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Man bags limit with highly trained cat (Original Post) packman Jul 2018 OP
Now, THAT's my idea of a GOOD HUNT hlthe2b Jul 2018 #1
Neighbors beware, Wellstone ruled Jul 2018 #2
I love Siamese cats but have never had the Phoenix61 Jul 2018 #3
I'd always wanted one, too--and then one showed up in my yard. femmedem Jul 2018 #6
Squee! What a cutie! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #7
A vet told me that a lot of males go Phoenix61 Jul 2018 #8
So sweet! ellie Jul 2018 #9
I love them. We had a Siamese mix for about 15 years yellowdogintexas Jul 2018 #20
Aw. I love it when the older males are good to the newbies. n/t femmedem Jul 2018 #22
On a harness??? MicaelS Jul 2018 #24
Siamese are wonderful. Duppers Jul 2018 #10
I have an 18 year old solid black cat Phoenix61 Jul 2018 #12
He sounds like a love! Duppers Jul 2018 #13
Have had seven meezers over the years... all very affectionate, intelligent. Number9Dream Jul 2018 #15
Awww. 💞 Duppers Jul 2018 #18
Does the cat flush the zucchinis from their garden hiding places The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #4
That cat is a great retreiver! nt WhiteTara Jul 2018 #5
Meezers are a special breed Nac Mac Feegle Jul 2018 #11
Yep. And once you've lived with a Meezer, Duppers Jul 2018 #14
One of my cats is almost certainly part Siamese, at least as to his voice. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #16
You lucky person! Duppers Jul 2018 #17
Yes, but a little less at 6:00 a.m., when he starts demanding breakfast with that VOICE. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #19
Never that early but mine did squall for food. Duppers Jul 2018 #21
I love this! Good kitty! calimary Jul 2018 #23

femmedem

(8,201 posts)
6. I'd always wanted one, too--and then one showed up in my yard.
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 09:43 PM
Jul 2018

He stayed for several weeks before I took him in. No one in my neighborhood had seen him before, and no one responded to the flyers I put up or my social media posts. He had clearly been someone's baby as he was very friendly, but he had also been out for a while and was thin. He was probably younger than a year and hadn't been neutered yet, which is most likely how he ended up lost.

Anyway, he's been with me now for about three years, and he really is different from other cats. Smart, playful, devoted, snuggly, nonplussed to be out walking on a harness. If you ever get the opportunity to have a Siamese, go for it!

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Phoenix61

(17,000 posts)
8. A vet told me that a lot of males go
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 11:17 PM
Jul 2018

wondering when they are 6 months old. They smell a female in heat and off they go. Glad your buddy found a good home.

yellowdogintexas

(22,250 posts)
20. I love them. We had a Siamese mix for about 15 years
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 09:45 PM
Jul 2018

He was a joy! He was also a good adult mentor to the young kittens who came along later.

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
10. Siamese are wonderful.
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 12:04 AM
Jul 2018

They're everything you've heard they are.

Of all my 8+ kitties, my two rescued Siameses were my favorites.

My father found one wandering in garbage cans at a local market and drove 40 miles to bring her to my apartment forty-something yrs ago. She was thin, staving, and had tapeworms. She was my constant companion for 17+yrs.
My 2nd Siamese was only a tiny, half-Siamese kitten when a neighbor brought him to me. I simply just lucked-out to have had two ppl bring me stray Siamese kitties?!! This little fellow grew up to be the smartest cat I've ever known. I miss them both.

Yes, folks, I was known as one of those crazy cat people. (I have 2 great Labs now but no kitties because of hub's allergies.)



Phoenix61

(17,000 posts)
12. I have an 18 year old solid black cat
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 12:20 AM
Jul 2018

that has a lot of Siamese traits. His front legs are a little shorter than his back legs and he has that distinctive Siamese voice. Recently, he has decided to practice his scales at 3:00am. He is really pushing the limits of my goodwill.

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
13. He sounds like a love!
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 02:56 AM
Jul 2018

I love love love their squawky voices and their must-have-the-last-word attitude. They'll always gladly talk to you.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)
4. Does the cat flush the zucchinis from their garden hiding places
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 09:01 PM
Jul 2018

and then retrieve them after the man shoots them? Or does he just point if he sees them?

Nac Mac Feegle

(969 posts)
11. Meezers are a special breed
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 12:16 AM
Jul 2018

Very intelligent, very affectionate, and very vocal. Often very loudly vocal, supposedly the breed capable of producing the loudest volume.

I've had a few over my lifetime, and treasured them all. My wife "came with one", an older female that had been given to her 16 years before. She 'recommended' me to my then-girlfriend, which kind of sealed the deal. She was already impressed that I could cook, but having the "OK" of the cat was the final thing.

I really miss having one around. Maybe the next furball we rescue will be another, I hope.

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
14. Yep. And once you've lived with a Meezer,
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 03:00 AM
Jul 2018

one tends to compare every other cat to them. They spoil us forever, although I loved all my babies.


The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)
16. One of my cats is almost certainly part Siamese, at least as to his voice.
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 12:45 PM
Jul 2018

He's a gray tabby but he's long and lanky (though a bit tubby now), has a long nose and big ears, and he's got the loudest, squalliest meow I've ever heard. It's not even a "meow," it's more like a low-pitched, gravelly "WAAAWW!" And it's loud. My god, it's loud. He's the loudest cat ever.

Another of my three is definitely part Siamese; she has slightly-crossed blue eyes and dark points on her ears, though not elsewhere, but her meow is just a tiny little trill.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)
19. Yes, but a little less at 6:00 a.m., when he starts demanding breakfast with that VOICE.
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 05:52 PM
Jul 2018

WAAAWW! WAAAWW! WAAAWW! WAAAWW! WAAAWW! WAAAWW!

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
21. Never that early but mine did squall for food.
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 09:57 PM
Jul 2018

But if we weren't up by 7:30am, weekends, she had a funny little trick....
I swear she did this...somehow she knew we didn't wanna be bothered, so she'd hop onto the dresser, put her paw into my little hairpin box, and loudly stir the pins around, then peek at us. She'd do it again, then peek again. Are you awake now?

----> 🐱

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