Maine Coon Kitten - Raising

and Maine Coon Kitten Pictures

These Maine Coon kitten pictures are of huge, self-confident, playful, babies that are spoiled rotten. I strongly believe that a Maine Coon kitten will be a good pet as an adult cat only if it is raised as a pet from when it is tiny. I have seen this first hand with my kittens and other breeder's kittens. A Maine Coon kitten is extremely smart (like a 2 year-old child), and there is no room for error in upbringing. I give them all plenty of personal attention and affection, starting when they are 3 weeks old. I have no cages, nor anywhere else to "put them away".
Much care is taken in hand raising the kittens.
From the day they are born, the Maine Coon kittens are bottle-fed several times a day
insuring maximum social skills, and exceptionally loving and self-confident kittens
So please enjoy the cute kitten pictures and the "Amazing Litter of Twelve".

A Verismo Maine Coon kitten is raised to be huge. Lactating mothers get special dietary supplementation, and the nursing babies get a special liquid formula.
When very young, they are bottle-fed at least once every day or more often, depending on the size of the litter. All this bottle feeding and individual attention given them imprints trust and attachment to humans at the earliest stages of life.

In these Maine Coon kitten pictures, look at the size and health of these two brown tabby males as they are just turning five months of age. Notice how their bodies are so relaxed when held.
In this picture, Susan is 5 8 and I am 6 1.

A Brown Tabby male kitten at 13 weeks age
Same kitten as above, but in pursuit
Another Brown Tabby Kitten

Kittens turning five months of age

Verismo litters are born in a shallow nest, usually 4 to 6 inches deep. The floor of the nest is temperature controlled. They nest with their Mom in a private room. They start walking at almost 3 weeks age. By almost 4 weeks, they are climbing out of the nest, following Mom around the room., After they eat cat food and litter train (5 to 6 weeks), they run loose in the house, under foot. They sleep in bed and get on the people and cat furniture. I train them to stay away from the doors leading to outside. This 6 day-old is shown with her mother and littermates in a nest in the big piano and computer room.

Click Me to See Me with Mom and Littermates

6 day-old female now lives in Elmhurst, Illinois

Verismo kittens are usually first ready to go to their new homes at around 14 weeks age.

This is: World's biggest cat, Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red
He holds the 2004
Guinness World Record for Longest Cat.

On Leo's page you can see more pictures of him and read about and
link to his Guinness World Record win.

Verismo Leonetti Reserve Red,
at 13 weeks age

Although many strive to get the youngest kitten possible, they need to get past the socializing and fear-imprinting stages of life, and that is best done in the presence their mother, and their littermates. These 10 kittens play together. Domino is the silver one with high white toward the center.	10 kittens at 8 weeks age
You should visit the home and see the parents. Remember they come to you with all of their emotional history that you can not go back and undo or redo.	GC Verismo Domino at 9 weeks age
Look for an environment with care, love, and health. When paying for a pedigree cat from a breeder, do not attempt to "rescue" and "turnaround" a cat from an attention-deprived environment, if you want a good pet experience for the next 15 to 20 years. This 2 ½ week old red with low white female is just old enough to try walking around.	2 1/2 weeks old girl baby

These sisters are still dependant on their mother at 6 weeks age. They have been eating solid food for a week, and will continue to nurse for another 5 to 8 weeks or more. Over this time period, their blue eye color will change to their adult color, and they will learn claw retraction and comfort from their mother. The girl on the left is a Tortoiseshell with White, and the girl on the right is a Brown Patched Tabby with White.

6 week old sisters

It is crucial for the socialization of the kittens for them to have free run of the house.
After they are old enough to be eating solid food,
they should boot around the kitchen and living room
with their mother at all times.

Maine Coon Kittens can grow at an amazing pace when they are fed and cared for properly.
This female is 8 months and 3 days old.

Kittens are sold with a contract for the benefit of the kitten. Contracts include a health guarantee. I like to carefully research and pick the homes that my kittens go to live with, so please, be prepared to give me a description of your background with cats. The girl on the right, Lupe, is 8 weeks old. Her color is called Smoke Tortoiseshell with White.

8 weeks old

All adult cats make more lovable pets when they are not preoccupied with a "sexual-reproductive mission", and have all of their interests devoted to their owner. Verismo kittens are neutered or spayed before they go into their new homes. I do the vet appointments and the post-operative care, and the kittens recover with ease to this in their home of upbringing. They are always up-to-date on their shots. The kittens on the right are Wotans littermates at 10 weeks, a black male and a tortoiseshell female.

Hi, we are 10 weeks old

This is the Amazing Dozen Litter! This healthy, single litter of twelve (pictured at 12 weeks Age), collectively weighs about five times the mother. Yes! That is one litter, and the only Maine Coon litter I know of, where as many as 12 were born with all surviving. The feature page shows their development into adults, their colors, and patterns.

The Amazing Dozen litter

Feature Page: Picture story of the Amazing Dozen Litter!

The page will take a little longer to download because of the number of images.
You will learn a lot about colors and development on that page.

Maine Coon Cats by Verismo - Maine Coon Cat pictures