And, of course, the nameless baby is adorable. She’ll let you know her name sooner or later.
Lordy, that’s one cute kitten. I’m a sucker for those blue eyes.
I second the “talk to her a lot when she is young” advice. Play with her feet often, so she won’t fight you when you have to trim her nails. Learn how to say “No” and mean it. (I haven’t mastered this one yet.) We have a Siamese kitten in our “outdoor” herd named Tri-tip.
I was thinking of calling her “Jaws” since she bites so much.
She usually doesn’t bite hard, but she doesn’t need to – those needle-sharp fangs hurt like a bastard no matter how softly she bites.
After some research I’m thinking she was taken away from her litter too soon and she never got a chance to learn how to control her bite. I’m trying to train her by squealing every time she bites and walking away from her in order to mimic the behavior of her littermates and mom, who would normally be giving her feedback right now. I don’t know if it’s working – it’s only been a few days.
I hope she learns to stop – she’s a great kitten otherwise.
Get her some durable chew toys - kittens are like babies in that they like to chew when they are teething, which she will start doing soon if she isn’t already. Usually you never notice the lost teeth, but one of mine didn’t lose his baby canines when his adult ones came in and for a few days he had double fangs. Quite impressive!
She is a doll! You are a good photographer too - those are some nice portraits.
When my cats do bad things I hiss at them…just a light "hssss’ sound at first; if the behavior continues I let out a louder, stronger “HSSSS”. I use canned air, too, like when they dig in the plants and I’m too far away to direct a hiss their way.
That is one breatiful kitten!
::swoons::
You are welcome to steal one of my cat’s names, Purr-Anna (pronounced purr-Ahn-na), when she’s being nice I just call her Anna.
And Anna is also the name of a character in The King and I, which Shrinking Violet suggested as a possible name source.
That’s one seriously cute kitty. How about Dora as in adorable? Or Boo, my nickname for our three year old daughter who is also adoraboo?
Ahhhh. She’s a beautiful little applehead. I’ve had many Siamese over the years, I loved my appleheads best.
Wile E is right. My all black girl, Cassy, had one accidental litter of six. Three were black, the other three were siamese.
I tried to always give my siamese elegant names. (Well, except for Downtown Spot Brown, but he was special)
I’d usually find a mythological name. The Muses were named Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Urania, and Thalia. The Graces were named Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia.
Clio was also the cat in Pinocchio. 
I’ve got an applehead. But I have to admit I didn’t manage to give her an elegant name. Her name is Squirt, because when we got her she could fit in the palm of your hand. And even now, she’s less than 8 pounds.
She’s 20 years old, mostly blind, mostly deaf, mostly arthritic, and the most lovable cat on the planet. She’s also unbearably loud–a Siamese who can’t hear herself. It’s agony.
I forgot to mention, I actually have 2 Siamese (mix) kitties. I do have a pic of Pi (formerly Popeye) online here. It’s an older pic, he’s about a year old now. The bad eye eventually had to be removed. He has darkened a lot since this pic, he has darker coloring on his body with a round bullseye spot on his sides, lighter stripes on his legs, cream colored feet and a much darker striped tail with a white tip. Sometimes I think he’s a bit of a ragdoll because he just goes limp when you pic him up, but he has the lanky body of a modern Siamese. He is full of personality, one of the most unique and affectionate cats I have ever had.
Luna is the newest one, she’s still very light colored but I think she’s going to remain cream colored on her body and her “points” will darken. She looks more like a lilac point, with her legs, face and tail being striped, although her paws are solid. Luna and Pi are almost inseperable, she’s Pi’s cat more then she is mine.
Applehead is a body-type, right?
Am I correct in assuming my kitten is a Chocolate Point? My uncle didn’t know much about her when he gave her to me, so I’m going by pictures of other Siamese on the internet.
Probably a seal point. They are the most common. They’re a little darker than chocos.
Applehead refers literally to the shape of the head. The original, classic Siamese cat has a rounded head, containing brains and personality. At some point, some people decided that an elongated head was more sleek or exotic, and started to breed for that trait, which resulted IMHO a freaky-looking cat. Long, stretched out, fox-like nose, for example, at a flattish head, mostly bereft of brain. Other sensible people bred for the rounded head (well, it’s maybe a little more streamlined than your average domestic shorthair). Ergo, “applehead.”
Oh, and the two basic – and most common – types are sealpoint (brownish) and bluepoint (bluish-grey). Variations have ensued, with people inventing violet- frost- chocolate- parti- and every other point you can think of.
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.
My Aunt got a siamese kitten when she was playing Anna in “Anna and the King”
Because the cat was female, she named it “Etceterita”
Really cute.
My last Siamese was named Thai Thai and he used to climb up on the inside doorknob when I got home from work if I didn’t take him right away on his daily walk around the apartment complex. He had imprinted on me and would “heel” all during the walk. He was allergic to milk, BTW.
Unfortunately, I let him roam outside during the day and one day he did not come home.
But I got another one later and it was great for a year when he died of feluke. Get your shots.
Only a tabby after that, born in my NC bath tub then carried by car to Mass. to live with Mom for 14 years, then back to NC with me for 3 more. Too sad to get another when I had to have her put down (and my new landlord won’t let me).
Enjoy.
I’ve saved those images, and now they show up on my screensaver now and then (I have the slideshow screensaver option). She is cuteness incarnate. Make sure that you tell her how much you love her. And yes, I know all about small kittens and movement. If they quit moving they might fall asleep and miss something.
I got a Siamese mix from our local no-kill shelter. I go to our local Petco to see the kittens for adoption from a cat rescue group, and it’s not at all uncommon to see kittens that look Siamese there.
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, so the tapetum lucidum (the reflective surface at the back of the eye) is lacking the normal pigments.
My Siamese mix Luna’s eyes shine red, and her coat has also gotten quite a bit darker than it was when we got her (she was 8 months old when we got her two years ago). Oh, and she’s very vocal, too.