That is the most wonderful Cat I've ever seen. What is his name, please? nt

[patrice]

[sakabatou]

1. The grey one?

I think that's Oberon.

[patrice]

6. An appropriate name! He looks quite powerful.

[sakabatou]

14. The owner has other cat's with names from

"A Midsummer Night's Dream."

[FirstLight]

2. I was thinking the same thing!

Looks like a domestic LION! huh?

A very regal creature, no doubt he/she rules his castle....

I hope the poster/owner tells us all about him/Her?

[Warpy]

10. If he's a Maine Coon

he's a total goofball. They're the clowns of the cat world.

They only look regal when they're half asleep.

[Lorien]

18. I think he looks his goofiest when he's half asleep:

Usually he looks like this when he's just hanging out. But yeah, he's a silly beastie:

[omega minimo]

40. Looks so intelligent.

[LisaL]

60. He certainly is striking.

[devilgrrl]

3. Lorien has some gorgeous kitty cats

isn't he beautiful?

[Sanity Claws]

4. His mommy used to post here quite a bit

He's a Maine Coon cat. He's huge and gentle.

I love seeing his photos too.

[patrice]

8. Amazing creature. nt

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. I think it is Lorien's Oberon. Do I get a prize? Beautiful cat! nt

[pkdu]

7. Maine Coon Oberon ... more here...

http://www.catster.com/cats/100240

[alfredo]

9. Oberon is a good name. That's my wife's favorite beer.

[patrice]

12. Un-filtered Wheat! Yum! Gimme' sum!!

B-vitamins are good for you!!

[alfredo]

17. Bell's makes some good beers. Love their Two Hearted Ale. Nice citrus flavors.

[patrice]

23. We have Boulevard here. It never disappoints! Their IPA has the citrus thing goin' on.

[Merlot]

11. MY cat is the most wonderful cat you've never seen!

[Lars39]

13. Love that Oberon!

Lorien's tops in my book, too.

[Lorien]

19. Aw, thanks Lars39!

[Mari333]

15. kitties are wonderful

[Lorien]

21. Lol!

That's too cute! I always love it when they do that.

[Lorien]

16. Aw, thanks! I always thought so. He's my giant Snugglepuss Oberon

He's a Maine Coon. Very loyal, very loving, excellent for spooning with in the winter:















With the normal-sized Puck (for size comparison):

[madfloridian]

22. Beautiful. What a lovely cat.

[janx]

24. Gorgeous creature! Beautiful name!

I'm not a cat person, but I fell in love with a Maine Coon several years ago while visiting friends. The cat slept with me and started following me around first thing in the morning when I went to brush my teeth. I turned the water on, and he jumped up on the sink and started lapping the water from the spigot like a dog! His name was Jasper. There will be a day when I'll adopt a cat, and there's no doubt in my mind what sort of cat that will be!

Incidentally, I have a dear friend who names her dogs after Shakespearean characters. So far there have been Ariel, Robin, Portia, and Feste.

[GoCubsGo]

36. Is he really a "Blue Buffalo" kitty?

My cats eat their food. I'll have to keep an eye out for his card.

[Lorien]

48. He is indeed, as is his best buddy Puck

Her card has this photo on it:

[patrice]

38. Looks as though he's about twice the size of the others. They're beautiful and

he's Magnificent.

[Lorien]

49. Thanks Patrice! He is albout twice their size. You can see some

of his relatives here: http://www.mainlysilver.com/FUN%20GALLERY/index.html

Even though he's huge he's very gentle. He is very paternal and loves to play "foster dad" to the foster kittens that I've looked after:









(The little black one grew up to be his size, lol)!

[Liberal_in_LA]

44. Those are some freaky, in a good way, cats.

[Hawkeye-X]

20. If my memory serves right, this is Lorien's cat.

Name escapes me at the moment...

[fascisthunter]

25. looks part lynx

cool cat

[Lorien]

26. The breed is thought to have it's roots 400 years ago in Maine, where

long haired ships cats from Norway and Turkish Angora cats from Europe (which were all the rage then) bred with "cats of the forest". The "cats of the forest" would have been bobcats and lynx, obviously. For a long time Maine Coon breeders tried to deny that they had any wild blood, but DNA testing shows markers for both wild species. They "trill" like wild cats and have the same large size, lynx tipped ears and heavy bone structure, but that's where the similarities end. They're very gentle. I'd trust Oberon with a small child, unlike most of the other cats I've owned over the years.

[fascisthunter]

28. ahhhh... is it a Maine Coon?

[Lorien]

29. Yep. Oh, and here's a photo of Oberon's grandmother

so you can see what I mean about the size thing:



(the woman isn't me).

[bettyellen]

42. whoa!

[madfloridian]

45. Huge!

I have never seen a cat that big.

[fascisthunter]

50. yup... that's a Maine Coon

grandfather had one... it would leave for days but always came back. It hunted rabbits and befriended a raccoon.

What a beautiful cat.

[Lorien]

54. Oberon had a "romance" with a young raccoon for a couple of years

he's an indoor only cat, but she would visit him from the windowsill or back door every evening. He would paw wildly at the back door until I would open it and they would sniff each other, nuzzling their noses in one another's fur. She didn't come around one evening and on my way to the post office the next day I found her, just a block away lying dead at the side of the road. We still miss her around here!

[fascisthunter]

62. OMG... look at that racoon's face

and look at your cat rubbing its head on the glass.... I tell people that my grandfather's Maine Coon(Mickey), befriended a racoon and they never believe me.

[merh]

57. wow - I'd have to find a way to get a DNA on that beauty

The ears look almost like a bobcat's.

That cat is gorgeous.

[meow2u3]

46. I had a Maine Coon mix a few years ago. Remember Sylvester?

He was my big coonlet who tipped the scales at 18 lbs. (he was a bit overweight), but his ideal weight was 16. He also "trilled" (I call it a "murp" because that's what it sounds like). He was technically my cat, but in reality, he took to my mom--neither is longer with us.

http://www.catster.com/cats/105608

[Lorien]

55. I can't forget Sylvester

it breaks my heart that you lost him the way that you did.

[meow2u3]

63. The one comfort I have about Sylvester

He's planting his kitty butt onto my mom's lap in heaven--along with her other cats and dogs gone before us

[Warpy]

51. That's interesting

Maine Coon cats are the generic barn cat in New England. Their large size and shaggy coat makes them impervious to the harsh winters there.

I've always wondered about those lynx tips on the ears. The Maine Coon kitty I have now has those, the shoulder ruff, and the enormous tail, although she's pretty small for the breed, 13 pounds.

There's no surprise that there's ample wild cat blood in them, along with Norwegian forest cat and the tamer house cat varieties that came over. Like the rest of the mutts out there, they got the best of all breeds.

[SPedigrees]

27. Oberon is a magnificent beast!

We had a cat who was part Maine coon, lynx-like tufts on her ears, wild looking and acting. She lived to be 22.

(Apologies to Oberon, afraid Ruby (my pony) pushed him off the board above.)

[Lorien]

30. You got a pony!

and she's a cutie, too.

[SPedigrees]

47. Thanks. :-) She's old enough to remember Carter in the WH.

[Ikonoklast]

31. A majestic-looking creature. You are lucky to be owned by him.

Missy approves of his wise choice in selecting his humans.

[Vinca]

43. OMG - I want to reach through the screen and grab that little cutie.

What beautiful markings.

[Lorien]

53. She's adorable!

And looks just oh so soft and fluffy!

[Ikonoklast]

56. Here is a more recent pic of Missy and her brother, Mu.

They were both abandoned by their mother a week apart, and I bottle-fed them until they could eat KMR out of a dish.

[Lorien]

58. Aww, so sweet! Bottle babies make wonderful pets

One of my most beloved kitties of all time was rejected by his mother (he was a runt) and had to be bottle fed. He was the cat that changed me from a "dogs only" person to someone who now has four of them and has raised countless fosters. I hope that Missy and Mu give you many, many wonderful years of companionship!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

59. Awww...

She's like a little marble cake!

[Ikonoklast]

61. Well, this is Missy and Mu's aunt, Marble.

She is my son's kitty, and she was named because she looks like a marble cake.

Marble is fiercely connected to my son. She sleeps with him every night, stays in his room during the day, and when he comes home from work or school, she is right by his side. The look she gives my son's GF are priceless, as we call it the 'why don't you just go the fuck away' look.

She, and every kitty in our house save one, are related to each other, and were all ferals we took in. They are the happiest bunch of kitties one could ever hope to see.

[persona au gratin]

32. Is this some sci-fi experiment or something? There is no pic...

[SeattleGirl]

34. Thank you. I don't see a picture either.

I guess we didn't have whatever they had on their Wheaties this morning.

[persona au gratin]

37. ....

[Lars39]

39. Click on "Click Here to Learn More" under Grovelbot and you can see

them all.

[SeattleGirl]

41. So the OP was referring to a picture on the Big Board?

Would have been nice if he/she had said that in the OP.

I give my mind-reading powers a rest on Sundays.

[DU GrovelBot]

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[Arugula Latte]

35. Gawd how I love the kitties!

Life without kitties is not worth living.

[Berry Cool]

52. Maine Coons are such big, beautiful, lovable, silly cats.

I've shared my life with several.