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Lostcoast
Maine Coons is a small home based cattery on the Northern California
central coast, just north of Santa Cruz. We both grew up with cats
in our households but it wasn’t until we met our first Maine Coon
(the resident cat at a local beauty supply store) that we became
interested in the breed. After meeting Jelly the store resident, a
beautiful brown tabby boy, we began to attend local cat shows to see
what Maine Coons really looked like.
During a
TICA show in a nearby town, I was lucky enough to meet Laura and
Sharon Cunningham of
Coonyham
Maine Coons
who shared their knowledge of the breed and encouraged me to come to
cat shows not just as a spectator, but as an exhibitor. Although
originally planning to acquire a pet Maine Coon cat, I ended up
being entrusted with Coonyham Dylan, a beautiful blue classic tabby
show alter and Coonyham Makena, a flashy brown classic tabby with
high white. A few shows later, I was hooked on cat shows and Maine
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We think
Maine Coons are one of the best cat breeds as they are active,
affectionate, highly interactive and devoted. Our cattery’s goal is
to breed healthy, socialized companions that conform to current TICA
and CFA standards. To continue to maintain these goals, we plan to
remain a small cattery to enable quality time for our breeding cats
and kittens. We do not cage our cats or kittens and our kittens are
handled and played with from birth.
Our cats
are actively shown in both
TICA
and
CFA
to make sure that we are meeting the standards of both associations.
At the shows, we receive feedback on our progress from the judges as
well as other Maine coon breeders. All our cats and kittens are TICA
and CFA registered.
Our adult cats receive routine medical care and are tested for FeLv/FIV,
vaccinated against FVRCP and screened for Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy (HCM) via DNA testing and echocardiogram, Polycystic
Kidney Disease (PKD), Hip Dysplasia (HD) and are OFA certified as
Fair, Good or Excellent hip joint confirmation. Our kittens are sold
with a health guarantee, and a complete medical, vaccination
history, and are negative for the HCM DNA mutation (MyBPC3).
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