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Offline Gill (sneakiefeline)

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #22 on: May 18, 2009, 02:03:30 AM »
I saw one a few years back at the Show at Olympia, he was not an entry but there for people to meet. His owner was holding him and he was so huge the man , who was about 5'6ish was almost covered from head to toe with cat  ;D

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2009, 23:53:56 PM »
I went to a cat show last year and saw the biggest maine coon imaginable - I didn't thin cats came that big!  He was a gorgeous red boy.  Thin I posted a link to a pic of him at the time.  They are certainly large cats.

Was he that fabby one we all ah'd over at the Supreme? Have to admit to being completely taken with him. Didn't he win the show?

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2009, 22:45:04 PM »
Thank you Kirst
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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2009, 22:11:07 PM »
Zenith has some fabby NFCs too! :Luv2:



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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2009, 22:01:42 PM »
When I went to the cat show in Bracknell with Leigh last year we saw NFCs and Maine Coone's - absolutely huge, stunning babes  :Luv2:

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2009, 21:56:07 PM »
I'm not posting on purrs any more but just had to post on this one as they are probably the cats I mentioned in a post a while back.

http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,22395.0.html

THey are indeed the same cats as one was on the raised pavement and the other was sitting on the outside window sill by the potted ?bay? trees. DidN'T realise you were sort of local to me.
Sorry to hear you aren't posting.  :(


Edited because my little fat fingers missed the vital 2 letters that complete changed the meaning of the sentence!
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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2009, 20:42:42 PM »
I went to a cat show last year and saw the biggest maine coon imaginable - I didn't thin cats came that big!  He was a gorgeous red boy.  Thin I posted a link to a pic of him at the time.  They are certainly large cats.

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2009, 20:39:11 PM »
It hadn't clicked before that Leo is an MC JS  :doh:.  Such a pity we don't hear from him anymore  :(  Love that boy and Lottie's bunch of course.  Prob is they'd have to be indoor only as NFC's in particular are terrible wanderers

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2009, 20:30:25 PM »
I'd love a big boy MC or NFC one day, the fluffy tails make me go all gooey. :Luv:

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2009, 20:29:08 PM »
Oh my goodness, the face on that MC looks sooooo like my new foster girlies, and they have similar sort of fur, but they're tiddlers! :Luv2:

I'd love a big boy MC or NFC one day, the fluffy tails make me go all gooey. :Luv:

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2009, 20:28:35 PM »
Yes JS they are stunners indeed   ;D

Yes like a certain Kermit  :rofl: :rofl:

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2009, 20:25:32 PM »
Both Maine Coons and NFCs are large cats.  Lottie can tell you about NFCs but she has other things on her plate at the moment  ;D

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2009, 20:17:24 PM »
One of the members who hasn't posted for a while has a gorgeous cat called Leo:

http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,10681.0.html

I think he's a Maine Coon. And another member has some gorgeous looking NFCs:

http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,15160.0.html




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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2009, 20:15:36 PM »
C'mon, Mark - please come back  :hug:
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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2009, 20:06:57 PM »
Mark , I shall miss your posts - we may not have always agreed but if we all had the same opinions the world would be a very boring place! I hope you reconsider! :hug:



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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2009, 19:18:24 PM »
Ooops and meant to sat NFCs and MCs all rock  :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2009, 19:15:40 PM »
Mark I have never (  :shify: ) and would never have a go at you. You make me laugh too much  :)  and I'm a wuzz.  You are also just as entitled to an opinion as me  :hug:  You must do whatever makes you comfortable but I do so hope you will continue posting.

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2009, 18:54:20 PM »
I for one Mark am very sorry that you feel unable to post on Purrs, but fully understand the reasoning. However, I would say to you please reconsider. When I was on another site that will remain nameless, whatever I wrote certain people would have a go at me, whatever I wrote was wrong yet if someone else wrote almost the same thing on another topic not a word was written about it. But I did not let them deter me from trying to help people and more importantly their cats.
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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2009, 17:13:30 PM »
I'm not posting on purrs any more but just had to post on this one as they are probably the cats I mentioned in a post a while back.

http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,22395.0.html
« Last Edit: May 17, 2009, 17:22:37 PM by Mark »
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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2009, 16:26:12 PM »
I have just followed your suggestion and googled MC! You are brilliant! That's exactly what they were. Silver ones I think ( it was dark and under artificial light).

Thank you!  :hug:

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Re: Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 16:10:07 PM »
Maybe Maine Coons?

Fully grown Maine Coons and NFCs can be big! One of my cat grooming customers has an NFC who is only just over a year old, and he is enormous already!

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Norwegian Forest Cats?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2009, 15:53:46 PM »
Whilst walking in a local town ( Whitstable for those in the area) a mate and I came across a couple of GORGEOUS cats the other week.  :Luv2: :Luv: :Luv2: :Luv: They were truly HUGE! And I have had large cats but there were extremely large, very very fluffy with huge tufted ears. I have looked up NFC but these seemed much larger then they suggest on the websites. Sadly I didn't have a camera on me.  :-[

Can anyone throw any light on if there are any other breeds that are similar? Or has anyone got any ideas how big they can grow etc?


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