Is my cat a maine coon? 6 months old and started to grow long hair behind his ears. Long tail hair too but short hair otherwise

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Shadow@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 102d (4 replies)

He's missing the super long ear hair tufts. Here's my guy for comparison

LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 102d (2 replies)

Uhh that's not a cat, that's the guy who played Hellboy

bcgm3@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 102d (1 reply)

Lol, maybe you already knew, but there is/was a subreddit called "RonPerlmanCats"

Feyter@programming.dev · 4 pts · 101d

Oh boy... now I discovered that Sarah Connor once fall in love with a Kilrathi. The 80s/90s where a interesting time.

Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 7 pts · 102d

blep

rabber@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 102d (6 replies)

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 102d (4 replies)

I don’t know why, but your cat is giving strong Ralph Wiggum energy

I think it’s how the hairs that stick out clump into strands

rabber@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 102d (2 replies)

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 102d

How lewd.

JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 99d

Looks like he might be crossed with one.

Also that pose is amazing lol

Zorque@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 102d

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

disregardable@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 102d

If he grows to 2x that size, yes

TRBoom@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 102d (1 reply)

Little dude has got a skullet 😭

rabber@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 102d

Literally devin townsend in a different font

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 102d

Probably a domestic longhair. Maine Coons have really distinctive heavy snouts, they're dramatically huge, like the size of a bobcat, and they've got this dense 3 layer coat that forms a lion-like mane.

If it's just some little dude that wandered up out of the world in the top 50th percentile of fluffiness, what you've got there is a domestic longhair. Probably introduce him to brushing while he's young because mats aren't fun, otherwise same operator's manual as a shorthair. Obligate carnivore diet, scatching post and sandbox, gentle scritches behind the ears, lots of naps, sunny windowsill for basking.

bcgm3@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 102d

Could be a mixed-breed? I'm no expert, but things like that do happen.

Either way, what an interesting and special little genetic anomaly you've found. I had a cat whose belly -- and only her belly -- was covered in fine curls. Straight everywhere else. Never seen anything like it before or since.

0ndead@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 102d (1 reply)

I’d say no, due to the lack of a mane

zwerg@feddit.org · 4 pts · 102d

Also no where near big enough

quitthebiz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 102d (1 reply)

Does your cat look like Ron Perelman? If so, yes. If not, no.

QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 102d

Yep, that's Ron right above your comment. :D

Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 102d

Idk they're like people, races/breeds are just made up nonsense. It's all one species felis catus, they can all breed together, and your cat is a unique and beautiful cat!

regdog@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 102d

He is Mainly Coon

HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 102d

I don't know, but it sure is adorable.

YaksDC@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 102d

Your pretty cat is obviously turning into Reed Richards. Congratulations!