Madeleine
Location: Austin, TX, USA
This is Madeleine, my maine coon kitten on her first night home with me. I often work at home and she loves sitting on my desk, watching me tap on my laptop. Maddie is so funny, sweet and playful that she’s healing my heart, which was broken from losing my previous maine coon, lion kitty Maxx, to carcinoma in January.
Surprise! What a cutie
just saw your kitts love them asked them to be friends
FYI, the Softpaws pictures are up at Mamie’s profile.
How are those? Any info you could send me to merchqueen1029@yahoo.com would be greatly appreciated. Both of my cats were adopted by me as adults and both had been declawed way before I got them. Everytime I think of adding another cat to the mix I wonder how unfair it would be, because I could never have a cat declawed. So this may be a good option.
Wow! such wide open expressive eyes, could look into them all day! How can you tell a main coon as a kitten? I may be looking soom and was wondering how to spot one at the pound/Dumb friends league?
MerD,
Maine Coons are very large and tend to have a somewhat triangular shape to their faces. Their personalities are wonderful…very sweet and very laid back. But if you have your heart set on a Maine Coon it would probably be a good idea to check out some of the websites of breeders to see what the specifics are for the breed since there are a lot of long-haired cats that resemble Maine Coons but might not be. You might also want to see if there’s a Maine Coon rescue group in your area because then you’ll have the best of both worlds…getting the breed you want and adopting a cat that needs a home.
I got lucky getting Jiggs. I had always admired Maine Coons, but I will only adopt, not buy kitties. I responded to an ad for Maine Coon kittens, and when I rescued Jiggs from a place that was overrun by cats, he fit the profile of what I thought they looked like. No papers, so I could certainly never show him, but I only wanted a buddy for Shaddo. Went to a cat show and one of the top 3 winners was a Coon who looked like my Jiggs. This one was described as a “Classic Brown Tabby Maine Coon”. They look for facial shape, triangular - like a slice of pie; the larger the better. They also have strong front legs, a gentle personality, and of course those beautiful markings. My baby will never win a show, but he’s my buddy & I’m his person. I’ve heard that Coons pick someone to be their person (staff, maid, caregiver…) and I’m so glad he picked me!
Good for you, Joan, that’s a wonderful story! In our hearts they’re all best in show and they all deserve to be treated like royalty.
Maddie is a beeeaauuuuu-tiful kitten. Those eyes are absolutely mesmerizing!
Well a lot of Maine Coons have the same markings as Madeline… also they will generally have a “mane” of fur around the neck, lots of fur in the ears, a big regal tail, and tufts of fur on the feet. They were designed to live in cold climates and have all of tha tfur to keep them warm. NEAT!!! My kitty is part Maine Coon, and has several of the characteristics - she looks just like this one, plays fetch, chirps, likes to be nearby but not right on you etc.
Hello from Minnesota.
Some years ago when we lived in PA a cat decided to move in with us, very independent. We had the feeling that this had once been a show cat, she liked to have her picture taken, bring out a camera and she would strike a pose. After reading about the Maine Coon I beleive that was her breed. We had her for 18 years before we lost her to Feline Cancer.
Morris (well, we had black and white TV) had a task for each of us, she was a wonderful, loving cat and I still miss her, she’s been gone almost 20 years.
my kitts asked to be friends with your handsome bunch.
fluffy love fuzz
She is such a cutie - what big eyes you have!
Thank you to all for the thoughts & prayers for my Rooty. We went to the vet, and he has an infection requiring pills and liquid medicine for 10 days (real fun to give both). The good news is that he is doing better, and was very happy to have his Mommy spend the whole day with him yesterday. Thank you all again so much!
Glad to hear all went well for Rooty….keep us posted. Get some Pill Pockets, those things are amazing!! Thanks to TDK’rs, I discovered them and makes pill taking so much easier!!
Thanks for the info. I’m going to stop at petco on my way home!
If petco doesn’t carry them, I ordered mine through entirelypets dot com. Enter Pill Pockets in search…my local pet stores did not carry these for some reason! Good luck to ya! I know Rooty will love em’!
Fantastic news! What a relief, eh?
I’m so glad that Rooty is on the mend. I think we were all a little worried and “Rooty-ing” for him.
I’m rooting for Rooty! Glad he’s getting better. Good thoughts to you too Jessica. It is stressful for us as well as our kitties when they’re sick.
That’s great news! I hope he is completely recovered soon.
The vets have something called a pill shooter. It looks like a long sringe and has a rubber tip with 4 slits in it. This allows any size pill to be put in . You hold the kitties mouth open with the left hand and put the pill shooter all the way back and push the end with your thumb and down it goes. You can give any dog or cat a pill in a second with no trouble. They cost about $4.95. No help from other people either…..you can do it yourself! I can’t live without mine. My Brownie just had a back tooth pulled yesterday. I took her in to have the one on the other side of her mouth pulled but that turned out to be ok, just needed cleaning. The one they pulled was loose and had a cavity in there. Right now she is hiding under the bed. She is afraid if she comes out, mommy will take her to the dr’s again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brownie is a 13 pound tortie.
Yay for Rooty, although he probably feels a little yucky right now. So good to hear that it isn’t something serious, though. At least he has a lot of love to speed his recovery…and the meds help, too.
A gorgeous little Texan cat
Today’s baby is all that
Even better about Maddie
Is she makes her once-sad human gladdy.
what a great poem!!
So simple, yet precious.
Ivory Bill,
I was so overwhelmed by everyone’s kindness when I posted Tallulah’s picture that I failed to thank you for your poem. Now a month’s gone by but I hope later is better than never. Your poems are one of the delightful things on this site.
Looks like my Jiggs when he was a baby Maine Coon! She will certainly help fill the void left by Maxx.
She is so sweet! I am glad she is helping you heal.
BTW - is ther anyone who wanted the cookbook and I forgot to email it to you? We have quite group of peeps intersted and don’t want anyone to feel left out. M–
I do, I do! I sent an email to the cookbook address a little while back, but the email bounced back as undeliverable. Please send to me at nelson0254 at msn dot com. Thank you, Mer D!
I would love it! Thank you!
I either need your address (please post in code like catranchers) or send me an email to
TDKcookbook AT gmail DOT com
AT = @ and DOT = .
I would love the cookbook. I tried the site but it came back syntax error.
MerD, please send me one too…
jeepbabe1962 at yahoo dot com
thanks ever so much!
This fluffy little girl has a sweet little face and she’s very bright eyed. I’m sure she will bring you years of happiness and love.
Yes, Maine Coons are just very special - hoping you will have her for many years !!! I have what looks like a Norwegian Forest - his pedigree is a mystery - he is 18 now and getting a lot forgetful - cannot remember where is is - it is hard to know what to do. When I hold him he remembers me, but I am at work all day. Cats are so special when they have shared your life.
Hey there Austin cat! What a spunky-looking fuzzball.
Maddie is definitely NOT doing her part in the local community–nothing weird about this cute little fuzzbutt!
Non-Texans: The town’s semi-official motto (on T-shirts and bumper stickers everywhere) is “Keep Austin Weird.” College town and home of the legislature kind of thing….
LOL! Great motto! But all kitties have their own little weirdnesses…I’m sure she’ll do her full share.
I have that Tshirt. lol
I hope you and Maddie have many happy years together!
My Maine Coon, Carmen, sends purrs and headbonks Maddie’s way!
What a beautiful little squishy!
Sweet Madaline, you look just like my Louis too cute.
I’m putting this beautiful girl in my backpack.
Me next!!! Me! Me! I need to kiss that little nose and stroke her soft fur.
She’s very fluffy, sweet & cuddly. Just wait, you’ll see.
FREE samples of Yogi tea…
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thanks, Dee, I sent away for them!
If this posts everyone give a big hip hip hooray.
HIP HIP HOORAY!!!
HIP HIP HooRAY! so glad you resolved your puter probs
hip hip hooray!
It is THREE cheers, right?
I’m trying again. My most recent post did not show up.
Hip Hip Hurray…yipppeee!! Glad to have you back, Elene.
What a beautiful kitten!
Animals sure have a way of healing your heart! I know, we got my husband a puppy last year after losing our dog Greta who was 17 years old. The new puppy has brought all of us, but mostly my husband, such peace and joy. Thanks for sharing your picture and story!
Maddie is just beautiful! Maine Coons are so loving and sweet natured.. I know that she will help heal your heart. RIP dear Maxx…. My sister has two Maine Coons that are thekittens of my Cassie and my daughter’s Atticus. She named them Beaux and Max! They were my last litter of kittens as a MC breeder. It does my heart good to see MC kittens. I miss the kittens!
Photos of swimming kangaroo…
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Teeny-tiny fuzz looks confused at the proliferation of whiskers - so QTE!
“proliferation”–another lexophile!
How felicitous for you to acquire entrance to this conclave of ailurophiles!
What a great fluffy secretary and heart-warmer! I’m so happy you have her to help you with your work and your grief.
Did anyone listen to “Coast to Coast” last night/this morning? Very interesting. The guest was John Robbins, the heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream fortune, who walked away from it all because he came to believe that sugary deserts are one of the contributors to poor health. (most areas run a repeat of the show this evening…)
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/03/06.html#recap
He’s right; it is.
…but what a way to go!
She’s ADORABLE!
In an old house in Austin, all covered with vines,
Lived 12 little kitties in two straight lines,
Each morning they left at half past nine,
The FUZZIEST of these was Madeleine!
She was not afraid of mice
she loves winter, snow and ice
to the tiger in the zoo,
Madeleine just said “poo, poo”
Ya beat me to it, Ginny!
That’s all there is,
There isn’t any more!
BTW - I played the lottery yesterday, but I’m in North Jersey. Someone all the way down south won last night along with someone from Georgia. Rats, I had such dreams…
THOMAS in Florida: (and other marines) You may find this article interesting…
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/03/inside_the_navy.html
Thanks Dee, I just sent it to my hubby, he’s retired Navy and will be very interested in this article, he reads all kinds of things like this.
The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
–Helen Keller
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Nice little assistant you have there. I bet she is nice and soft. I have shelved my idea of adopting another kitty for the moment. Too much on my plate. Sylvester must know I am thinking about adding another kitty because yesterday morning and this morning he was such a lovebug. Need to find out how to cure him of his love of shredding the toilet paper.
Hump day…down hill to the weekend. I cannot wait for the weekend.
The only way I can keep mine from shredding the toilet paper is to keep the bathroom door shut. I know Huddy is the guilty party and I have no idea how he does it, because he doesn’t have any claws, so he must be doing it with his teeth.
I lived with a cat for a while that eats paper. He even taught my husband’s tuxedo to love paper, so now he won’t let my kitten play in the paper bags!
My tuxedo doesn’t eat paper, but he can lick a plastic bag forever! lol
I have two kitties that play tag team shred the TP,also they get paper towels if they’re available. Sometimes when I get up in the morning they have practically papered the house.
My Harley eats tape……..when I get packages or leave them a box to play with, I have to make sure all tape is removed!!
Huddy used to get the paper towels tooo, but I moved them. I’d come home and it would look like somebody had a pillow fight in the living room. lol
My Trixie LOVES to unroll the toilet paper, or attack it and leave it full of holes. She also thinks that every bag or box that comes into the house belongs to her and needs to be explored
Well, I caught Sylvester on the toilet with paws up on the toilet paper ready to shred. Caught him just in time. I picked him up and put in the bedroom and said a big “no” at the same time. He just looked at me like “what did I do”.
When I had the 24/7 kitty, I woke up one morning to the living room looking like it had snowed. She had gotten into the paper towels and shredded about five rolls worth. That wasn’t the only thing she decided to destroy and so eventually I had to give her back to the adoption agency because she was so unhappy that she was destroying everything in the place. This experience has made me think twice about adopting another kitty. I don’t want to ever go through the painful process of having to bring a cat back to the agency from where I adopted it.
Karin, you’re obviously not a teacher! If you were, Sylvester would have said to you “I didn’t do NUTHIN’, Miss!”
My cat tears up paper into small pieces and then spits them out, making quite a mess. She is a Main Coon/Persion mix and is really a beautiful cat, very playful - She brings me her toys! Just have to keep her away from paper!
OOPs Maine Coon, I stand corrected. I don’t know why, but whenever you are writing something, she also attacks pens!
Occasionally I give Romeo a roll of inexpensive paper towels before I leave for work. It ends up looking like I had a snowstorm in the house when I get home but it is so worth it to know he had such a good time. I’m just a big ole sucker for my cats.
Let me know if you figure that one out. Can’t keep them out of the bathroom because they use the toilet. Hooray for Ferrule, he’s finally getting it.
Did you see this great story on the news yesterday? **Fireman Rescues Dog On Icy Lake**
http://keyetv.com/watercooler/local_story_065114716.html
Great story, God Bless firemen.
That is the cutest little baby kitty I have seen oh, I don’t know, since yesterday? Yes I am a cat slut. I love them all
Another pregnant woman who did not realize she was pregnant…
http://www.nbc11.com/health/11178509/detail.html?dl=mainclick
I’m sorry, but how does one NOT know they are pregnant?? How does one explain the kicking and moving that goes on.. just defies logic in my mind.
in this case, her weight may have contributed to masking the signs of the pregnancy.
It’s called denial. Went through it myself. I found out in October of 98 that I was pregnant and my full term son was born in February of 99. I was lucky enough not to have any morning sickness and I didn’t show until the last couple of months. And I only weighed 110 pounds at the time so it certainly wasn’t extra weight that was hiding it.
I think it was denial also. I would get kind of curious with no period month after month.
Denial can be a very strong thing. Keeps one from feeling things they don’t want to feel. Meezermama - I would imagine at that low weight the kicking finally got to you LOL
When my mom was pregnant with me, she didn’t find out for 5 months. She was ALWAYS irregular, so missing a period didn’t seem like a big deal. She was also on birth control when I was conceived.
My mom had my brother, who’s 12 years older and then had a stillborn and then 6 miscarriages.
I truly believe she thought there was no way she’d ever be able to have another child after she had my brother.
very true, eventually the kicked could not be dismissed as gas. LOL
I was always irregular also, skipping the summer was a regular occurance with me. My son was my first and only. He is quite the blessing and I probably never would have had children had I planned for it.
The article mentions her lack of menses due to obesity. Denial may be part of it, but if this is her first, she might not have known what symptoms to be aware of. And with no period for years, that wouldn’t have been an indication. Not so much denial as cluelessness.
Hi everybody! I’ve missed y’all. I am drowning in work. If this keeps up my cats won’t even know me. What a beautiful and cuddly kitten Madeleine is. I’ll bet she is a great helper too.My Annie has started something new. When she finishes her meals (I don’t free feed) she puts one of her toy fuzzy balls in her dish. Then, last night when Juliette finished her dinner Annie put 2 toy fuzzy balls in Juliette’s dish. They both eat in my bedroom. I’m sure she has a good reason for this. I wish she could tell me. Does anyone else’s cats do this? I hope I can come back later today.
My boy, Dewy, does this every time he eats. I’ve read that they are putting their toys somewhere they feel the toys are safe and will be there later. Since owners routinely don’t move the food dishes, this is a good spot for this. Dewy sometimes puts the toys in his water dish too!
mine put toys in their food and water dishes also. I guess its a safe place
maybe since it is somrthing they value it is a gester of thanks or love
My sister has two cats with strange behavior like that. One just does the usual putting the toys in the dishes- but she puts hair ties in the water dish, and fuzzy mice in the food bowl- never the other way around. Her other cat eats her meal and then turns around and mimicks burying the food bowl. It’s adorable!!! She does it every time, and we have no idea why. I guess she thinks she’s really burying it so that her nasty sisters won’t find her left-overs and eat them. Weird, huh?
A heartbreaker to mend a broken heart. A purrrfect cure. A perfectly beautiful baby.
**Baker Goes 56 Years Without Sick Day**
A Utah Hospital Worker Stays Healthy For Decades
POSTED: 1:29 pm EST March 6, 2007
OGDEN, Utah — Corrine Holston is feeling pretty good — like she does every day.
In 56 years of working for a hospital in Utah, Holston has never called in sick.
Not even once.
She was recently honored at a banquet at the Ogden Regional Medical Center and got to ride in a limo.
Holston is in the kitchen every weekday at 5 a.m. making cakes, pies and other goodies.
The 78-year-old baker said she doesn’t drink or smoke and is just too busy to take a sick day.
that story makes me sick….I think I need tomorrow off…I’ll just be calling in sick… do you hear that Corrine??? Corrine?!? hmmm…she’s probably at work. Love the way they honored her, though, with a banquet at the hospital where she worked with food she probably prepared and a limo ride (whoopee!) to where else? — the hospital! I am underwhelmed by the hospital’s generosity. How about some gift certificates…uhhh paid days off?
I agree with you CatRancher. How about some cash award for this lady. Sheesh. No sick time in 56 years…usually companies give five to ten sick days off per year and if you guess that she is making around $8.00 an hour. So let’s say five sick days is 40 hours times $8.00 is $320.00 times 56 years equates to $17,920! I think the lady deserves a nice cash award of at least $2,000 plus a nice five day vacation somewhere nice like Hawaii or the Carribean! Sheesh.