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ORIGINAL: hausboy

Hey LookieNoNookie...

I have two Maine Coons, and they love to hunt! (and like to playfully spar & bite) Mine are strictly indoors though.

The good news is that Maine Coons are highly trainable, just like dogs. I provide hunting "games" at home--I give them items to hunt that they like (in this case, little rabbit-fur mice) and a cat-nip filled stuffed squirrel (plush, not actual) They especially like to hunt in the evening, so sometimes I'll leave one out and they "hunt" it, bring it upstairs to show me their hunt, and then they're happy to call it a night.

If I don't give them enough stimulation or attention (they are extremely affectionate) they are more likely to be disruptive at night.

When he chews your hand, give him something else to chew on, and when he chews on the toy, reward him. (a little treat)

I absolutely love the breed--they are very very social, so if you don't spend a lot of time at home, they are more likely to act out when you come home. Mine just like hanging out with me--doesn't matter what I'm doing--they just want to sit and hang out in the same room.

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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie

Well, I stand corrected on the spelling but, I have to say....your thoughts on giving him something else to chew on....at 3 in the morning, when my arm and wrist are available....I'll just show him your post.

However, the rest, I thank you for :)

(Tank ewe :) )

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ORIGINAL: hausboy

I believe that once a cat goes outside....they are an outdoor cat. very hard to "undo" it, but my two have always been indoors and they are really good about it. They love to sit in the windows (don't all cats?) and I'll open up the front door so they can sit and look out the storm door...but if I reach for the door handle, they know to walk away from the door. (I trained them)

I give 'em plenty of playtime in the house, so they seem pretty content. There's no way I could let them out in the city--hell, I won't go outside at night either, lol.

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ORIGINAL: lizi

I had a Maine Coon that was ginormous and constantly wanted to be outside. I was determined to keep he and his sister as indoor cats, but they defeated me. He would pace if he were inside and yowl. Or go into a window and beat the blinds with his tail until we chased him out and then do it all over again. I'm convinced you cannot keep this breed of cat indoors. If there was a trick to that then I missed it and he wore me down with the persistence. Especially the thing with the blinds,

He also subsisted on what he killed. He would eat cat food as a treat every once in a while and only a bite or two, he lived on what he caught outside, there was no getting him away from that. Pace Juan Hernandez III (no, we never had a I or a II, this was what my genius sons named him) was a terrifying killing machine with yellow eyes that had the musculature of a puma. I saw this cat run up a tree after a chipmunk and out on to this tiny little branch where the chipmunk obviously thought it was safe, bitch slap the chipmunk off to the ground where the sister was waiting to track it, bound down the tree butt down like a bear and go snap the chipmunk's neck.

He was also very sweet, and smart. He taught himself to pee in the toilet, I'm not kidding. That's a story for another time though. He had a bunch of other tricks he'd do. He was amazing.

I'd say you don't have a chance at changing your cat's ways, they seem to be a part of the breed. Get used to it

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ORIGINAL: hausboy

come to think of it....mine like poking the shower curtain too....

....maybe get one of those catnip filled plush squirrels....did wonders for my two!

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ORIGINAL: ChatteParfaitt

I know. Her's had a place for the water dish, and a privacy screen and all that jazz.

Hey I want a stroller for my cat. He would love it !!

He could be out and be safe. B/c really, the cat is too dumb to out on his own.