BIG house cats...
Pretty big ones here!
Is Rupert the cat the world's biggest kitty? Already weighing in at about 20 pounds, the giant breed Maine coon cat is three times bigger than the average cat. Rupert has also been named cat-of-the-year three times in Australia according to the Daily Mail.(Chris Scott/Newspix/Rex USA)
Stewie, a 5-year-old Maine coon from Reno, Nev., has broken the Guinness World Record for the world's longest domestic cat. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, the colossal kitty won the distinction for measuring 48.5 inches (more than 4 feet) from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail bone. The previous record-holder was also a Maine coon that stretched 48 inches. Stewie's owners, Robin Hendrickson and Erik Brandsness, said they decided to go for the record after encountering so many people who marveled at Stewie's size. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal/AP Photo)
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Thank god they are relaxed.
have you ever left them in the care of someone else? I look after a Maine Coon when his people are vacationing, and that cat is spooky silent, always looking at me like he is angry as if he is just waiting his chance. His people claim he is loving, adorable, and "talks" all the time. I'm very nice to this cat - why won't he come around? 
The cat was just a big overgrown kitten, always wanting attention.
When it head-rubbed you, you NOTICED! 
I just looooooove that kitten (no longer a kitten, I know). So very beautiful and adorable! 
and still looks very much like a kitten. Maine Coons take 3 to 5 years to become fully grown. At almost a year.
She is just so beautiful and, yes, still very kittenish. I love her gorgeous plume tail!
I think you were saying you wanted to when the time was right? 
We have one middle aged kitty and two elderly kitties (one with renal problems). I think we might soon wind up taking in cats from relatives who are getting a little too elderly to live on their own.
Going to get MUCH BIGGER. All the mice are skeered!!!
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He was huge.........and fat.
I thought savannahs were bigger?
see:
I want one of those one day. No kitties for me now. Still mourning my big fat siamese.
I was personally acquainted with one who went well over 30 lbs. -- and he wasn't even a Maine coon!
Then there was Meow, the recently deceased 40-pounder.
edit: Among the living, an Oregon neighborhood was recently abuzz over a cougar sighting, which turned out to be this fellow:
He also loved to float on an air mattress in the pool. We would take him on vacation, camping, and walks around the park. We loved that cat so much as he was one in a million. Sadly the cat and my partner both died at an early age. 
In the first pic, he's thinking, if you drop me I **WILL** kick your ass!
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This here is my still growing Teddy Bearz. His nickname is loverboy. And a pretty boy to boot.
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from our veterinarian's office. He was left there and the owner never returned. Best cat that ever owned me.
They had one adult male, about 2 or 3 adult females at any one time, and there was at least 1 litter of kittens each year. Sleepovers were a hoot, waking up in the middle of the night as a herd of pre-adolescents gallops throughout the house and over your sleeping bag with you in it. 
is eating like crazy, and is growing by leaps and bounds. We think he may have some Ragdoll in him, and they grow pretty big. He has big paws and is barrel-chested.
I can just imagine what it's like when they are playing or are zonked out sleeping.
not any more! He is constantly snacking, and steals her wet food!
They are both sweet as can be and love to sleep on our chests while we watch TV. I have longish hair, so Gizmo burrows himself under it and kneads with his paws and nibbles on my ear!
I'm working on making more videos of them, and because I've been recording them constantly I have over 250 clips to be edited down so far. I figure they will grow fast, so why not record now and edit this fall?
