# Well, I've noticed a new behavior in my bad, bad, bad Siamese cats **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170 "2020-12-29T11:02:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170/1 "2020-12-29T11:02:02Z")
These are not the snuggly, lap sitting, purring type cats. Except…when they are cold or choose to bug you. Always on their terms. Always. Now if I sit for more than 2 minutes. Say, on the edge of the bed, the toilt-y, a bench I have by the woodstove in the kitchen. They come right to my feet and start circling. (kinda like sharks,aaaaccckkk!) Walking by my ankles in the classic kitty hug. I hold my hand down and they put their head by my hand and walk under it and I drag my hand all the way down their backs up the tail, as they march around in a tight circle. Over and over again. Purring like there’s no tomorrow. I think, between me and these 2 cats we’ve invented the self petting cat machine. All cats should be trained to do this. It’s perfect for the lazy cat owner. Like me😋 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170/2 "2020-12-29T11:39:34Z")
My cats do the same. I think they may be in cahoots! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170/3 "2020-12-29T14:03:04Z")
There is the belief, in some circles, that Cats are of a Hive mind. Kinda like The Borg on StarTrek. Resistance is futile.,👽 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170/4 "2020-12-29T15:52:32Z")
This reminds me of Shamus’s pat pat game. If you sat on a kitchen chair (or the toilet) he’d circle your ankles and you were supposed to pat his tail - just his tail. It was a lot of fun in his humble opinion judging from his buzzsaw purring. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170/6 "2020-12-29T18:48:17Z")
Would that be cat-hoots? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ive-noticed-a-new-behavior-in-my-bad-bad-bad-siamese-cats/929170/7 "2020-12-29T20:14:42Z")
My Vienna does the same thing. I’m sitting in my office chair, and she comes up next to me and meows. I let my arm dangle, and she moves around to feel my fingers from head to tail. I can hear her purring.