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I have a male maine coon cat who is not even 2 years old yet. He is very affectionate and sweet to me and my boyfriend. He loves my other two cats as well (who are both males). I have noticed him actually licking the baby (i just got him a week or so ago), and cleaning him. I see him doing this to cubby as well (who is only 6 months younger than him). Is this normal for male cats to do?
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Laura Edwards
Mouse -- 4/11/2005
Cubby -- 9/16/2005
Little Bear -- 07/10/2006

I have male cats like that.

I have one cat who loves babies so much, he has raised a couple of litters of kittens. (Everything except the feeding part, of course.)
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Cats; Mustard, Frodo, Ted, Eddie Poe, Puck, Ted, Todd, Fessig, Marla, Bill, Darlene, and mama cat.

Snakes; Mickey, Fido, Dead, Samson, Delalah, Jack Straw, Phobia, Tuesday, Tweeker, Elizard, Cmaeo, and babies.

Ferret; Cricket.

Dog; Stryder

etc..........

I don't know how common this is, but it's quite sweet. I have two cats, a male and female, who just tolerate each other. The male, Quentin, tries to boss the female around and I can't imagine him getting along with a kitten. Maybe it's the personality of a Maine Coon that he's so affectionate.

Ellen

I have a male and a female siamese. The male will sometimes clean her but mostly it is her cleaning him. I think it is rather normal. My old cat used to think that Lexi(long haired chihuahua) was his baby and they were constantly laying together and I rarely had to give her a bath because the cat already had MOL.

Hmmm... I wonder if they do it because there are just some spots like the ears that they can't reach well themselves ???
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Proud mommy of...
Domonic James/"Demonic"(Snowshoe Siamese)
Gracie Bell/"PrincessGracie"(Siamese Mix)
Alexis Dawn/"Lexi Girl"(Long-Hair Chihuahua)
Tiara Marie/"Tia Mia"(Short-Hair Chihuahua)