# New Siamese Kitten (picture included) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927 "2006-09-24T08:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/41 "2006-09-27T23:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=Zyada] [Well, sometimes kittens do fall asleep!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruse/138472634/in/set-478172/) [/QUOTE] Awww. That’s adorable. When our Sara was a kitten, she would lie on her back on the desk while I was here at the computer and bat at the dangly chain from the desk lamp. But then she’d get sleepy, and would try sooooo hard to not fall asleep until finally she was just overcome, practically in mid-swipe. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/42 "2006-09-28T01:33:39Z")
Awww - that’s about the cutest little troublemaker I’ve seen in a long time. You can see the pixie spirit in her eyes - it looks like you managed to snap the shots between her getting into/onto/out of something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/43 "2006-09-29T01:10:21Z")
[QUOTE=Phantom Dennis] I was thinking of calling her “Jaws” since she bites so much. . [/QUOTE] The shark was named Bruce, after Stephen Spielberg’s attorney in the early and mid 1970’s. 🙂 She is profoundly adorable. I grew up with Siamese. I’ve always had cats, we have four in the house now. They are great cats, but I swear that none hold a candle to Scooter and Sasha. Man, I miss Siamese. And congratulations on reconnecting her body to her head. Great work !! 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/44 "2006-09-29T02:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] Their eyes also shine red when you shine a light on them, unlike normal cat eyes that shine a kind of blue-green color. [This is because the gene that causes Siamese blue eyes is a form of albinism](http://www.messybeast.com/whitecat.htm), so the tapetum lucidum (the reflective surface at the back of the eye) is lacking the normal pigments. [/QUOTE] Our elderly white cat has one blue and one yellow eye – the one glows red and the other glows green in flash photos. Judging from her build and (especially) voice, she’s probably part meezer. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/45 "2006-09-29T02:45:08Z")
[QUOTE=MLS] Another interesting thing is that with most cats, they are born with blue eyes that change to some other color, but their fur color never changes. Siamese are exactly the opposite. The eye color will neither fade not darken, but the dark fur gradually spreads from the nose, ears, tip of tail, etc., to the rest of the body, although the points are always darkest. [/QUOTE] “Points” result from a mutation in melanin generation that makes it temperature-sensitive – only the cooler portions of the body develop it fully. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/46 "2006-09-29T02:57:05Z")
[QUOTE=Phantom Dennis] Here’s part of her: [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j104/Phantom\_Dennis/SDMB/kitten2.jpg](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j104/Phantom_Dennis/SDMB/kitten2.jpg) [/QUOTE] That is a beautiful picture! What gorgeous eyes she has. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/47 "2006-09-29T14:35:04Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] The shark was named Bruce, after Stephen Spielberg’s attorney in the early and mid 1970’s. :)\ [/QUOTE] Awww, cute little Brucie. What a great name for a little Siamese girl! Jim’s cat is part Siamese, too, and he was going to name her Bitey (or Yappy Cat). I guess those are dominant traits in the Siamese line. She still bites way more than the average cat - you just learn to stay away from the pointy bits on these cats. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/48 "2006-09-29T14:52:22Z")
[QUOTE=Zyada] [Well, sometimes kittens do fall asleep!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruse/138472634/in/set-478172/) [/QUOTE] Very cute. The [flying leap](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruse/66847988/) linked in the comments underneath is also great. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/49 "2006-09-29T15:45:57Z")
**Phantom Dennis** , your kitten is adorable–and your pictures are great. Congratulations on your new baby! 🙂 Oh, and **Zyada** , that is one cute baby as well. I’m a sucker for sleepy kittens. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/50 "2006-09-29T20:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Awww, cute little Brucie. What a great name for a little Siamese girl! Jim’s cat is part Siamese, too, and he was going to name her Bitey (or Yappy Cat). I guess those are dominant traits in the Siamese line. She still bites way more than the average cat - you just learn to stay away from the pointy bits on these cats. [/QUOTE] Of course. Why do you think they are named as they are? SealPoint BluePoint Lilac Point Chocolate Point Getchergoddamnedmittsoffmypoints Point. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/51 "2006-09-29T21:55:22Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] \ Getchergoddamnedmittsoffmypoints Point. [/QUOTE] Yes, that would be the type of cat that Jim has. “I’m loving the snuggling for as long as I’m loving the snuggling, and NOW I’M BITING AND CLAWING FOR NO APPARENT REASON!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/52 "2006-09-29T22:19:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sierra Indigo] Disembodied kitten head!!! Also, way cute. [/QUOTE] Way fuckin’ cute. And Disembodied Kitten Head should be her name. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927/53 "2006-09-30T00:31:50Z")
Shortened to " **DeekayH**. Accent on the “H” 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-siamese-kitten-picture-included/373927.md?page=2)