Calling all Maine coon owners.

[rupertpenryswife]

So, I have a beautiful 6 month old female Maine coon who meows a lot and is extremely loud, she is being spayed next week. My question is do you think she shouts a lot because she is in season? I had read that as Maine coons mature later than other breeds their season normally starts when they are 10 months plus.

At the moment she is an indoor cat and may well stay that way, she goes into the garden with us and I also walk her on harness, I was wondering if she wants to get out!! What are people's thoughts on house cats? I used to say never!! my vet recommends it. I am really torn. We have flat cats at the Windows but it's hard opening doors. We did lose her for 48 hours so am scared of that again.

[nocutsnobuttsnococonuts]

My half maine coon is very vocal. She has been done but will meow loudly all evening. She does go outside and is a predator, brings back birds mice and eats them whole, she's very protective of food. Very loving and likes a cuddle.

Only have this photo of her sleeping on my phone, she's quite small but has the lovely pointed ears :)

[nocutsnobuttsnococonuts]

My half maine coon is very vocal. She has been done but will meow loudly all evening. She does go outside and is a predator, brings back birds mice and eats them whole, she's very protective of food. Very loving and likes a cuddle.

Only have this photo of her sleeping on my phone, she's quite small but has the lovely pointed ears :)

[KittyLover91]

We have a lot of cats going missing in my area just lately too so im glad mine are kept inside now. A lot of people out there cant be trusted!

[KittyLover91]

We cat proofed our garden after my maine coon had a car accident. Tbf he isnt the brightest button and he is extremely clumsy. He has only got out twice in the year its been cat proofed!

[PsychedelicSheep]

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[PsychedelicSheep]

I adopted as a recent neutered breeding queen mine age 4 a few months ago. Breeder said not to let her out but she has been going in the garden and more recently off roaming.

I wasn't sure about it but wanted her to be fulfilled and have a happy life with us. All was fine until she managed to cut herself on a nail or some glass or something

now she's been indoors for a week and I'm wary about letting her out again when she's healed, she really wants to though bless 😕

I'm going to harness train her and just let her in the garden only again and then play it by ear I think

[rupertpenryswife]

Yes she is gobby, it is quite funny at times not so much at 4am though. We have flat cats at the Windows and I have just purchased some more. allergic do your cats ever go in the garden? My gut is telling me to keep her indoors, but I am fed up with people giving me their opinion on why she should roam free.

[Allergictoironing]

My 2 (litter brother & sister) are indoor only, and are very healthy and seem happy. Flat cats mean I can have windows open all day with no worries (essential in this weather), and I'm lucky in that I have a porch at the front with a second door, and a sunroom at the back so I have "airlocks" for both main doors.

It seems to be mostly the UK that is precious about cats "needing" to be able to roam free - countries like the USA and Australia are very much in favour of indoor only cats.

[Weedsnseeds1]

A female cat in heat sounds like a murder victim. The noise is beyond anything you can imagine. They also roll around and act oddly.
Your cat is probably just gobby!

[DumbledoresApprentice]

Lovely cats!

[TigerDroveAgain]

Here’s my best boy in the world.

And DH

[rupertpenryswife]

dumble loving that beard how beautiful, I love my cats fluffy feet and massive tail they are such a loving intelligent breed, my cat loves playing In water and fetching toys.

[DumbledoresApprentice]

For Alwayscommuting!

[fuzzywuzzy]

Our crazy boy used to go into other people’s houses, the neighbour once found him happily asleep on her bed! Thereafter she always kept an eye out for him.

[rupertpenryswife]

Thank you so much, I agree she may want to go out, her parents were both indoor cats but, I may have to re think. The problem I have is we have already lost her once and today when we were in the garden she went over the fence and straight into next doors house, she is super friendly and it worries me.

[DumbledoresApprentice]

We don’t guard windows obsessively or anything. She is chipped, spayed and vaccinated so if she got out I wouldn’t panic too much. If she was really wanted to get out then she could at the minute as our top windows are all open. As I said she seems happy as an indoor cat and hasn’t ever made an attempt to go out of a window. We don’t tend to leave doors open for hours at a time but I don’t worry about leaving the door open whilst we bring shopping in, for example.
If we needed to guard the doors and windows then I’d see that a sign that she wasn’t happy with indoor life and would reconsider letting her out.
Once she’s spayed yours may lose interest in trying to get out and be a happy indoor dweller. If she continues to be determined to go out then you might want to consider letting her.

[Babdoc]

My DD’s Maine coon was annoyed at her locking the cat flap to keep her in at night, and during holidays (when a neighbour came in to feed her.)
DD came back from her last holiday to find the cat sitting smugly in the garden. She’d worked out that it was the control knob that locked the flap, so she’d carefully chewed around it until she had the knob detached, and dropped it on the floor!
This is the same cat that used to open the fridge door and help herself to chicken - until my DD fitted a childproof lock...!

[PinglePongle]

re: keeping them indoors and stopping them escaping

You just need to be super strict with visitors and keep reminding them - also lock them away in a room with their litter and food when people are likely to be in an out all the time or you have workmen in.

We used to be a bit more relaxed about it until one of ours got out, then immediately hid in fear in next doors garden and it took us 3 days to find her again so I won't take any risks now

[ImAGoofyGoober]

She is gorgeous by the way! Stunning cat!

[ImAGoofyGoober]

We have velux windows downstairs which is very helpful but I’m sure you can get a mesh for windows otherwise.

I let mine out to play in the garden at least once a day if I can and that seems to satisfy him. He’ll still bug me but tbh he’s a bit of a diva and likes to moan.

[TigerDroveAgain]

Has an. I wouldn’t want to call my mum a has been. Not really.

[GetToFuck]

I took mine to the vet at about 6 months old because she made so much noise I thought she was in pain. Turns out she was just vocal, and she whinged like that until she died 16 years later. Even after being spayed. Her sister (same litter) was absolutely silent - sometimes you just get a noisy one!

[Alwayscommuting]

I don't have a Maine coon (I really only came in case their were pictures) I have 2 indoor moggies both perfectly happy and the picture of health. The decision was made as they are so friendly and people aren't always nice to little animals.

[fuzzywuzzy]

Two not twin

[TigerDroveAgain]

My mum has been indoor cat which is not friendly in the slightest