Oh, I know that shrimpy-beg! Our Queen Sheba is almost 24 now thanks to her shrimpies!

That beg thing is so cute. I was at a cat show once watching the various judgings, and two breeders sat next to me during the Maine Coon judging. One had a older kitten, getting his first experience, and he begged at the judge! So they explained it to me. Not all of them do that trick. It seems it is a random gene and the breeders LOVE it.

At that same show, there was a veteran Maine Coon who was resting on a table next to his cage. He was one of the few cats there (it was a huge show) that wasn't caged. His owner and I struck up a conversation...this cat was SOOOO HUGE... his head alone almost the size of a bowling ball. She told me he loved the shows, and was too old to really place during judging, (he was over 10yrs old) but she brought him anyway because he loved it and seemed to really enjoy it. He was the biggest domestic cat I have ever seen, and she told me he won many ribbons over the years!