Greek Garden Maine Coons

10/02/2025

✨ A little photo collage of our “grand-kittens” from the Iliad litter! 🧡 Queen Athena’s first litter, sired by GCH King Kratos.

I know I’ve been a little behind on official photo updates… but videos are just more fun! These are actually screenshots from a recent video of the babies.

Queen Athena has been the sweetest mom. 💕 Even though the kittens are now entering their mischievous, rambunctious stage, she patiently nurses, bathes, and lets them climb all over her, purring the whole time. She is truly an incredible mama cat.

We’ve been overwhelmed by such an amazing pool of applicants for this litter, and we’re still working through them - thank you all so much for your patience! 🥰

Which of these Iliad babies stole your heart? 😻 Drop their name in the comments!

09/26/2025

3 kittens, 1 broom, zero productivity. 😹🧹
They may not get the chores done, but they’ll definitely sweep you off your feet!

Screen left to right: Rhesus, Diomedes, and Dione. Rhesus is tentatively spoken for but the rest of the Iliad litter will open for applications on September 29th!

09/19/2025

✨ Applications are now open for our Titans (and Forge) Litters!
Apply directly on our website: https://greekgardenmainec***s.com/kitten-application/

We are currently keeping Ophion and Pallas under observation. 💫

Recently, we made the difficult decision to spay Queen prospect Artemis (Persephone × Triton). We’ll share more about this choice in an upcoming post, but for now, we’re hopeful to keep a boy from this final Persephone litter so her line can continue in our program.

Queen Persephone herself has already been chosen for a wonderful home. 🖤

We look forward to selecting great homes for this darling bunch of boys!

09/17/2025

Applications are now OPEN for our Colossus Litter kittens, who turned 8 weeks old today! You can find the application on our website, https://greekgardenmainec***s.com/kitten-application/

We are so excited to start choosing families for these chunky, goofy kittens, and can’t wait to meet the selected families (over video call)! Please note - applications will probably close pretty quickly, likely within 24 hours or less for this litter. We also have our Titan Litter applications opening in 2 days, and Iliad Litter applications opening at the end of the month, so don’t be discouraged if you are not able to be selected right away! ❤️

09/16/2025

✨ We have an exciting upcoming litter this month! ✨

Parents are GCH King Kratos and Queen Daphne ❤️ This will be Daphne’s very first litter, and we are expecting a small group of 2–3 kittens. Her baby belly isn’t terribly huge, so this should be a sweet little break from our recent baby boom. 🐾

Kittens are expected to arrive within the next 7 days! 🍼💫

(This is a slightly older photo of Daphne, back when she was still a Queen prospect - we’ll be sharing her updated photos soon!)

Our website is a couple months out of date - we have been pretty swamped with chores around here. We have plans to update it today and tomorrow, and applications for our Colossus litter will open tomorrow as planned!

09/10/2025

I don’t know how, but this random photo of Rhesus turned out absolutely ethereal so I’m posting it for you all to enjoy 😂

09/09/2025

Updated “unofficial” photos of our Colossus Litter from CH Queen Cora x King Apollo!
These kittens are now 6 weeks old (and will be 7 weeks tomorrow), and their applications will be opening soon! All are boys except for Theia, who will remain under observation as a potential future Queen. 👑

We’ll admit we’re a little behind on the 2-4-6-8-10-12 week photo updates 😅 - with the current baby boom (and the fact that I just love making reels a little more lately), consistency has been tricky! I have taken their official 4- and 6-week photos, I just haven’t formatted and shared them yet.

This litter has truly impressed me with their consistency in both looks and temperament. In fact, we’ve actually struggled to tell the four red solid boys apart at times! Thankfully, a couple have developed some pigmented noses similar to freckles, which helps a lot! ❤️

09/06/2025

✨ Congratulations to young Miss Gaia! ✨
She officially passed her hip and patella gradings this morning! 🎉

This girl continues to amaze us - from earning the title of TICA Champion at just 8 months old (the youngest age possible to be titled, and at her very first show!) to her incredible temperament, intelligence, and of course, her impressive, low COI pedigree filled with some of our very favorite cats.

She has already passed her first CBC & Chem panel, genetic panel, physical evaluation, PCRs, hips, and patellas. The final step is her first annual heart echocardiogram this fall. If she passes, she’ll finally be ready for her coronation ceremony as an official Greek Garden Queen. 👑🌿

We couldn’t be prouder of this incredible girl! 💚

09/04/2025

🚨 Why we don’t breed for DBE (dominant blue eyes) in Maine C***s 🚨

I’ve been getting more messages lately asking about odd-eyed or blue-eyed kittens, so I want to reshare this important information. I wrote a blog post with highly trusted scientific sources explaining the harm of the DBE genes in Maine C***s, and why we avoid them here at Greek Garden.

👉 Remember:
• Blue and odd eyes are only acceptable in all-white or high-white cats with white surrounding their eyes.
• Any Maine C**n cat with blue eyes should ideally be BAER tested for hearing.
• Even when blue eyes aren’t caused by DBE, ethical breeders should avoid including blue-eyed cats in their breeding programs to keep the incidence of deafness as low as possible. When these kittens are produced, they are best kept as pet-quality kittens only.

You can read the full write-up here: https://greekgardenmainec***s.com/dominant-blue-eyes/

Because health, not trends, always comes first. ❤️🐾

The Maine C**n cat standard as set forth by both TICA and CFA includes a gorgeous range of eye colors: green, gold, green-gold, or copper. Blue eyes and odd...

02/13/2025

Okay… I’m kind of obsessed with them. ❤️ The Orphic litter is 4 weeks old today!

I’ll answer some anticipated questions:

Will their eyes stay blue?
No! All kittens are born with blue eyes and they gradually change to adult colors. We do not work with the “dominant”, “latent” or whatever they’re calling the blue-eye gene now - it’s against breed standard for Maine c***s, among other things. Blue eyes are only acceptable in all-white or mostly white maine c***s.

What’s up with the floppy ears?
Hector and a couple others have the cutest floppy puppy ears 😂 we have been calling them mustache ears. It’s the first time we’ve had them this noticeable with young kittens, but it just means their ears are going to be really big and they aren’t strong enough to stand up on their own yet! They likely will by 6-7 weeks. We may have to do a photo dump of Hector and his mustache ears. :)

As always, check out our website for FAQs! ❤️
https://greekgardenmainec***s.com/faqs/

02/10/2025

Happy 12 weeks to the Trojan litter! 🥰

Time has flown, and next week we’ll be saying goodbye as these little ones head off to their new homes. They’ve been such a joy to raise, and we’ll definitely feel the emptiness without them here. But knowing the little princess Eris will be staying with us makes it all a bit easier! ☺️ We can’t wait to see all the amazing adventures ahead for each of them.

For any questions or to see more cute kittens be sure to check out our website!

https://greekgardenmainec***s.com/maine-coon-kittens/