The sausage cat: Four foot Stewie named world's longest domestic feline

[Elmore Furth]

I have a Maine Coon cat. The theory is that they descended from the pairings of local short-haired domestic cats and long-haired breeds brought overseas by an English ship of Captain Charles Coon or 11th-century Vikings. Maine Coons are one of the largest breeds of domestic cat.

It is a gentle, cautious and independent cat that sheds like crazy.

Measuring 48.5 inches from the tip of your nose to the tip of your tail bone is nothing if you are a snake.

It's not even much of a stretch for a sausage dog.
But Stewie is a cat.

The massive Maine Coon moggy - from Reno, Nevada, in the U.S. - is just over four foot long and broke the Guinness world record for the longest domestic cat.

He won the title by a nose from the previous record-holder who was half an inch shorter.
Stewie's owners, Robin Hendrickson and Erik Brandsness, decided to put the five-year-old forward for the record after hearing countless people remark on his length.
The average cat spans 18 inches but Ms Hendrickson says Maine Coons are known as 'the gentle giants' of the cat world.


The sausage cat: Four foot Stewie named world's longest domestic moggy

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. I do love some Maine Coon.

[Dappleganger]

2. Our Maine Coon kitty, Pickles

Even Charlie thinks he's cool!

[sakabatou]

3. Cute cat

[hippywife]

4. I'm not showing this to my husband.

He's convinced that the tiny little coon kitty we have has the attitude she does because she knows she's going to be a 40 pound cat. :rofl:

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Im commin to ur howz n steelin ur kitteh.

Oh my goodness - she's adorable.

[hippywife]

13. U cain't habs her, Gorms.

She all mine. :hi:

[Arugula Latte]

5. Awesome kitty!

I love Maine Coons.

All the kitties on this thread are adorable! :loveya:

I have a very long stretchy kitty but he is a Domestic Medium Hair. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

6. "Stretch" is one of our nicknames for our cat.

Full stretch he's just over 3 feet long, and he's a plain old Domestic Medium Hair too. He loves stretching.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. That's A LOOONNNGGG Cat

It doesn't look 4 feet long though.

We have all tiger tabbies, so i'm not used to that. Geez, my dog isn't even 4 feet butt to chest and he's a 95 pound lab.
GAC

[zen_bohemian]

9. I had to go measure my maine coon...he is 27" nose to tip of tail

for reference. That is a big cat, wow!

[Silver Swan]

10. Here is my Maine Coon Buff

She is nearly 19 years old now, so she looks frailer than this picture, but she is still a good looking cat.

[Odin2005]

11. My mom has a Maine Coon. Beautiful cats!

And she is long and heavy.

[barb162]

12. They're beautiful cats n/t

[hippywife]

14. I did end up showing this to my husband after all.

His response: "Great! We better make sure to make friends with her now!" :rofl: