We recently adopted a kitten that a friend of ours had found as a stray. She has a very adorable and unusual appearance, so I was taking a look at different cat breeds, and it turns out she fits the profile of Maine Coon exactly. I don't have a good pic, but she has all the tell-tale characteristics: black/gray "racoon" coloration, a big fluffy tail, tufts of white fur that come out of her ears, long hair on her paws and belly but shorter hair on her head and back, and very large paws, eyes, and ears. The only things that don't seem Maine Coon about her are her size (she's small for her age), and her hair seems a bit shorter than the Maine Coons in pictures I've seen online. Other than that though, she looks EXACTLY like the pictures of that black/gray type of Maine Coon.
Is it possible that she is a full-blooded Maine Coon? Would it be very strange for a purebred kitten to end up wandering around stray like that? Or, is it common that a cat with only part Maine Coon ancestry might still end up looking so much like a purebred?
Thanks!
Is it possible that she is a full-blooded Maine Coon? Would it be very strange for a purebred kitten to end up wandering around stray like that? Or, is it common that a cat with only part Maine Coon ancestry might still end up looking so much like a purebred?
Thanks!