two and a half years old), is a complete cuddle bunny with both me and my husband. He doesn't like strangers, but is very quick to befriend them. Always saying hello. His best friend is his sister, Luna (nearly two years), who doesn't like strangers. Hides, which is surprising to me and tends to be aloof. She's a lot better now. Took a long time for her to come out of her shell. She definitely a mummy's girl, whereas, Dooku is my husband's cat.

Don’t you just luv a well trained owner😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ Beautiful 😻

THAT look he gave you in yur eyes was priceless.......true love... just that brief moment, i caught it........

He’s such a cutie-love the tabby look. I ended up with a ragdoll, but it was a tough decision

Thanks for posting this, Pippin is a lovely cat!

I'm in love! He's making me miss my Leopold who we lost to cancer earlier this year. He had the same markings and beautiful temperament

Yep. I had one for 16 years. She was awesome. Smart too!!

I'm super biased as well. We had two and they were the greatest! I agree with everything you said. Spot on! I'm from Maine, by the way. It was fun to watch them grow from kittens. Wonderful cats!

He looks majestic, I want to buy one in the future

We pick up our Maine Coon in two weeks. We are so excited! I have two little girls, 9 and 4 and we have another on baby the way (which we just found out about) so we are hoping our new boy and our baby will be the best of friends. We have an American Short Hair tuxedo male who is 6, right now and he *tolerates* our girls lol He enjoys pets from our 9 year old but still looks at our 4 year old as if she’s going to hit him lol needless to say we are all very excited.

Big, beautiful fluffy Pippin

I could not agree more. I only have Maine Coons. They are so dog like. Pinkerton, my Maine Coon follows me around everywhere. He was easy to train. The males are more sociable and I am a little biased on the color. I have had more orange colored Maine Coons and they have such a personality to them. You can not go wrong with a Maine Coon!

Great information and a gorgeous cat, just like my Nicole in every way. She is a tabby and full of energy . She is now 19 years old and still acts like a kitten.

I had a mixed Maine coin stray and he was the best. He preferred my wife as his person, but was still affectionate to me, my step daughter and the other pets. I was devastated when he got ran over. Miss you Ani

He's gorgeous and I don't blame you for being super biased I would be too if he was mine

I just stumbled onto your channel. There’s another channel that I’m subscribed to about Maine Coons, I’ve been with her (I believe) since she started her channel. She’s now on her 2nd litter from her smoke cat Luna. Luna’s “buddy” is a cream smoke/cameo named Buster. I have a real weakness for anything that is about Maine Coons. All that, to say I had one, named Greg, and a rescue, named Atticus for 6 years. Now the hard part of the story: I have moved to Italy, and where I’m living I can’t have pets, so I had to find them a home that would take them both because they were a bonded pair they grew up together from kittens. Fortunately I did, but I was a basket case driving to drop them off, driving back home, and for the next couple of days. They were both my “buddies”, but I’ll be honest, Greg was my favorite. If I was working at my desk, he made sure that he would be on top of the desk watching me, and then falling asleep. He always kept an eye on me. I miss them. I do have a couple of questions: 1) Are you in the UK 2) How big is your flat I plan on getting at least 1 more male Maine Coon with another rescue kitten, or what I would prefer brother and brother or at the least a brother and sister from the same litter. Not sure when, but soon. I really miss my “shadow”. Can’t wait to watch your other videos.

He's just absolutely gorgeous. I'm moving out of my country in about a month or so, I'll be in a position to get me one of those marvelous furballs

Very true my old maincoon Ceasar lived lying by his big boy most of all, any time I went for a nap or bed Ceasar had to hope up right next to me a rest. If I sat down on the couch to watch tv he was right there. I miss him very much he was my buddy.

My Walter was 8 lbs at 6 months. He goes for 2nd shots tomorrow We'll see how much he's gained. His little sister is so different.. We got her at an age where she was still needing supplemental bottle feeding. Very much more catlike, as you pointed out. Walter actually still exhibits nursing behavior.. Making muffins under my beard. It tickles and slightly hurts at the same time. Like getting gently tattoed.

He is gorgeous! Several of the traits mentioned are similar to a Tortie I had. She’d follow me from room to room, wanted to cuddle almost all the time, frequently licked me, was very talkative, came when I whistled, etc.. In her younger years she was more of a one-person cat, but she eventually became very sociable and would snuggle with just about anyone. She was playful for her entire life. I will say she was more likely to use her claws than a Maine Coon, especially when she was younger, and could appear to be aggressive at the vets. Luckily, she was only aggressive towards the vets and would always let me hold her so they could what they needed to do. I had her for 18 years and I still miss my sweet girl!

I started crying when I seen this video. He looks almost identical to my childhood cat Tinker who lived 17 years. The only difference is more white on the chest and a more triangular face. He was half Maine Coon half Norwegian Forest cat. When he was overweight, he was 50lbs but we got him down to a healthy weight of 30lbs. He was truly a gentle giant, insanely intelligent but pretty aloof. The only times he let me cuddle him was all the times I had to go outside ro carry him in because he was lazy. I miss him so much 😭😭❤❤RIP Tinker.

I have a Maine coon and she is the love of my life.

Absolutely precious, gorgeous and obviously very intelligent. I like it when they are highly educated and attrasctive....and the same goes for the cat, lol. Just a little joke there, even though it is the truth. My Norwegian Forest cat watched this with me, and she gave such a cute vocalization when she saw Pippin. Hubby is truly blessed to be with these two.

Pippin is great! We used to have a Maine coon, Freddy. I would love another one, one day.

Pippin is such a loving cat, can you imagine him sitting on you for a cuddle if he was as large as a German Shepherd? lol

I had a 5 year old Maine Coon for about 5 months and he was the sweetest mamas boy, as big as he was he loved cuddling on my chest as he was the size of a kitten not a miniature lion. 😂

What a handsome and sweet fellow you have. We have a cat from rescue that is clearly part Maine Coon... He is 17 pounds in 3.5 years....sweet and so much fur :) My son moved to Maine USA and is considering getting one from a local breeder :)

I get my first Maine Coon kitten on Dec 20, anc I can't wait. I'm so excited~!

A up me duck! Love cats too

He's a beauty, reminds me of my mom and dad's mainecoon from 10 years ago, weighed 20 lbs, my dad used to take him for walks using a dog harness/leash.

What a super handsome cat living his best and enjoying country life too!

Be still my heart... He is a beauty! Just amazing! ❤❤❤❤

It.was my dream to have a Maine Coon but at 76 it’s too late now……..they are the most magnificent of the cat family

Nice video and a really beautiful coonie 😊 congratulations! I can tell living with norwegian forest cats ist just like that, also affectionate and very peaceful animals. It feels like they are the source of relaxed good mood, we have three of them and they really get anlong with any visitor and every Situation. Even new years fireworks don't scare them, they watch it. Its a pleasure and big enrichment to share our home with them 😊

100 million % agree...will never own another cat breed ❤❤❤ beautiful boy ❤❤❤

He is a stunning cat!!

Me and my mam went halves on one, and i have to say its the softest laid back cat i have ever met. Only the odd time he purrs, and sits well tries to anyway, as he is that long, on the lap, while you are sitting. He will chirp at you, and give the standard cat greeting, when they wake up and see you. Mad thing is he just chills and just stares at you, even gives the odd pissed odd looks at you, just for the sake of it. He will play bite, and is very gentle doing so, where a standard house cat would practically rip your hand to shreds. My mam has combed him, and he got a little pissed off with her, and decided to bite her, and meow. But that's about as far as it went. He can get vocal when he wants to go out, that's about as far as it goes. Worlds a apart from the standard house cat,

My MC girl loves to roughhouse and still rarely scratches me - and then almost all the time it's her dew claw that she really can't control as much. I trust her more with rough play than I would any other cat. I I got some scratches when she was little and hadn't learned enough control yet, but gentle firm correction has gone a long long way. She also loves to deeply sink her claws into things when she's kneeding, but never when they would go into someone - sometimes she'll have get up and move so she can do it without hurting anyone. She's also much more outgoing than most cats, she often greets any guests I have over shortly after they come in (though she doesn't like the bustle of people coming in the door). To the point where she's licked people on the cheek within an hour of them being there, but carefully with just the tip of her tongue where it's less rough. And while she isn't super cuddly, which I suspect is because she and I both run a bit warm and she overheats quickly, she does NEED her cuddle times... And she's usually within eyesight of me in the house, and if not then almost always where she knows if I move somewhere else in the house. She's always been super play driven, and figured out very quickly that if she brings me a toy I'll throw it so she can chase - I wouldn't call it fetch though, because for a dog with fetch the praise of bringing the toy back is the reward but for her the chance to chase again is the reward. The breeder I went through was local to me and able to invite the prospective owners over to help socialize kittens. So I've been able to.play and bond with her since she was super tiny - and her mom was trusting enough to lay against my leg for attention while also nursing the litter. A good breeder goes a long way on having a good socialized MC. I would say she's the most considerate, gentle soul of a cat I've ever had - and a light in my life that has helped me get through some rough times. Boy MCs might be more of the lovable goofball, but the girls are just as special - and the best cats in the world.

Wow. Fabulous cat.

Pippin seems like a real sweetheart.

Too cute

I'm glad you said that because people have a thing that cats do not love that they only need you for your their food that they don't love you and they don't need you outside of that and I know cats do love you they show it my Lulu did

My girl,Bella , 14 yo Maine Coon is an extremely affectionate cat! I’m not convinced that the males are less so

Such a cute baby rightnow 💟

My white maine coon arrives in 4 days I am so excited 😻

Everything about him just says, "Life here is good!"

He LOVES You. Reminds me of my siamese, he was such a Lover of anyone that we allowed into the house.

My Mickey like to slinky over my shoulder rather than a lap cat. He was extremely intelligent and very loving.

You have a gorgeous cat that came from a responsible breeder. This is how this breed is supposed to look; there are other channels on here where the cats of this breed are of very long, scary faces and abnormal hair growth patterns. That comes from inbreeding of the parents. Don't ever buy one like that.

He looks so much like our Opie we adopted. Amazing breed

The Bruce Forsythes of the cat world! The temperament looks wonderful, but though I have two sibling Maine Coon X Ragdolls I'm now a Norwegian Forest Cat woman all the way (which is what my youngest cat is) ... I just love their straight nose-bridges and slightly slanted almond-shaped eyes 😍. My boy is also huge and super-loving, too ... I've truly never known such an adoring cat. I only have to come into a room for him to start up his purr-motor!.

I have a cute tuxedo kitty who is at least part Maine Coon. He's 21 pounds and bigger than some dogs. Big, goofy oaf but I love him

They really are the best. I had 4, one is still with me. But I will not continue to have any. I cannot let them outside. Out of the 4, one was definitely not made for indoor life. He was bored out of his mind when I was not around as the others did not want to interact with him as much as he needed. He was way to heavy and tended to destroy stuff, especially shoes. He literally ate a pair of crocs. There was no creature on earth that loved me as much as he did but I feel like I failed him somehow. He died at only seven years from intestinal cancer so maybe he would have been more calm and contend later if he had lived longer. My remaining, now old and single cat on the other hand seems perfectly happy sleeping on the couch next to me all day. So I guess, I would recommend some kind of big outside enclosure to keep Maine Coons entertained. Or get an older animal that is known to be calm and not bored inside. One cannot tell with kittens what they will be like as adults as they are all very active.

idk why, but your ponytail is so cool! also thanks for the great video :)

Mine's the same. I have a short hair that turned out to be bigger. They both love each other so much.

I just adopted 2 female mainecoon. 1y.o and 5 month. So cute

4:32 "Those two are like best friends" 😂 Husband treated like a cat or cat treated like husband