Lion and Tigers and Bear, oh my!

Here are Lion and Bear posing next to the Tiger painting above our bookshelves in the Living Room. They were having a grand time exploring up there and I was fortunate to have the camera there at just the right time:-)

Bear and the Tiger:



and here are Bear and Lion acting like live ornaments among the plants:



They are sure looking smug, aren't they!

Kathryn

Oh Kathryn, it's so nice to see your babies. They are both adorable, I love the first pic.

Thanks for sharing.

awww

Oh wow, you have gorgeous kitties!!! Such handsome boys, both of them.
Bear's mane is BEAUTIFUL!!
Are they Maine Coons?

Oh my goodness they are georgous! Lion looks just like my best friends cat Jackson who is a Maine coon.

Aww, cute!

Originally Posted by Zoe'n'MissKitty

Oh wow, you have gorgeous kitties!!! Such handsome boys, both of them.
Bear's mane is BEAUTIFUL!!
Are they Maine Coons?

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Thank you:-), Yes, I think they are beautiful too:-).

They are very Maine Coon-like and I suspect they are but I know absolutely nothing about either of their parents. They are orphans who I bottle raised. They and their sister were brought to my door by a neighbourhood child when they were 9 and 10 days old (Lion arrived first and Bear and Tiger Lily 24 hours later) as they knew I was the 'cat lady' and their dog had killed the mother. They found the kittens mewling outside in their backyard near a fence so I don't know if their mother was feral, stray or a housepet. I once glimpsed an adult cat who looked like he could have been their father, but only the once.

Bear's mane is absolutely incredible - and he has this tail that is like an ostrich plume - it folds over at the tip as if the hair is too much weight for him to hold it straight up. His coat fur is 3 to 4 inches long except for his face:-) and very fine. Lion has a ruff but not a mane, and a thick fluffy tail but not quite the plume his brother's is. Their sister has a ruff that is longer than Lion's but no where near as long as Bear's and has a plumey tail. None of them became long haired until they were about 8 months old. The fur has a feel to it like rabbit fur and fortunately is not as prone to matting as it looks like it should be.

Kathryn

What great pictures!

Wow....great pictures! They are both sooo beautiful!!!

great photos, and what a wonderful collection of books you look to have.

lovely cats

they are absoutely beautiful! My 3 send belly rubs to them both!

They are beautiful and have a right to be smug!

Gorgeous kitties!!!

Which one's the tiger? LOL, they are so handsome. bear fits right in.

Wow! Your cats are amazingly beautiful!

Oh good grief their stunning!!!

Nice photos. Bear is looking quite tough in the first one.

Amazing!!