cat personalities

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I had 2 cats before with a touch of the oriental about them - brother and sister and amazingly friendly, chilled etc - were handled a lot as kittens by DB's GF at the time.

I now have a 16 month old half Siamese boy who is lovely but quite moody and stroppy - doesn't like his legs being touched much... not keen on brushing, very keen on miaowing AT me, loud...

so this morning it's lightly raining and he's yowling - he got his breakfast, attention, treats then I opened back door area for him to go out - still no - so I pushed him gently towards cat flap and the bugger hissed at me... not badly just a bit. then when I went out of the other back door to feed goldfish he waited and followed me out...

is he just a moody bugger? are siamese like this? is it his character? Also at this age he's still quite a baby but getting better, is this normal? the other 2 were fine went out from 5 months old but I left it til just after his first birthday.

Sounds like my lass (who is, incidentally, also part Siamese). She HATES the rain and will rarely go outside of her own volition if it is wet out. Of course, it is our fault and we will be moaned at incessantly for causing this to happen. She will, of couse, make us open the door just to check if it's any better there, and when she realises it's not she moans at us again.

If she's outside, and it's raining, she'll just take shelter until it passes.

However, her favourite thing ever is to come on an adventure in the garden with me (in fact she gets quite cross if she realises I've been down to feed the poultry without her). And, obviously, I can't be trusted to be out there without her supervision. This leads to her following me around the garden in the wet as she feels she has to, but the look of horror on her face is quite something. I usually get told to stop being so stupid and get back inside, just so she can dry herself off!

So I get the feeling it's partly a siamese thing, and partly just their character. Enjoy!

I can only talk from the perspective of having full Siamese but it sounds to me as if he needs a lot more attention. When they bond with someone they can become inordinately close - you can sometimes be more or less their whole world - and aren't always as self-contained as some other cats. It can be almost as if pushing them off somewhere is actually a rebuke. (Useful as a disciplinary measure because they take it very seriously.)

Does he sleep in bed with you ? And how long are you actually giving him attention every day? (This doesn't always need to be full on game playing with a Siamese - just having them with you can often be enough.)

cozie I do give him attention but recently have been busier than usual in evenings, also my mum who comes in once a day to see him (he loves her) has been away.

I played with him and stroked him a lot more last night so he got more attention... the actual playing (involving him lying down and swatting a toy) he rarely does so he must love me...

The thing which confused me was he wanted to go out, he knows my morning routine re work. He actually doesn't like to sleep on my bed and in the evenings he is in different rooms to me - I'm sort of maisonette so got stairs but he's in the bedroom part where I'm in the separate living room area. He won't come up and prefers me to go to him. the sleeping on bed is strange - he will let himself be petted there but as soon as the light goes off, he's off.

Rabbits - yes the rain is MY fault - before now - screams at me then... what's funnier I should not laugh but sometimes he is outside it rains, and he comes racing through the cat flap and skids on the wooden flooring... he really hates the rain!

We have a rescue cat that is part oriental. He is just lovely but when we got him he was a nightmare. They seem to be harder work than some cats. I really wanted him to go away for a while; now I am dreading the day he dies.

Cheezy I agree with both your points. I just think I have to get to know him - and I got him early last September so he was already 4.5/5 months old.

Seniorboy came to live with me when he was 13/14 and we got on just fine once he'd rebonded with me.

He's a full Siamese and your lad isn't so bear that in mind (Seniorboy has the full 'quirkiness' of his breed) but I'm wondering whether he misses your Mum? Full Siamese tend to take routines to new levels of observance and are also prone to having 'one person' who is the most important in their lives for some reason. (You can't really dictate their choice to them.) They recognize other people as members of their household and interact with them but it's their 'person' who really brings the light to their eyes.

I'd see how he is when she gets back and keep up the lots of attention.

cozie he is bonded with me but he loves women - so my intern (who's now gone) he liked and he loves my mum. But I am his person... I do think he misses my mum as she sometimes stays an hour - at lunch and he goes in for his lunch with her.

Felix is very very Siamese - his owner/breeder told us that.

I've just been a bit distracted with other stuff lately too - he does calm down.

he also seems sensitive (Siamese quirkiness?) and is or was very much still a baby about going out etc... he loves out and chasing other cats away from his territory - saw the neighbour yesterday who said he sees off 2 sister cats but they are half the size smaller than he is.

Ah Well. You interrupt a Siamese's routine - actually the routine of many cats - at your peril so maybe when she gets back, order will be restored to his world. Or maybe he's just growing into his full character and having won a fight or two is also getting very territorial. You'll get to know him best.

(I leave out the question of rain which is, of course, entirely your fault and almost a personal insult to any cat! (My own old boy comes and complains at me when I make the sunshine go in! ))