How Big do Maine Coon Cats Really get?

Contrary to what a lot of breeders state, Maine Coon cats are not typically over 20 pounds as an average. Don't get me wrong, they can hit 30 pounds! However, it is rare. Female Maine Coons mature to 8 - 15 pounds. More typical is around 10 pounds by a year old. Some cats are over weight but this breed can and does grow until 5 years of age. Male Maine Coons are more typically going to weigh 15 - 20 pounds. I once saw a very large male MC cat at a CFA cat show. I inquired about his size. at 2 1/2 years old I was told that he weighed around 17 pounds. He was 5 years old at that time and I was told that he weighed 27 pounds. I had no way of verifying this but he did look very large. Im not convinced he was really that heavy though. You never know when people are being honest with you. 

Here you see a photo of me holding Stetson. He was about 10 months old and weighed about 10 - 11 pounds. He has a lot of growing to do but something a lot of people do not realize is that a cat can look much larger in a photo or video by the way you hold it for the camera. Maine Coons are very large cats and compared to a domestic barn cat, they look twice or triple the size. They have long hair that makes them appear larger. ​They are longer in the body than a regular cat, and in cooler 

temperatures, they grow a thick long plume for a tail! All of these characteristics of the breed give them a much larger appearance than reality when it comes to the actual weight of the cat. They are big, they sometimes just appear bigger than the scale states. When you add in the feral and fierce facial structure/look, you have one large scary cat!