My long hair is a maine coon also, they’re the best! He won’t let me brush him much, and he doesn’t get matted all the time but when he does I take him to the vet or a groomer, where they give him a poodle cut that looks funny and they bathe him, so I guess his scent is gone. My other cat must think I took her rusty and brought back some strange cat, and poor rusty looks like he’s saying “It’s me!”.
All three of my sweeties are shelter cats-I have always gotten my cats from a shelter, because pets deserve love and a good home. My orange tabby Persian got lost in a nearby RV park as a kitten, and is a self-propelled lap ornament. The midget gray tabby was tossed out into the woods by someone as a kitten, and just never grew-she weighs about 4 pounds and is over a year old-I got her from the shelter several months ago.
My Maine Coon is a gray tabby-I’ve had him for about 7 years now, and he is a great cat.
My dog is a Siberian Husky, so I spend a lot of time brushing furballs...