Tips and advice on how to care for a Maine Coon cat
Grooming techniques, including coat care and nail trimming
Diet and nutrition guidelines specific to Maine Coons
Exercise and playtime recommendations
Health and wellness information, including common issues and preventive measures
I have lost count of the cat beds I have bought that my Maine Coon walked past like they were furniture for someone else. The best cat beds for Maine Coons are not the prettiest ones, and they are rarely the ones labelled for cats at all. They are the ones big enough for a…
Maine Coon nail trimming was the grooming job I dreaded most when my first giant fluffball came home. I put it off for weeks, until a claw snagged in a blanket and my cat hopped away on three legs. That night I learned trimming is not optional for an indoor Maine Coon, and it does…
Maine coon ear care was not something I thought about when my first Maine Coon came home. I was too busy admiring those tall ears, the little points on top, and the soft fluff tucked inside. Then, one quiet evening, I lifted an ear flap and found a smear of brown wax I had never…
The first Christmas I spent with a Maine Coon in the house taught me more than any list ever could. A Maine Coon does not tiptoe around a Christmas tree. He investigates it, leans his full weight against it, and bats at the lowest baubles like they were put there for him. That is why…
Moving with a Maine Coon taught me something no packing checklist ever did: the move is not about boxes. It is about how much of your cat’s world you can keep intact while everything around him changes. On my first move, I opened the carrier in a half-empty new house full of strangers, and my…
My first summer with a Maine Coon caught me off guard. I had survived the winter with him — I wrote my whole maine coon winter care guide during that first cold season — and assumed summer would be the easy half of the year. Then July arrived and my twenty-pound boy went flat: belly…
When I first brought my Maine Coon home, I lived in a one-bedroom apartment, and I will be honest: I worried. A Maine Coon apartment pairing sounded wrong to me. The breed is famous for being huge, loud, and full of opinions, and none of that seemed to fit inside a flat with thin walls…
Flying with a Maine Coon changes the math on everything. Our cats are the size of a small dog and completely unwilling to shrink for an airline’s under-seat box. If you have ever wondered whether flying with a Maine Coon is actually doable — yes, but it takes more planning than flying with an average…
Travelling with a Maine Coon sounds simple until you try to buy a carrier for one. I brought home a standard “large” carrier, and my full-grown boy folded himself into it like a duvet stuffed into a pillowcase. No turning around, no lying flat, just flattened ears and a look that said this would not…
My Maine Coon walked straight past a perfectly good scratching post for two weeks and kept going for the arm of my couch. The post was not cheap, either. It just was not built for a cat of her size, and she knew it before I did. That is the short version of finding the…