Maine Coone doesn't Purr??

[WillMore]

My 2 year old Maine Coone doesn't purr out loud.
Just a slight rattle if I put my head to his body.
Is this normal for this breed?
Any ways to get him going if I can?

[Karen]

Some cats just purr quietly. Very individual.

"WillMore" > wrote in message
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> My 2 year old Maine Coone doesn't purr out loud.
> Just a slight rattle if I put my head to his body.
> Is this normal for this breed?
> Any ways to get him going if I can?

[soft]

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:35:36 -0500, (WillMore)
wrote:

>My 2 year old Maine Coone doesn't purr out loud.
> Just a slight rattle if I put my head to his body.
>Is this normal for this breed?
>Any ways to get him going if I can?


Mine sounds like a motor running.....
he use to meow very quiet like he had lost his voice, but now he meows
louder.

Karryl

[---MIKE---]

I'm not certain that Tiger is a Maine Coon but I suspect he is. When he
purrs his breath rate doubles and his purr is very hard to hear.


---MIKE---

[Mary]

"WillMore" > wrote in message
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> My 2 year old Maine Coone doesn't purr out loud.
> Just a slight rattle if I put my head to his body.
> Is this normal for this breed?
> Any ways to get him going if I can?

Man! A rattle?! Maybe that *is* his purr? If not, I'd get him checked.

[Karen Chuplis]

> From: "Mary" >
> Organization: Road Runner - NC
> Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav
> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:39:44 GMT
> Subject: Re: Maine Coone doesn't Purr??
>
>
> "WillMore" > wrote in message
> ...
>> My 2 year old Maine Coone doesn't purr out loud.
>> Just a slight rattle if I put my head to his body.
>> Is this normal for this breed?
>> Any ways to get him going if I can?
>
> Man! A rattle?! Maybe that *is* his purr? If not, I'd get him checked.
>
My Sugar's purr sounds like a little rattle.
>

[Mary]

"Karen Chuplis" > wrote in message
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>
>
> > From: "Mary" >
> > Organization: Road Runner - NC
> > Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav
> > Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:39:44 GMT
> > Subject: Re: Maine Coone doesn't Purr??
> >
> >
> > "WillMore" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> My 2 year old Maine Coone doesn't purr out loud.
> >> Just a slight rattle if I put my head to his body.
> >> Is this normal for this breed?
> >> Any ways to get him going if I can?
> >
> > Man! A rattle?! Maybe that *is* his purr? If not, I'd get him checked.
> >
> My Sugar's purr sounds like a little rattle.
> >
>

OMG! I can SEE again, I can SEEEE!!!!!

Thank you for letting me out of your killfile. It was getting very
uncomfortable in there. ;)

[Monique Y. Mudama]

On 2005-02-08, Brandy**Alexandre penned:
>
> I think cats are just individual. You can't tell when Kami is purring.
> Sometimes you have to lay your ear on her or feel for the vibration to know.
> On the other hand, my neighbor's cat has a muffler problem. If you's
> sitting on you, you can't even hear the TV. I try not to pet, touch move
> her after she stops because she'll start up again. I really don't know
> what's worse: wonderingful if your cat is happy and contented or needing
> earplugs.

Hah. When I visited Eros at the shelter, he was in a kitty condo with another
cat. Eros' purr was so loud, and Shorty's so quiet, that when I was holding
Shorty by my ear with Eros at knee-height, I couldn't hear Shorty, just Eros
rumbling!

--
monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!*

[Lesley Madigan]

>
> Hah. When I visited Eros at the shelter, he was in a kitty condo with another
> cat. Eros' purr was so loud, and Shorty's so quiet, that when I was holding
> Shorty by my ear with Eros at knee-height, I couldn't hear Shorty, just Eros
> rumbling!


Sounds just like Isis her purr was audible at 15 feet but Fugazi
didn't have hardly any purr at all nor was she particularly vocal, I
reckoned both things were because she couldn't get a word in edgeways
with her noisy sister Isis


Lesley

Slave to the Fabulous Furballs

[Bolo]

My maine coone purrs alot but it is really quite


"WillMore" > wrote in message
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> My 2 year old Maine Coone doesn't purr out loud.
> Just a slight rattle if I put my head to his body.
> Is this normal for this breed?
> Any ways to get him going if I can?