Main Coon Advice

[Monaro5.7]

I have a 6 month old Main Coon Ragdoll cross kitten and he is great fun but he has developed and annoying habit. This little guy come to throw the night and will lick my nose and bit it and will do this upto 4\5 times a night.

Now he has been neutered recently but I don't think this is the cause but anyone with experience of Main Coons please help. I have been reading that they will eat a lot of food and he is feed the same amount as my 5 other cats but do I need to give him more? I know he is a cross but he might have the appetite of a Main Coon.

This is the only reason I can think of for this behaviour.

[bexVN]

Lots of cats bite/ nibble body parts especially at night, I wouldn't say it is particularly a Maine Coon trait or a hunger thing, it is an attention seeking behaviour though, night time is playtime for young cats! It's a good way to get a response

Re food, he is a mix of two large breed cats so you should keep him on kitten food until he is 15 months and weigh him regularly to ensure you are feeding the right amounts according to the make of food (large doesn't mean fat so measuring intake is important)

Your option to stop him is really to shut him out of your room as you aren't going to be able to not react to being bitten on the nose!! Reaction=continued biting on the nose, vicious circle!

Edited by bexVN on Wednesday 12th October 13:48

[Jasandjules]

He is a kitten and wants to play....

[llewop]

We had a Maine Coon cross that liked to lick my nose, I never let him stay close enough to see if he'd follow that with a bite! He also ate a lot a grew big - not pure Maine Coon big, but big enough and he was crossed with BSH I think, not another large breed.

Very chatty cat, loved company, he'd join me in bed, lying back to back with me on my side, his head also on the pillow.

We've still got his sister who is now almost as chatty as he was, no nose licking though! Both of them will/would come and tell you that their food bowl was empty....

[addz86]

Pictures needed!
Out last cat was huge so I always assumed he had a bit of Maine coon in him, he'd come and sit on you wanting attention and if you ignored him he'd softly bite at you

[Shirt587]

bexVN said:

Re food, he is a mix of two large breed cats so you should keep him on kitten food until he is 15 months and weigh him regularly to ensure you are feeding the right amounts according to the make of food (large doesn't mean fat so measuring intake is important)

Just to hijack slightly - we've recently got two Maines, an adult (2+ yrs) and her kitten (now eight months).

We fed them both kitten food for convenience to start with, and have recently moved them both onto an 'adult' dry food because Mum was getting fairly fat. Is this OK, or do I need to actually feed them separately and keep Junior on the kitten food?

[bexVN]

Shirt587 said:

bexVN said:

Re food, he is a mix of two large breed cats so you should keep him on kitten food until he is 15 months and weigh him regularly to ensure you are feeding the right amounts according to the make of food (large doesn't mean fat so measuring intake is important)

Just to hijack slightly - we've recently got two Maines, an adult (2+ yrs) and her kitten (now eight months).

We fed them both kitten food for convenience to start with, and have recently moved them both onto an 'adult' dry food because Mum was getting fairly fat. Is this OK, or do I need to actually feed them separately and keep Junior on the kitten food?

Maine Coons (especially males) carry on growing passed a year so they tend to advise keeping them on a kitten food for longer (most kittens of many breeds etc can change to adult between 10-12 months) if a female then it probably isn't such an issue to change at 12 months but males preferably 15 months. Obviously if they are getting fatter rather than bigger in stature changing to adult sooner may be the better option!