[Jupiterxo]

Hello all,
I'm rounding out my kitty family tomorrow! This woman has to give away her cats since she can no longer care for them so I said I'd take one. She says that he is a Maine **** but is he one or a DLH? Either way he's beautiful and I'm so happy to get a long haired beauty!

 

[MowMow]

A very pretty DLH.

 

[KittehLuv'n]

DLH- and a gorgeous one at that!

 

[Jupiterxo]

Isn't he handsome!?!

Just out of curiousity...how were you able to tell the difference? I've poured over pictures of the two and can't tell

 

[spotty cats]

Has he got pedigree papers? If so, then he'd be a coonie otherwise a domestic/moggie

 

[Carmel]

Often people with larger fluffy cats call them Maine *****... I'm not sure if it's due to wanting to them sound special, or if the people actually think all large fluffy cats are Maine *****... either way, without papers the default answer is always going to be that it's really just a Domestic (meaning unknown genetic history) Long Hair... most cats are. Something like 95% or more of cats are from an unknown background, even if they appear to look Siamese, for example, they're just a "colorpoint" - a coloring found on more than just Siamese...

He looks a lot like my kitty! Except mine is 6 pounds.

 

[Jupiterxo]

Has he got pedigree papers? If so, then he'd be a coonie otherwise a domestic/moggie

I'm not sure if he does...I just started emailing the lady today and I didn't want to offend her by asking if he was realllllly a maine ****

 

[LilyC]

DLH. But he is a beauty!

 

[MowMow]

He may or may not have some MCC in him but without papers there is no way to tell for sure. So, he would be a DLH.

 

[Layla0710]

Ahh! He's so cute!