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  • Here's a quick photo of our scruff bag loving life this morning.

    He was born with a very dodgy heart and wasn't expected to live very long as a kitten. Here he is, in rude health aged nearly 9.

    He has been indoors only for the last five years or so because he never really learned that his heart couldn't pump enough blood when he ran around too much. It has been tough keeping him entertained at times but amazingly, he has reacted really well to us getting a puppy a couple of years ago. Having another animal in the house has really spiced up his life.

    He's a clingy thing. He has to be by you or on you at all times. He sleeps on Jana's head every single night without fail.

  • He’s a fine looking fella, good on him. I worry about mine as Coonies often have heart conditions due to inbreeding (her father died of heart failure aged 9) and they don’t live much beyond 12 years anyway. Diz is 10 next March, eek

  • Couldn’t disagree more in my experience. Good breeders don’t allow any kind of close familial ties . Our last two Maine coons lived much longer than that . Our white boy ( and whites are thought to be the most prone to issues ) was 19 when we lost him and his brother 17.

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