The disadvantages of having a Giant Hairy Pussy (w/pics)

[Lorien]

cat, that is. ;-) My maine Coon Oberon is a big boy-and still growing! Here he is, side by side with my average sized cat, Puck:


He’s taken to leaping onto my lap while I’m working on the computer-ow,ow,ow,ow,OW!!! Nails like talons-and even when they’re cut, they feel more like sharp dog claws than anything belonging to a domestic cat.

Then there’s the shedding; it’s happening right now. In the winter, Oberon looks like this:



But today he looks like this:



Great tumbleweeds of Obie fur are drifting through the hall, stuck to my clothing, the furniture-it reminds me of when I was a kid and had a COLLIE for goodness sakes! Great gobs of fur come out in handfulls..and the hairballs-OMG. Thankfully they are rare, but when you find one, it looks like he coughed up a squirrel!

Last year the shedding got so bad that I turned him into a shaved pussy:


Did I mention that he’s also a mattress hog?


This week he was after a fly. It’s rather alarming to see a beast that size tearing through the house and over furniture. Most of the time, he miraculously leaves everything intact, but sometimes he pulls the entire tablecloth off the dining room table-along with everything else!

“Where is it? I’m gonna git it”!!


But despite those drawbacks, there’s few things like spooning with your giant hairy pussy on a winter night, or hearing his tiger-like purr when he headbutts you in the morning. I can always see him waiting by the door when I pull into the driveway, and he rubs against me, waving his huge plume like tail when I step inside.

I thought a lot about him today, because today is his BIRTHDAY! He’s two years old! He spent the morning and afternoon playing with the foster kitten (who is also turning into a giant not-as-hairy pussy; he’s very large for his age) They play well together:


And the kitten obviously think he’s the bees knees!


Happy Birthday Oberon!