Ditto you post. I have had barn cats, a feral, and of course a collection of regular house cats. Best Coon cat story: Eating a hamburg in St. Thomas VI. Hear a low growling from the stomach of the person to my right, a woman in a long loose wrap in which she had a Coon Cat rather like the way folk carry a baby. This guy was massive and darn big paw so if he had made a grab for my burger he would have had it. i had never seen one before and was some impressed.
I think Vesta may have a Coon Cat.
I have 2, a male and female. Male is of good size and has that damn hair that mats big time. Odd personality, hates to be groomed is best friends with the dog who is about his size. He adopted Hubby as his servant.
Female adopted ME, she is also odd, hair that never mats, ignores the dog and likes having company visit while the male hides.
Problems with a coon, they get so big that at night both thunder about the house on those huge feet. Sounds like we have two human toddlers racing about. Both get uneasy if our schedule is changed , We have to reinforce the screens in the spring to keep the windows open, they are not trying to get out, it is the weight of them laying on the sill pushing the screen out.
Then one gets so use to these giants that when one visits someone that has a normal size cat at 8-10 pounds think these cats are kittens. Turn this around and when visitors come to my home they are not sure what kind of animal that is.
Then these cats have to be house cats cannot let them outside or someone will steal them. Yup, had a problem with a neighbor who when my Flame Point Siamese cat got outside they scooped her up. [ This was in the days before the Micro chip ].
True blue American cat, only breed considered as indigenous to America. This is the first breed of cat to have founded the American Cat clubs.
Look for a clearly defined M marking on the forehead and lynx like ears, tails that are at least 3/4 the body length and paws that when extended become 3 times larger. Norwegian Forest cats resemble the Coon, said to have come here on Viking ships, but are just half their size full grown.
