{"id":75206,"date":"2022-01-20T00:56:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=75206"},"modified":"2022-01-20T00:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:56:23","slug":"maine-coon-kitten-outweighs-toddler-everyone-confuses-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=75206","title":{"rendered":"Maine Coon kitten outweighs a toddler: ‘Everyone confuses him with a dog’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This cat\u2019s as big as a dog \u2014 and sweet as a baby.<\/p>\n

A Maine Coone from Stary Oskol in eastern Russia is thought to be the world\u2019s largest kitten at just under 2 years old \u2014 with perhaps years more before he stops growing.<\/p>\n

Owner Yulia Minina bought the alabaster tomcat named Kefir \u2014 after the creamy cultured milk drink \u2014 two years and many pounds ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when strangers come to the house, everyone first confuses him with a dog,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

In fact, Kefir weighs more than the average toddler, with 2-year-olds typically clocking in at 26 to 28 pounds,\u00a0according to BabyCenter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI could not even think that an ordinary baby can become so big,\u201d joked Minina.<\/p>\n

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This 2-year-old Maine Coon is thought to be the world\u2019s largest kitten at just under 28 pounds (12.5 kilograms).<\/figcaption>
Yulia Minina \/ SWNS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She told South West News Service that the commanding kitty\u2019s stature is matched by his charming disposition. \u201cHe not only grew up big in appearance, he is also very smart and always behaves calmly,\u201d she boasted.<\/p>\n\n

For all the care he requires, Minina speaks about Kefir as if he were her own son: \u201cThe look is generally like that of a person, and Kefir has a formidable appearance, but he is a very affectionate and modest child,\u201d she mused.<\/p>\n

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The overgrown feline named Kefir \u2014 like the creamy, cultured drink \u2014 lives in chilly Stary Oskol in eastern Russia.<\/figcaption>
Yulia Minina \/ SWNS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like a newborn begging to be coddled, she suggested: \u201cWhen friends and acquaintances come to the house, all the attention is on him and he willingly allows himself to be stroked.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Maine Coon breed, as its name suggests, hails from the state of Maine from regarded as one of the oldest homegrown breeds in North America. In the early days they were prized for their hunting skills, and since nicknamed \u201cthe gentle giant,\u201d as they\u2019ve taken primarily indoors as a highly regarded house cat, and even described as having friendly and playful, \u201cdog-like\u201d personalities.<\/p>\n

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