The Maine Coon cat is named after its native state in Maine, USA. It is the first naturally occurring long-haired breed in North America and formed a relatively stable breed around the middle of the 18th century. The Maine Coon cat has a strong physique and thick coat. It looks similar to the Siberian forest cat. It is also a large breed among cats. If you want a healthy and supervised growth environment for pets, you need to pay attention to their feeding and diet, and Maine Coon cats are no exception. So how should you raise Maine Coon cats?

Maine Coon Cat

Feeding of Maine Coon cats

1. Food: Provide fresh, nutritious and balanced food and sufficient water every day. Raw fish and meat must be cooked before feeding them to cats. During the childhood and old age of Maine Coon cats, some calcium powder and vitamins can be added to the food to promote bone development and prevent aging. Vitamins can also enhance the cat's body resistance.

2. Cleaning: The cleaning of pet Maine Coon cats includes grooming and bathing. The owner needs to comb the Maine Coon cat's hair once a day for 5-10 minutes. Maine Coon cats can be bathed once every 1-2 weeks in summer, and the bathing time can be appropriately extended in winter. Generally, they can be bathed once every 1-2 months.

3. Environment: Pet cats are naturally clean animals. For Maine Coon cats raised at home, owners must clean their living environment regularly, and the cat litter must be cleaned, aired and disinfected regularly. Providing a good and healthy living environment for Maine Coon cats can ensure that Maine Coon cats grow up happily and healthily.

​Maine Coon Cat Care

Solution to Maine Coon cat hair loss:

1. Spend a few minutes combing your Maine Coon cat every day

Don’t think grooming your Maine Coon cat is troublesome. If you develop a habit every day, your Maine Coon cat will feel very comfortable and be willing to play this game with you every day. Of course, you will also save trouble! Because combing your hair every day can remove a large amount of dead hair, which is the fundamental way to remove hair loss. It can also avoid hair knotting. It also has a massage effect, promotes blood circulation, and enhances the health of the skin. Only Healthy skin is the key to hair loss.

2. Take a moderate bath

Some parents want to bathe their Maine Coon cats every day, while some parents don’t bathe their cats once a year or so. In fact, this is wrong! The correct bathing for cats should be once every 5-7 days in summer and 7-10 days in winter. Wash once. It is absolutely wrong to bathe your Maine Coon cats repeatedly if you see them losing hair. Bathing too frequently will only damage the skin tissue and cause more terrible hair loss. It can also make your cat's skin sensitive and fragile.

3. Use appropriate shampoo

The skin of Maine Coon cats is neutral, so they should use pet-specific shampoo. It is not suitable to use alkaline human shampoo. Some people even use disinfectants such as Dettol. These are chemically harmful liquids and should never be used on cats, because these substances will damage the cat's skin, cause allergies and cause hair loss.

4. Moderate exposure to the sun to help Maine Coon cats absorb ultraviolet rays

Exposure to the sun can make your cat’s skin and hair healthier. All cats like to bask in the sun, but provide them with a shaded area and not for too long to avoid sunburn or dehydration.

5. Cut your hair shorter

In fact, summer is here, and it’s a good idea to change your Maine Coon cat’s hair style! Cutting the hair shorter is not only easier to comb, but also easier to observe the condition of the Maine Coon cat’s skin. It is very helpful to improve hair loss and will also make the cat feel cool and comfortable.

It is recommended to take your Maine Coon cat to a regular pet grooming salon for trimming, because cats will not let you trim it obediently like dogs. If you are a novice, you are likely to cut the Maine Coon cat, or cut it ugly and hurt the cat's self-esteem. It won't let you cut it again.

When Maine Coon cats are 1 to 2 months old: 4 meals a day. Maine Coon cats 4 to 6 months old: 3 meals a day. Maine Coon cats after 7 months old: 1 meal or 2 meals a day. As for what to feed every day How much, you might as well read the instructions on the cat food package carefully, and then increase or decrease it according to the cat’s actual appetite. Use a shallow plate for the food bowl, because it uses its tongue to scrape up food, and the cat’s beard is long. If the plate is too deep, it will only eat the food that can reach the edge of the plate.