Honestly, this cat is eating me out of house and home. Suggestions?

[NYC_SKP]

I could have had a fish, but noooooo, we had to get a cat.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear NYC_SKP!

That cat looks like it could be out hunting!

It must weigh nearly 30 pounds, for crissakes!

:scared:

Who's the pretty lady?

:hi:

[NYC_SKP]

2. That's no lady...

That's the woman who's going to adopt the cat.

j/k

Someone emailed that pic to seaker, she emailed it to me.

I fibbed.

Now I have a mini saltwater tank, with coral and cute fish!

Only a six gallon tank! There's an emerald crab, a cleaner shrimp, two blue wrasse, a clownfish, a dottyback, and six species of coral!

Oh, and a Hawaiian Feather Duster!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. OK...so the lady is not seaker?

I am confused. The hour is semi-late and I've been posting on and off all day in my HUGE GD thread...

Anyway, your aquarium is gorgeous!

That's a salt water one? It's really beautiful...

If I had one, it would be full of algae and dead fish...

:P

[NYC_SKP]

4. I shall have to find this thread of which you speak.

There is no algae to speak of.

The snails go about the glass and the water is as clear as the finest vodka.

There are a few hermit crabs in there, too.

All in all, once set up correctly, I find this requires less care than freshwater tanks with goldfish.

Combining all the right organisms creates a pretty self sustaining ecosystem.

I was surprised by how little work it was (after all the work getting it right).

:hug:

[Kali]

17. nice!

only 6 gallons?!!! Back in my aquarium day that would be impossible. No salts smaller than a 20, and that wouldn't have had much life in it. Amazing!

[elleng]

5. JUST SAY NO!

[Richard Steele]

6. I was just telling someone about that picture the other day- nice to see it again!

In case anyone is wondering- That's a REAL photograph.
That cat and his owner have been very well-documented.

He's the world's largest known "Maine Coon" cat, he weighs
almost 40 pounds...
And his owner there in the pic is a very petite lady.
IIRC, she's less than 5 feet tall.

Big fluffy cat + small petite woman = dramatic photograph.

[peekaloo]

11. I thought it was fake until I noticed the reflection in the window.

Can it walk or does it have to be carried?

[jobycom]

7. Just feed him the woman holding him.

That should hold him for a week.

[tango-tee]

8. He's a handful, isn't he? A Maine Coon?

LOL, I suppose he has a hearty appetite!

But soooo sweet!

On edit: No suggestions. Sorry....

[applegrove]

25. Yup. You it would be dangerous to breed a cat that big if it didn't come with a sweet disposition.

[Skittles]

9. you want I should kick some fat hairy feline ass, NYC-SKP?

lemme at that thang

[NYC_SKP]

14. DO IT!

Let the fur fly!

:P

[meow2u3]

10. This cat is freakin' ENORMOUS!!

No wonder he eats you out of house and home. Question is, is he a Maine Coon? He makes my cat Max look puny by comparison.

[Heidi]

18. Is Max resting in his litter box?

What a beautiful boy! And he doesn't look overly hefty to me. :)

The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger isn't a litter box kinda guy; at home, he prefers the "great outdoors." But when he goes up to visit my mother-in-law, he LOVES to go in her bathroom and check out her three cats' litter box -- and kick litter all over the bathroom floor. My mother-in-law never chides him. She tells me, "Well, there are things a boy can do at his grandmother's place that he can't do at HOME." :rofl:

ETA: Could YOU look into this sweet face and tell him he shouldn't be messin' up "Nonna's bathroom"? :(

[MissMillie]

12. and I thought my Cosmo was big

Cosmo tips the scale at 23 lbs.

When he sits in your lap, your lap disappears.

That cat, is bigger than Cosmo. Fluffier too.

And beautiful.

[TommyO]

13. Photoshop it down to a more reasonable size!

My Maine Coon looks like a miniature of that one, and is just as big of a mush-pot.

[Arugula Latte]

15. I am going to start a religion to worship that big orange boy.

I love him. :loveya:

Finally, something to believe in!

[Ikonoklast]

16. I have always loved that pic.

Big happy kiity, smiling happy human.


My Jeff is a big kitty, but he's only 22 lbs.

[driver8]

19. That is one of the coolest looking cats I have ever seen -- and biggest!! n/t

[kimi]

20. I like how he just relaxes and stretches out

He reminds me a little of my Loki. But Loki's only 20 pounds, and a Norwegian Forest Cat. Lotsa fur though.

Beautiful boy!

[Rambis]

21. I think you are holding a Mt. Lion

that's having a bad hair day- I would make damn sure that thing is well fed before I went to sleep.:wow:

[BurtWorm]

22. Make your house and home out of candy and cookies.

Cats don't like sweets.

[Lil Missy]

23. Do you have a gun?

[emad]

24. Just tried holding my Maine Coon like that...

The lacerations! Ouch.

Mine's a brown/black and white version of your gorgeous puss, but not nearly as malleable.

Only ever goes dopey on me after he's been out huntin and killin in the backyard.

No logic to it.

[NYC_SKP]

26. huntin and killin?

Does it ever bring in Badgers? Mongooses? Grizzlies?

:P