New Maine Coon, advice please?!?

I brought home a 7 week old maine coon (pure bred), early last week. I decided to get one after seeing how wonderful my Mom's is and after alot of research, they are supposed to great, affectionate and dog like. One week before I got him, my husband brought home a stray 5 week old abandoned kitten who took to our family immediately. My Maine coon and our stray kitty get along great, but I swear that he hates us! If we try to pet him, he runs, hold him and he cries and tries to get away and even if we walk past him he'll take off like a bat outta hell! It's actually upsetting me that he shows no affection to us. Is this normal in Coons? I have had cats all my life and have never had one that was not lovable. He's actually hiding under my bed right now! Any advice would be great!New Maine Coon, advice please?!?
Responsible breeders don't let their kittens go home until 10-12 weeks old. I suspect yours is not well socialized - did you go to the home and see the parents? If you got him from a pet store he likely came from a kitten mill, where socializing the kittens isn't high on their priority list. It will take time for him to learn to trust you, and much patience on your part. He's a kitten though and will probably respond to toys. Try playing with him with toys that have *you* at the other end - wand toys, fishing pole toys - that usually helps to win their confidence. And allow him to see you interact with the other kitten - show him affection in front of him, and let him see the kitten purr and enjoy being held. All of this attention is so new to him, and he's not sure what to make of it!New Maine Coon, advice please?!?
My mom has a Maine Coon and she brought him into her multi-pet household. He is really affectionate, but all cats are different. It's still early, give your MC a little longer to adapt. Try and spend time with him when the other kitty is sleeping or isn't around. Maybe you hubby can take the stray kitty into one room so you can spend time and play with the MC, and vice-versa. That way the MC can get a chance to bond with both of you. %26gt;^..^%26lt;
My maine coons are very affectionate! We spend as much time as possible with them! Especially when we get back from trips, we always have a cat hour, and dedicate that time to playing and giving treats to our cats.


when we brought home my siberian cat (female) my male maine coon kinda ignored her, but is very close to her now. anyways, just try to give treats to the ';hatred'; cat, and play with him as much as u can! He loves you, but i suppose he wants to get to knoww the new kitty first!
Really all u can do is spend AS MUCH time as u can with him. He is young so will probably warm up 2 u. Dont worry just let him know ur nice and here to help! Good luck :)
your lucky he's still 5 weeks old. with cats , you have a 2-3 month window where they have the chance to develop reasonable fears or not. basically u have to get him used to commotion and you. Keep handling him no matter how he acts, spend hours in the same room if you can, interact with it, every cat is a custom job, your actions now decide just how friendly and affectionate and unafraid of almost anything he will be. FORCE him to get used to company and being handled. not in an abusive way of course but give him no choice but to duke valuable time out with you. You wont regret it.
Interesting. i haven't heard of a Maine Coon acting like this. He's probably just freaked out. What I suggest is getting some canned cat food and other such goodies that you think he will really like and only give it to him by hand. Of course feed him like you normally would but make the good stuff be strongly associated with you. Once he reallizes you aren't really all that bad he'll be friendlier. I had to do this with a stray I rescued. He may not ever become a people cat but he should be more affectionate with you.

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