Cushnoc Maine Coons

Cushnoc Maine Coons Cushnoc is a small Maine C**n cattery in Augusta, ME.

Sometimes we know about it in advance and other times it is a surprise. Today was a surprise: Cooper's Go Home day! Coop...
07/10/2025

Sometimes we know about it in advance and other times it is a surprise. Today was a surprise: Cooper's Go Home day! Cooper has joined his new family so today was his last day with Aunty Trillian and big brother Gizmo. Congrats to Cooper, and best wishes for a smooth transition! Looks like you are going to be getting a lot of love and snuggles.

...somebody better adopt this humongous kitten soon. He's a VERY big baby and he seems to be going through a crazy growt...
07/06/2025

...somebody better adopt this humongous kitten soon. He's a VERY big baby and he seems to be going through a crazy growth spurt. Cooper is 12 weeks old, and he's bigger than some adult cats I have known in the past. Don't let that fool you - he very much is a cute little baby in terms of his growth and development, he is going to be a very big cat as an adult though. He's a snuggle bug. This is him chillin' on the couch, and that is my hand (for size reference I'm a pretty average sized woman).

...still have 2 available kitties from the spring Paw Paw litter (ready to go! 12 weeks old.) Audrey and Cooper like t...
07/05/2025

...still have 2 available kitties from the spring Paw Paw litter (ready to go! 12 weeks old.) Audrey and Cooper like to take a little nap on the couch after breakfast. Look at Cooper's little toes 😻.

We haven't had a Gizmo update that isn't about his little brothers and sister for a while, so here's Gizmo in all his Gi...
07/04/2025

We haven't had a Gizmo update that isn't about his little brothers and sister for a while, so here's Gizmo in all his Gizmosity!

Gizmo is 7mo old, and he weighs 12 #. That is about the same as his father, but he is around 2" taller than his father at the shoulder (just an estimate from them standing next to each other). He's kind of getting to be a BIG baby.

He still has a tiny baby kitten meow, but considering he has gained 4 # in the past month I keep expecting that to change. Mostly what he has been up to lately is eating, and it seems to be working for him. He was the most medium sized kitten in his litter, and there were really two things about him that stood out, neither of which was size. The first was that he was a little bit strange: he would come up with all kinds of weird ideas, and just didn't 100% act like a normal kitten. The second was that he was a little weird looking: he had humongous ears that were so big they wouldn't really stand up right until he was a month old, and his coat was short except it had weird floofies...he was just a funny looking kid. Well, that's how he got to be called Gizmo!

I kept thinking he would be the first kitten (and then the next kitten) to go. In that litter, nobody wanted to reserve a kitten in advance without a visit, so people kept coming and I kept thinking 'They're going to pick Gizmo! He's so much fun!' because he was the most playful little weirdo. Then the kitty people would get here and Gizmo would find an obscure corner to take a nap, and REFUSE to get up! I kept finding him, trying to wake him up, and show people 'Look at this one! He's the best kitten!' everybody I tried that on was like 'Mmm...nah.' He was like...not going anywhere!

So, then, he even has had a couple of people interested in him since the Nina litter (when he was an older kitten). Same thing happened every time: the people would come over to check him out, and he would be like 'Nah, no thanks,' and then so would the people.

He's still a little bit of a weirdo, but he's actually very well behaved at this point. I have no complaints. So anyway that's Gizmo and his story of how he seems to have picked me as his person rather than any of the kitty adopting people, and what he's up to, and how he's doing and all that stuff: he's pretty big and good looking, and he's best friends with everyone here. I guess I should feel lucky he decided to ignore everyone who was trying to adopt him.

Ever wonder what it would be like if cats had their children one at a time like people instead of in litters? Probably s...
07/02/2025

Ever wonder what it would be like if cats had their children one at a time like people instead of in litters? Probably something like this. Gizmo (7 mo old) and Cooper (3 mo old) are from Arthur and Petal's fall and spring litters, so they're full brothers. Gizmo is something like jr. high age, and Cooper is like little school kid sized. They love each other but also Gizmo does kind of regard Cooper as his annoying kid brother. Cooper has no sense personal space. They're kind of cute to watch.

The thing about C**n Cats is they never really fit on their furniture. Not even Artie and he's a little on the short sid...
07/01/2025

The thing about C**n Cats is they never really fit on their furniture. Not even Artie and he's a little on the short side if we can be honest about it.

I made dinner today and he didn't pop up to eat it! This has kind of been a thing lately. He's a little spoiled. Back when he was so stressed a while ago I kept feeding him a bite of whatever I was eating. Now he always wants a bite and he can be a little pushy about it. Today at lunch he got no bites of my turkey sandwich. He didn't like this, but it didn't hurt him. It was nice to be able to eat with 0 cats trying to eat my tacos or jump into the middle of my chopped vegetables. But on the other hand it seemed unusual. I went looking for him, and there he was sitting in the tree with his eyes closed. 'You awake, buddy?' I touched his paw. I could see he was breathing, but that was the only sign of life. I put my cold drink can on his foot pad, and he stuck his foot out and said 'oooouwu' quietly.

"Yeah, it is just hot, huh?" Arthur is an introvert and he really likes his alone time. He loves his kittens but he gets really aggravated with them at times. This was happening this morning and he hissed at Audrey. She wasn't being too out of pocket, but she is a kitten so she can be a little much at times. It is hot upstairs, but he just wants to be in his tree house by himself. So, OK, see ya later, Snoozle. Respect for personal space is important.

Cooper would like you to check out his toe bean collection. He just has 6 on each paw on the front and 5 on each paw on ...
07/01/2025

Cooper would like you to check out his toe bean collection. He just has 6 on each paw on the front and 5 on each paw on the back.

Kitten nap time.Just Audrey and Cooper left in the summer litter (both are available to adopt!). Gizmo is the big kitten...
06/29/2025

Kitten nap time.

Just Audrey and Cooper left in the summer litter (both are available to adopt!). Gizmo is the big kitten (yes, that's a kitten) with Cooper. They look very similar except they have a different pattern on their nose and Cooper is polydactyl.

Gizmo is 7 months old, and he has grown a lot recently. He is substantially larger than his father (although not as strong, yet). A couple of the kittens in the summer litter were HUMONGOUS and I think Cooper may get to be even bigger than Gizmo. Even Audrey is pretty big although as a girl she mostly is getting longer and longer legs and tail and is not that heavy compared to her brothers. They will all be big cats that will take up half the couch.

It is interesting to me to watch them grow - Cooper is almost as big as a small full-grown cat already. He's not in tiny kitten stage anymore. But that is just because he is going to be big! He's like a big dog breed pup in that respect. He still wants to be carried around and made of by cats and humans as if he is a little baby kitten. He reminds me regularly that he is the baby!

I've been working on breaking down the cat room for renovations. Currently there are just 6 cats here, counting 3 of the...
06/28/2025

I've been working on breaking down the cat room for renovations. Currently there are just 6 cats here, counting 3 of the baby kittens. Everybody gets along well, so there is no reason the cats can't be loose in the house together. The kitty room rug was washed yesterday and has been hanging up over two drying racks. Yesterday the kittens didn't bother it because it was obviously wet. Today it is just damp so they have decided it is the best thing ever to play on! Try getting anything done with kittens!

Audrey, my little calico is still available. Cooper (not pictured here, unfortunately) is also still available. Marv, our little classic brown tabby and white boy is getting to go home today, so that is very exciting! He doesn't even know it yet!

You could be forgiven for mistakenly believing that the kittens are Arthur and Trillian's litter. Arthur is the father, ...
06/26/2025

You could be forgiven for mistakenly believing that the kittens are Arthur and Trillian's litter. Arthur is the father, but Mom, Paw Paw, is a different cat who is a distant cousin of Trillian. Unfortunately Arthur and Trillian never did have a litter together (although if you consider the plot of the story with their namesakes, perhaps that is lucky since their daughter causes the end of the universe anyway). Nonetheless, after Paw Paw retired, when this litter was old enough to go to their homes, Trillian adopted them. The remaining kittens are HER babies, she will have you know, at least until they go to their new homes.

How big is a 10wk old (almost 11wk old) Maine C**n kitten? Pretty big actually. This is Cooper. He is taking a nap after...
06/25/2025

How big is a 10wk old (almost 11wk old) Maine C**n kitten? Pretty big actually. This is Cooper. He is taking a nap after his breakfast and morning play time.

When I was considering breeding Maine C***s I had a conversation with my mentor and one of my questions was this: What makes these kittens different from baby barn cats? Because that's what they look like (well, and I live in ME). I certainly do not have anything against barn cats, but my thinking was somebody would ask me that question and I needed good answers instead of my personal preference for the breed.

I have to be honest, at this point I don't recall what she had to say about it exactly. If somebody were to ask me the same question one of the things I might point out is they are larger than average although that is sometimes hard to tell from a picture. Yeah, I've seen some big barn cats. Yeah, size isn't my top priority in my program. Coop is still a baby though, and he is already bigger than an adult cat I once had who had dwarfism (not a Munchkin: an actual barn cat!). Cooper is the middle sized kitten in his litter.

Cooper is available for adoption - PM me if you want more info on that. He is going to be a big boy with a very dense coat.

Little Marv is going to his new family this weekend, but little Audrey is still looking for hers! Just Audrey and Cooper...
06/25/2025

Little Marv is going to his new family this weekend, but little Audrey is still looking for hers! Just Audrey and Cooper left in this litter. They're very playful and ready for an adventure.

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