Maine Coon Mix or Siberian Forest Cat Mix

It is difficult to see anything on most of the pictures....  It is perhaps possible too help some by photoshopping?  I will try tomorrow, I do have Elements.

 

On one picture in your other thread he saw a little like a persian mix...

 

But it is no real point of talking about mix as we really dont know anything. At the very best we can talk about a look-alike.    :)

 

Im glad he is already OK with you. Many bough cats, even do need more than 24 hours to settle down. There are examples from them hiding and not eating anything even three days...

 

Congrats to your new furry friend!

 

 

ps.

I think you do have a little mix up in the breeds names:

 

they are three "cousin breeds" - they arent really related as they have different ancestry, but they are of the same type:

 

     Maine Coon    MCO           ancestry from USA

 

Norvegian  Forest Cat    NFC    ancestry from Norvegia and near parts of North-West Sweden

 

Sibirian cat                    SIB     ancestry from Russia

 

Of course, nowadays you can find them breed by breeders at other places too.

Just wanted to correct the color, he's black, not a smoke. Smokes have pure silver("white") undercoat all over. This one is just a bit faded black. I won't be guessing on the possible breed mix though as I can't see any specific breed in him.

Congrats and thanks for adopting Magnus. He is one handsome fellow.

 

I have one black smoke Persian cross (was also a stray) and one plain black DLH (not sure of his background since he was a stray.)

 

 

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He is beautiful, congrats

His coloring may turn out to be a lot like my Riley. As you can see from the picture below, Riley's fur is mostly grey on his ruff and underneath but he is still just black and not black smoke like the photo greycat2 posted above. He is also no particular breed but I think he's beautiful

He's really pretty!! At 6 months of age and 6 pounds and change, he's not really of the size that a Maine Coon kitten would be. I think he's probably a DLH, or a persian mix, both being average sized kitties. 

 

Congrats on him, he's gorgeous!!

Now I did looked a little more after doing some Elements. Mainly more "intensive", ie lighter... So it is possible to see the features a little better. :) But I dont get much wiser by this... :( If it is important for you to compare him with something, perhaps Sibirian. The beauty is there, whatever it is called. :)

The cat in the link doesn't look like a smoke either, just washed out black. The under coat is pure white on black smokes, not gray or brown. The undercoat needs to be silver(white) all over the body, not just under the belly or collar. Here's a pic of a black smoke Maine Coon kitten, so you can compare: http://catza.net/fi/view/code/MCO_ns/154094/ Or here is a gallery with smoke Coons: http://catza.net/en/browse/code/MCO_ns/154094/ One of the parents has to be silver to produce smoke (or other silver) kittens.

 

And here is a black smoke Scottish Fold (looking angry in my old kitchen :P ) to show a shorthair comparison:

 

Same foldie nursing her silver kittens, so you can see the belly side (bad quality pic though but shows the undercoat well enough)

Siberians and Norwegian Forest Cats are a lot more rare so it is quite unlikely for him to be a mix of one of these. Maine Coons are more common so that is more likely, but it is most likely your cat is just a domestic longhair who happens to share some features with the Maine Coon. Nothing that I can see from those pics of him and his mom/brother really screams "Maine Coon mix" although he does have some things in common.
The thing about Maine Coons is they are a "natural" breed meaning there were cats that resembled Maine Coons in New England and people saw these naturally bred cats and decided to make a breed out of them. So there are many cats which look somewhat like Maine Coons without actually being a purebred Maine Coon and there are also cats in New England now called "native Maine Coons" which are not actually purebred Maine Coons but are basically the type of cat the breed was developed from.

 

This is my purebred black Maine Coon, Roxy (she's also polydactyl):

 

these photos were when she was still a kitten-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is more recent, when she was 3 years old (she's 4 now)--

Maine Coons can keep growing till they are 3-5 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm my photos don't seem to be showing for some reason... Here are some links instead:

 

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http://www.chicagocanine.com/photos/roxyprofsit.jpg

 

 

He's adorable, and it looks as if he's settling in really well!