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 Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:02 pm
MY D-CORP MAINE COON QUEST
<3 because my cat is a maine coon and has cancer <3
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:22 pm
Name: Jacob
gender: male
animal: Maine Coon (breed of cat)
hairstyle: short and kinda spiked up but not like a hedgehog
hair color: dark grey
skin color: patterned the same way as a maine coon's fur
body: not too tall, but not really short, he's got a little bit of muscle, but not freaky body-builder kind
clothing: kinda baggy like these but where the dark parts are, it's tinted green, no shirt, a tiger claw necklace like this but hte claw is white
personality: loving, caring, loyal, and sweet, but manly
markings: small green heart tattoo on his left hip, right above the top of the jeans
eye color: golden yellow/green
pose: maybe leaning back looking at somethign in the distance?
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:30 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:36 pm
animal stoof.
The Maine Coon Cat is one of the oldest naturally developed pedigree cat breeds in North America. The name Maine Coon came about because it is generally assumed that it originated in the state of Maine (it has actually been given the title of the official cat of the State of Maine). The Coon part can be attributed to many myths, but the most common, although genetically impossible, is that the ringed tail on the tabby varieties was the result of matings between domestic cat and racoons! However, originally only the brown tabby Maine Coons were called Maine.
Myths and Reality:
Another of the colourful myths was the romantic tale of Captain Samuel Clough of Wiscasset, Maine and Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and her royal cats. At the time of the Revolution there were plans to ship the Queen and some of her household belongings from France to America.
Captain Clough was hired to transport the Queen's possessions over to America. In addition to her china, silver and furniture were loaded six of the Queen's longhaired cats. Upon arrival in America the goods were put in to store but it soon became apparent that the Queen would not be leaving France so, in the absence of anyone likely to claim the furniture, it was distributed amongst Captain Clough's relatives. The cats were then set free and proceeded to do what came naturally to them, their offspring are said today to be the royal ancestor's of the Maine Coon. The third myth was concerning a much more ordinary English sea Captain, Captain Coon! Captain Coon operated in trading ship in the early days of the colonies, he was, like many sailors, extremely fond of cats. He traded all along the New England coast and obviously when stepping a shore to trade, his feline friends took the opportunity of taking a little shore-leave of their own!
These cats were the early longhaired Persians and Angoras which were at the time very popular in England. Quiteunderstandably his cats mated with the local population and some longhaired kittens began to appear which the locals named Coons cats. As they were so unusual (there were no native longhaired cats in America before this time. In fact, the only domestic cats in the USA arrived with early European settlers), they were extremely highly prized and people began to deliberately mate one with another and this is how the Maine Coon was supposed to have started! In reality the Maine Coon appears to have developed to cope with the harsh climate. But, as explained before, the longhaired gene from the cats of European settlers must also have played its part.The coat is glossy, heavy and water resistant with a marked differences between the winter and summer coats. They have a full ruff, longer in the males, and the hair is also longer on the stomach, they also have a rather splendid pair of britches! This long hair, it is believed, is there to protect against the snow. The shoulders, head and back are shorter so that it does not snag when walking through the bushes. However, the coat is fairly maintenance free, with the exception of the winter moult when the coat sheds. The Maine Coons other protective qualities are the huge plumy tail which can be used to wrap around his body against the winter cold. His ears also more heavily furred and his big round feet act as a kind of snowshoe, especially as the paw tufts extend backwards to flick off the soft snow preventing it collecting between the pads, which frost-bite. It also believed that the large ears and eyes have evolved for increased awareness
Size:The size of the Maine Coon has been much exaggerated with stories of over 30 or 40 pound cats! In reality they are indeed very large, tall, heavy boned, muscular cats, but perhaps with the addition of the heavy coat has led to people perceiving them as much larger than they actually are. Like most stories, they tend to become more colourful and exaggerated the more times they are told! Males are much larger than the Females reaching a weight when fully grown of between 13 and 18 pounds (6-8kgs) and the Females between 9 and 12 pounds (4-5.5kgs). Maine Coons develop very slowly, achieving their full size in three to four years.
DISPOSITION:Their disposition is second to none, they remain playful for all of their lives and are commonly called the gentle giant of the cat world. As they have a very laid back attitude towards other cats, preferring to be friendly rather than aggressive'. They also have a very endearing quality of chirping, a rather delightful and gentle noise considering their size! Another rather strange quality is their affinity to water, they can often be seen playing with their paws in the sink, bath, shower, they often like to come and sit on the edge of the bath and seem fascinated with the movement of the water. When they drink from their water bowls, they scrap the surface of the water for imaginary leaves, this is presumably an inherited quality from the time when they drank from pools.
BODY AND SHAPE:The most important features of the Maine Coon are the head, body shape and texture quality of the coat. The headis slightly longer than it is wide, with a gently concave profile and high cheekbones with a definite square muzzle. The ears are large, wide at the base but moderately pointed, well furnished with hair and set high on the head about an ear's width apart. Lynx tips extending from the top of the ears are most desired! The neck should be of medium size and the body long with a broad chest, the tail must be at least as long as the body, reaching to the shoulders.
VARIETY OF COLOURS:There is a huge Varity of colours available in the Maine Coon in both tabby and solid patterns but not the Siamese- type pointing. There is no restriction on he eye colour with the exception of the solid white which may also have blue or odd eye colour ( one blue eye and one gold) which is not permitted in the other colours.
THE PERFECT PET: Finally, the Maine Coon is considered by many people as the most perfect of domestic pets with their clown like personalities, affectionate natures, insatiable curiosity and their easy-maintenance coats. They do make wonderful companions, have no objections to dogs and other animals and can easily get used to walking on a harness. A Maine Coon will not ignore you, preferring all the time to know exactly where you are and just hate being left alone with no companionship. Once you have owned a Maine Coon, to buy any other breed would just be like a compromise!
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:39 pm
funds and donations
finally starting to save!
funds right now:
none sweatdrop
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total- 0k
donators: ~none~
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:41 pm
Name: Reia
gender: female
animal: tasmanian tiger
hairstyle: straight, goes down aobut ot her shoulders, peanut butter colored, with some draker brown bits in it
skin color: patterned the same way as a tazzy tiger's fur
body: slender, but sturdy
clothing: she has a small tube top like thing that has a fish bone on it, she wears jeans all the time, the ends are extremely frayed, in her hair she wears a barrett that looks like a bone
personality: fiesty, elusive, (more to come)
markings: she has a tail like a kangaroo, but more slender, she has stripes beginning around her waist, and continuing down to the middle of her tail.
eye color: emerald green
pose: be creative wink
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:46 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:56 pm
Kitty!! 8D
This is Najwa's current hairstyle, just incase you were wondering how it looked on full view:
Oh and the dragon thing ish secret. You don't now whut type you'll get, but you get to choose it's gender and name once it hatches. :3
And I'm sorry about your cat. My female yellow tabby cat had cancer even though she went under surgery they didn't manage to remove it, and it got so bad, 'cause it spread tumors that reached her brain so we had to put her to sleep after months of trying to help her. :<
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:17 pm
thankyou! heart i took the dragon part off, but htankyou anyway!
well i had just gotten back from sleepaway camp, and i went to pick up Tiger (my cancer kitty) and he wasn't feeling like he was his usual 14-16 lbs, so i asked my mom if he'd been eating and she said that she didn't know, because i'm usually the only one who picks him up, so i looked inside his mouth, and see this big red thing, so then we took him to the vet
the vet said my cat had a tumor in his mouth, and a bad tooth on the other side of his mouth, so he had laser surgery to remove the tumor and the tooth. but it turned out that the same tooth on hte side of his mout hthe tumor was on had only been held up by hte tumor. so all in all he lost 2 teeth and a tumor.
he's so spoiled xd he sleeps on my bed, has complete run of my room and the house, he gets treats everyday, and there's always food available for him heart
[sorry for the super long post sweatdrop ]
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:48 pm
i found a picture with hair i liked better whee and i'm giving him a new name
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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:11 pm
a few updates... just hairstyle and name... again sweatdrop
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