Now I did say that was just me, tabulahrasa! By 'hot', I mean .... well it's difficult to describe. The females I've known have seemed that bit more eg difficult, flighty, temperamental than male Siamese. (All things being relative of course. If you want an easy going couch potato, don't get any Siamese or Oriental.)
I was given my first Siamese at 9 years old, many many years ago. He was an old-fashioned Seal; hugely bright, very fixated on His Person, like all of them I've known following me around or calling me if he woke up and I wasn't there, a talented and imaginative thief and given to strange ways if I didn't do what he wanted directly. (Playingwalking up and down on the open piano downstairs in the middle of the night if I didn't let him out when he wanted to go - it was the days before litter - or sitting on my bedside table steadily knocking all the contents on to the floor until I woke up and got out of bed.)
I tell you Frizzbonce, if you get one, your life will be changed forever. No more sitting idly by yourself reading a book (without a morsel on your lap) or at the computer (without a morsel on your lap) - or, indeed, doing pretty well anything without a continuous accompanying presence if they're awake. Most of them get jealous of other cats (dogs are fine - they generally just ignore them) so are best as an only cat. Good with kids though. I recall finding my first boy being manhandled by small brothers, each of whom wanted to play with him. One pulling the front legs to them and the other pulling the back. He just squawked for me to rescue him - no claws or teeth.
They're very easy to train, have such a highly developed sense of sin that you can chastise them for a bad thought when you see it in their eyes, very affectionate to their family - and wont to sleep in bed with their Person.
I could go on but I better not. Breakfast to be prepared.
