Originally posted by TheAntiPam:
<STRONG>Spencer, I forgot to say thanks earlier for posting the picture of your orange MC foster cat. My part-MC cat is orange and white, and I'd never seen another MC in orange. Seems like they tend toward other, darker? tabby colors.

Hmmm, what about solid color MC cats? or tortie or ??? Any comments, anyone?</STRONG>

Just caught up with this subject again. I have an orange & white purebred Maine Coon kitten, who is 9 months old now and already weighs over 13 lbs. I also have a M. Coon mix who is cream color with orange markings around his face, tail, legs. He looks a lot like Logan's butter only with quite long hair- has the blue eyes too. A co-worker of mine has a solid black Maine Coon. What I have read is that M. Coons are NOT bred to real specific standards, therefore there is a lot of variation in colars, markings, and eye color. They are bred for more for their personalities and size. I have heard them referred to as the 'natural' purebred. My kitten that I got in April had a solid gray sister, and a brother with sort of tortie type markings. His father is white with blue eyes. The brown/black classic tabby is the most common though.