Macer Maine Coons

01/06/2024

The Beautiful Beatrix 🐾

31/05/2024

Thank you Anna for this wonderful boy Maverick

09/12/2023

One of the best photos I've seen of a wild Canadian Lynx 😻 .
📸 Photo by Kevin Smith of

26/10/2023

08/07/2023

18/04/2023

Today is the day we celebrate these beautiful felines! Here's some interesting facts about tortoiseshell cats:

🐱Nearly all tortoiseshell cats are female. This is because female cats carry two X chromosomes (males carry one X and one Y) and these chromosomes carry genetic information about orange and black coat colour.

🐱Tortoiseshell kittens inherit an orange coat gene from one parent, and a black one from the other and are born with interesting patches of each colour which make up their unique coat. A male kitten on the other hand has only one X chromosome, so would be either a black or orange in coat colour.

🐱For this reason, male tortoiseshell cats are extremely rare. They are usually sterile as they have XXY chromosomes, similar to humans with Klinefelter syndrome. As result male tortoiseshell cats are prone to health issues.

📝One 2016 study showed that sex-linked orange female cats (tortoiseshell, calico and torbies) were more frequently aggressive towards humans. However....... We should be mindful not to label cats as this can create a negative bias towards them and affect how we interact with them in both a home and veterinary environment.

🍀Tortoiseshell cats are also considered lucky in many countries

Personally, I think tortoiseshell cats are beautiful 😻

Show me your beautiful torties! 😻😻

References:

13 fun facts about Tortoiseshell Cats (2023) Feliway UK. Available at: https://www.feliway.co.uk/blogs/news/13-fun-facts-about-tortoiseshell-cats (Accessed: April 17, 2023).

Stelow, E.A., Bain, M.J. and Kass, P.H. (2015) “The relationship between coat color and aggressive behaviors in the domestic cat,” Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 19(1), pp. 1–15. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2015.1081820.

07/04/2023

Purrrr

16/03/2023

The Delightful Legend of the P***y Willow

According to an old Polish legend, many springtimes ago a mother cat was crying at the bank of the river in which her kittens were drowning. The willows at the river’s edge longed to help her, so they swept their long graceful branches into the waters to rescue the tiny kittens who had fallen into the river while chasing butterflies. The kittens gripped on tightly to their branches and were safely brought to shore. Each springtime since, goes the legend, the willow branches sprout tiny fur-like buds at their tips where the tiny kittens once clung.

I have shared this before but as the p***y willow is back out and looking beautiful I thought I’d share it again.
Artist: Rose Mary Berlin
Shared from Snowwolfs Woodland Nook

08/12/2022

Probably a successful Christmas!

07/10/2022

My gorgeous Rose 🌹❤️ sister to Rupert

07/10/2022

The wonderful red boy Rupert ❤️ who belongs to my lovely cousin Rachel. He always a cheeky kitten! Perfectly perched for posing!

25/09/2022

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19/08/2022

07/08/2022

You are a picture Winnie, what a beautiful girl 😻❤️

07/08/2022

Oh Miss Minnie!! 😻

03/07/2022

Even Iron Man is a Cat lover

30/05/2022

Oh Miss Maisie…you are a picture ❤️🥰❤️

22/05/2022

The wonderful Minnie looking super relaxed after her spey ❤️😻❤️

02/05/2022

Another red baby! This is Peregrine, a Maddie and Magnus baby from two years ago 😻❤️😻

01/05/2022

Had the joy of visiting this red beauty today. Rupert is now 10 months and is living the best life in Cambridgeshire ❤️

15/03/2022