Had three different professional opinions... all three said the same. Belle had squamous cell carcinoma in her mouth. Inoperable. God, I miss my little girl. She laid down her little head into my hand and breathed her last. That damned cancer won't hurt her now. Cathy.

Hi Marla, First off I just want to say that "Marla" is my littlest sisters name. She is almost 8 years old. So I love the name. She is a sweetheart. Now on to the subject of a cat profile. I had OH make me a beautiful one with kitties. Go take a look. I think they did a good job. Julie

I currently have two. Stone (or "beast" is what everyone usually calls him) is 2 yrs old and is a silver/'grey stone color and weighs about 13 pounds. Pebbles is a year old and looks like a bunch of different colored stones put together, hence the name "Pebbles". My oroginal Maine coon "Ruffles" passed away two years ago. She hung around for 13 years. Anyway, would like to know about your Maine Coons and there beautiful personalities.

I have not heard before that Ginger cats are usually male. My parents have a female orange cat. That is interesting.

I have one of those big, beautiful, fat cats. I adpoted him almost 4 years ago from the vet clinic that I worked out. He had been there for almost 3 years. Anyway, he was big like that when I took him home. He has been diabetic for 7 years now and I give him insulin injections twice a day. It is also very hard to regulate a cat with diabetes, so you will have to take the cat in often for bloodwork to make sure that the insulin dosage is correct. Now from being over weight so long, he has MAJOR arthiritis in hos rear legs and can't get around as well as he used to. And he has developed a grade 4 heart murmer out of 6 and I have to take him several hours out of the way for special testing on his heart. What I am trying to say is that although cats may look beautiful when they are big it is not in their best health interest to allow them to be. It decreased their life span and also makes them less able to be like a cat and run and jump on things. I have 3 other cats that are normal weight and they are nearing 8 years old now and no one believes me when they see them. They look beautiful and act like kittens still.