Blue & Loki
These little guys are littermates, born Feb. 18, 2004. Mom and Dad are Sealpoint Siamese of the old-fashioned appleheaded variety. Loki grew up to be a long-haired Sealpoint Siamese and Blue is a Bluepoint. They are very loving and still play with one another. If one is in distress, the other tries to help. It has been so much fun having them live with our family.
Im am Siamese if you please………………
We are Siamese if you don’t please…
What a great pair!
We are former residents of Siam
There is no finer cat than I am
What perfect little posed kitties!
awww! they’re too cute!
They look as if they posed for this picture. They are so perfect.
They ARE adorable - love those eyes!!!
beautiful kitties…me likey:)
hello i lik u all (i dont no u)
They are so beautiful! Meezers are always better in pairs.
Here is a video of my lynx point Siamese kitten. He is 7 months old. Please ignore my messy hallway. I recorded this last night. Oh the fun when everyone is snowed in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jt735-e7tA
OMG! I’ve never seen a cat play fetch before! That’s too cute!
Thanks Tarah! I had never seen one do it either, but I had heard that some did. He was playing with the sock, so I thought I would give it a try.
Sheba does, if she’s in the right mood.
I also have a cat that will fetch. My male Maine Coon will bring the toy right back to you so you can throw it agian!
I have 8 Maine Coons and one of my girls, Phaedra, fetches….she likes to play fetch at around 3 a.m. We call her Phido because she’s so dog like. My other MCs would like to play fetch, but Phaedra dominates!
Oh my word! That is just too funny! A cat that fetches!
Beautiful little babies. Love the intense saphirre blue eyes !
I love Meezers! Thanks for the video…he is so handsome! What’s his name?
Drats! I can’t see the video on this computer at work! My Atticus plays fetch, too—it’s the cutest thing.
His name is Ferrule. The big guy keeping watch is Emerson.
Thank you for the compliment. I think they are beautiful, but I am kind of biased.
Both of mine are rescues. Emerson came from a local organization and I adopted him through PetSmart. Ferrule was actually a feral (yes, same pronunciation as the name) kitten that I caught in the construction at my office. He was starving a flea ridden. He wasn’t quite old enough to be fully weaned, but mom was no where to be found. That was in July of last year. You can see how much better off he is now.
“You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats.” - Colonial American proverb
Fantastic! All of my cats have always been strange
MeezerMama, I just seen your video! Ferrule and Emerson are so handsome and adorable. Ferrule has such a bright and sweet face. Reminds me a little bit of my Duchess. I have two meezers in my bunch. Did you get alot of the storm that hit OK.?
Yes I did. Pretty nasty stuff. Never lost power though. They are expecting more this weekend, so we hope for the best. Plenty got it worse than I did though. My son just got a really long weekend. He hasn’t gone to school yet this week.
How absolutely adorable! My cat kind of plays fetch, she’ll get the toy and then run toward you and right on by! You have a real sweetie pie.
My little tuxedo kitty, Oscar, played fetch. It was great fun. He also liked to watch TV with me. He would watch the screen very intently. It was adorable.
What a cute video! I had a cat that would play fetch with a rabbits foot.
Never could figure out why a rabbit’s foot is suppose to be lucky it sure wasn’t for the rabbit.
Your video is hysterical!! You have two very beautiful meezers. Thanks for sharing the video.
That’s so cute! My cat likes to play fetch, too, for about two minutes, lol. My Mom’s cat used to love to fetch drinking straws, of all things!
We are Siamese if you please! We are Siamese if you don’t please!
Do you see in that thing swimming round and round?
Purrr…maybe we can reach on in and make it drown!
Rwoww…
If we sneak up upon it carefully…
There could be a head for you…a tail for me…
They look like cute trouble!
Double Trouble! I grew up with Siamese cats. Maybe I’ll have another one someday…..I have 5 fuzzy butts by default and one more would wreck the established kitty karma!
Definitely detrimental to the Fuzz Shui
Fuzz Shui–I love it!!!
fuzz shui! hysterical!—(mind if I steal that phrase off of you?)
You are welcome to it Dee
Mereaoww
very cute!
Poser Fuzz! These two look picture perfect and would be great for a cat calendar. My first experience with a cat was a Siamese kitten that my Great Aunt had. Later on my mom had two siamese kitties of which one of them would sleep with me at night curled up next to me. Her name was Fiesta and she sure lived up to her name. I loved coming home from school and having a “conversation” with her. I would ask various questions like how was her day and she would answer with a miaow. What a character she was. She went over the rainbow bridge about 24 years ago.
very cut i am partial to one lying down but want both aristcat fuzz
i really need to learn how to type better
Such elegant cats! I’ve never had a Siamese—they are quite chatty, aren’t they?
oh yes, very chatty. My husband and I get lectured if we get home late from work.
Siamese are very chatty. My best friend in jr. high (many many moons ago) had two Siamese sisters and they would call to each other all over the house until they found each other. If one had to go to the vet, the other would be inconsolable until her sister got back!
Such photogenic little ones….good to know they’re still together and still loved…
CatRancher (and any other lemon lovers), commence drooling!
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wonderful! thanks, Dee!
You’re welcome! Did you click on the Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes? (Talk about drooling like Homer Simpson!)
It’s a great site…
**Scientists try to save world’s rarest creatures**
By Jeremy Lovell
Mon Jan 15, 10:26 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists launched a bid on Tuesday to save some of the world’s rarest and most neglected creatures from extinction.
With an initial list of just 10 — including a venomous shrew-like creature, an egg-laying mammal and the world’s smallest bat — the programme will give last ditch conservation aid where to date there has been little or none.
“We are focusing on EDGE species — that means they are Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered,” said Zoological Society of London scientist Jonathan Baillie.
“These are one-of-a-kind species. If they are lost there is nothing similar to them left on the planet. It would be a bit like the art world losing the Mona Lisa — they are simply irreplaceable,” he told Reuters.
Not only are the target species unique, the project itself is breaking new ground by using the Internet to highlight threatened creatures and encourage the public to sponsor conservation.
“This is appealing to the general public to take action to reverse the decline of these amazing species,” Baillie said.
Global warming and human depredations on habitat are cited as root causes of the problem and Baillie said the top creature on the agenda, the Yangtze River dolphin, may already have disappeared.
Listed on the Web site http://www.zsl.org/edge as being down to just 13 individuals, scientists visiting the area recently had not seen any. “This really highlights the importance of acting quickly,” Baillie said.
EDGE species include the rather more iconic — and recognisable — elephants and pandas — but the London Zoo project is also aiming far smaller.
The list includes the bumblebee bat, the Hispaniolan solenodon and the golden-rumped elephant shrew, but Baillie hopes to save far more.
“Our goal is to ensure that over the next five years there are conservation measures in place for the top 100 species,” Baillie said. “We have 10 species we are focusing on this year but that will change over time.”
If these two cute kitties are as talkative as most Siamese are said to be, you’ll never lack conversation. They pose like professionals.
Perfect and beautiful kittens! I love their deep blue eyes. I can see why you love them so much!
BEEEEAUTIFUL!!!!
They look very concentrated as if they are prepared for the picture.
Too cute for you FUZZ
Model FUZZ
My roommate’s father has a Siamese, she’s about 15 years old now, named Keiko. Roomie calls her “The feline air raid siren”.
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I know I am not too swift when it comes to feline genetics but how can two seal point parents have one seal point and one blue point? How ever it happened they are sooooooo beautiful.
I believe the seal point is dominant. If each parent had a recessive blue point gene they have approx 25% chance of a blue point baby.
Siamese coloring overall is recessive. Which is how my husband found out one of their former breeding meezers was a little floozy.
There is a legend that the Siamese cats were to live in the temple and guide the soul of the human who had died, they had the power to intercede and speak for the soul. One day Buddha visited the temple and saw that the Siamese were very diligent. Before he left he placed his thumb and forefinger on the shoulders of the Siamese and blessed them. Today the Siamese has dark fur where the Buddhas thumb and finger rested so all the world can see that they are “The Blessed”.
Oh, how cool! I love cat folklore.
So Seal Point or Blue Point only refers to the coloring? My brother has brown hair and I am blond or at least before we turned gray. I thought it would be as if two Japanese parents had twins and one was Japanese and one Korean. Thank you for clearing that up for me as I was very confused.
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My Food Lady called me Pusskin after a Russian poet. Too bad she can’t spell.
She told me to look at the kittens in this picture because they look like my adopted sister, and she thought they were really cute all posed there like that. I say NO WAY! My sister has lighter points! I’m not amused….. These guys are beautiful, but I need a nap right now. I’ll walk all over the keyboard and then curl up on the down comforter for the afternoon.
Ciao – Meow
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This “Chicken Soup For The Soul” story is labeled as a “four hankie story.” DO NOT read unless prepared for a cry. It’s a very poignant, beautiful story.
**The Gift of Courage**
As his beloved dog lay sick and dying, a young boy faces his own illness.
By Roxanne Willems Snopek
Mark was about eleven years old, skinny and slouching, when he and his mom first brought Mojo into the clinic where I worked. Baggy clothes dwarfed the boy’s small frame, and under a battered baseball hat, challenging blue eyes glared at the world. Clearly we had to earn Mark’s trust before we could do anything with his dog. Mojo was around nine then, old for a black Labrador retriever, but not too old to still have fun. Though recently it seemed that Mojo had lost all his spunk.
Mark listened intently as the doctor examined his dog, answered questions and asked more, while nervously brushing back wisps of blond hair that escaped the hat onto his furrowed brow. “Mojo’s going to be okay isn’t he?” he blurted as the doctor turned to leave. There were no guarantees, and when the blood work came back, the doctor’s suspicions were confirmed. Mojo had liver and kidney disease, progressive and ultimately fatal. With care he could live comfortably awhile, but he’d need special food, regular checkups and medications. The doctor and I knew finances were a struggle, but the moment euthanasia was suggested, Mark’s mom broke in. “We’re not putting Mojo to sleep.” Quickly and quietly they paid their bill and gently led their old dog out to the car without a backward glance.
We didn’t hear from them for a few weeks, but then one day, there they were. Mojo had lost weight. He’d been sick they said, and he seemed listless. As I led Mojo back to the treatment room for some IV fluid therapy, Mark’s little body blocked the way.
“I have to go with him—-he needs me,” the boy said firmly.
I wasn’t sure how Mark would handle the sight of needles and blood, but there didn’t seem any point in arguing. And indeed, Mark handled it all as if he’d seen it a million times before.
“Oh, you’re such a brave old guy, Mojo,” Mark murmured as the catheter slipped into Mojo’s vein. We seldom had a more cooperative patient. Mojo only moved his head slightly during uncomfortable procedures, as if to remind us that he was still there. He seemed to take strength from the small, white hand that continually moved in reassurance over his grizzled throat.
This became the pattern. We’d get Mojo stabilized somewhat, send him home, he’d get sick again, and they’d be back. Always, Mark was there, throwing out questions and reminders to be careful, but mostly encouraging and comforting his old pal.
I worried that Mark found it too difficult, watching, but any hint that maybe he’d rather wait outside was flatly rejected. Mojo needed him.
I approached Mark’s mom one day, while Mark and Mojo were in the other room, “You know Mojo’s condition is getting worse. Have you thought any more about how far you want to go with treatment? It looks like Mark is really having a hard time with all this.”
Mark’s mom hesitated a moment before leaning and speaking in a low, intense voice, “We’ve had Mojo since Mark was a baby. They’ve grown up together, and Mark loves him beyond all reason. But that’s not all.”
She took a deep breath and looked away momentarily, “Two years ago Mark was diagnosed with leukemia. He’s been fighting it, and they say he has a good chance of recovering completely. But he never talks about it. He goes for tests and treatments as if it’s happening to someone else, as if it’s not real. But about Mojo, he can ask questions. It’s important to Mark, so as long as he wants to, we’ll keep on fighting for Mojo.”
The next few weeks we saw a lot of our little trio. Mark’s abrupt questions and observations, once slightly annoying, now had a new poignancy, and we explained at length every procedure as it was happening. We wondered how long Mojo could carry on. A more stoic and good-natured patient was seldom seen, but the Labrador was so terribly thin and weak now. All of us as the clinic really worried about how Mark would handle the inevitable.
Finally the day came when Mojo collapsed before his scheduled appointment. It was a Saturday when they rushed him in, and the waiting room was packed. We carried Mojo into the back room and settled him on some thick blankets, with Mark at his side as usual. I left to get some supplies, and when I reentered the room a few moments later I was shocked to see Mark standing at the window, fists jammed into his armpits, tears streaming down his face. I backed out of the room noiselessly, not wanting to disturb him. He’d been so brave up until now. Later when we returned, he was kneeling, dry-eyed once more, at Mojo’s side. His mom sat down beside him and squeezed his shoulders. “How are you guys doing?” She asked softly.
“Mom,” he said, ignoring her question, “Mojo’s dying, isn’t he?”
“Oh, honey…” her voice broke, and Mark continued as if she hadn’t spoken.
“I mean, the fluids and the pills, they’re just not going to help anymore, are they?” He looked to us for confirmation. “Then I think,” he swallowed hard, “I think we should put him to sleep.”
True to form, Mark stayed with Mojo until the end. He asked questions to satisfy himself that it truly was best for Mojo, and that there would be no pain or fear for his old friend. Over and over again he smoothed the glossy head, until it faded onto his knee for the last time. As Mark felt the last breath leave Mojo’s thin ribs and watched the light dim in the kind brown eyes, he seemed to forget about the rest of us there. Crying openly, he bent himself over Mojo’s still form and slowly removed his cap. With a jolt I recognized the effects of the chemotherapy, so harsh against such a young face. We left him to his grief.
Mark never told us anything about his own illness, or his own feelings throughout Mojo’s ordeal, but when his mom called months later to ask some questions about a puppy she was considering buying, I asked her how he was doing.
“You know,” she said, “it was a terrible time for him, but since Mojo’s death, Mark has begun talking about his own condition, asking questions and trying to learn more about it. I think that dealing with Mojo when the dog was so sick gave Mark strength to fight for himself and courage to face his own pain.”
I always thought Mark was being brave for Mojo, but when I remember those calm eyes and gently wagging tail that never failed no matter how bad he felt, I think maybe Mojo was being brave for Mark.
omg. you were right! sooo sad i did cry irl !!! -sobs-
These kittens are adorable and they seem to really like each other. I’ll bet they are irresistable and you can’t help cuddling them both constantly.
For those of you who could use a mood lift with all of the dreary weather out there, here is an interesting article on how milk can help to ease depression and lift mood. http://health.msn.com/centers/depression/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100153237
$3.00 coupon for Iams Multi Cat Formula
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free dog pedometer–how cute!
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free sample of “Taste” for dogs—formulated to correct skin and coat problems…
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whoops—product is called “Improve”—sorry
here’s the Feline Greenies freebie again, for those who may have missed it–I believe most of our cats LOVE this product…
http://www.felinegreenies.com/en_US/2k6Sampling/feline.asp?couponoverride=3
Dee thank you so much for all the freebies. Although I don’t know if my mail carrier will appreciate it as every dog or kitty in the complex will be trying to get into his truck.
You are welcome, friend. Did you call for the free Purina ONE? That is what I feed my bad kitties.
Yes, I did Petey eats the Purnia One hairball formula. He also eats Friskies wet canned food it was always his special treat when he came to visit now he gets it everyday.
read about Chuang Chuang the Panda, who is too chubby to get “frisky”…
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Great news!
**Humane Society Asks Congress to Ban Animals in Demonstrations**
CLEVELAND (AP) _ After a recent incident at the Cleveland Clinic, the Humane Society is asking Congress to outlaw the use of live animals in sales demonstrations. A Clinic neurosurgeon last week induced a brain aneurysm in a dog to show a group of salespeople how a medical device worked.
Hospital officials say the large, mixed-breed dog was anesthetized during the training session and had to be put to sleep afterward because of the damage caused by the procedure. In a statement, a Humane Society official calls the episode “appalling and ethically unacceptable” and says Congress needs to make sure nothing like it ever happens again. The clinic says the procedure wasn’t authorized and the hospital bans such use of animals. Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
OMG THAT IS SO SAD! is there a petition i can sign to keep them from doing that? i will make sure every one i know signs it !!!
How is everyone in the Northeast today? Anyone lose power? Snow day? (Ice day?)
I WISH !! i didnt get ANY snow…and the little we DID get, melted as soon as it hit the ground.
**Lost Dogs Found More Often Than Cats**
POSTED: 8:54 am PST January 15, 2007
A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat, according to two new studies, and a sign in the neighborhood may be the best way to recover a pet.
In one city in southwestern Ohio, researchers found that 71 percent of lost dogs were found, compared to just 53 percent of lost cats, according to a news release from the Ohio State University.
More than one-third of the recovered dogs were found by a call or visit to an animal shelter. More than one-quarter were found because the animal wore an identification tag.
The studies were conducted in Ohio by professor Linda Lord. Less than half of the lost dogs had tags, despite a state licensing requirement.
The studies found that 66 percent of lost cats listed in newspapers returned on their own, but less than one in 10 dogs did.
Cat owners typically wait three days before calling or visiting a shelter, but dog owners only wait a day.
One of the best ways to locate a pet may be to post a sign in the neighborhood, the study showed. Signs resulted in the return of 15 percent of recovered dogs and 11 percent of found cats.
Lord said that many pet owners may not know how to go about finding their lost cat or dog.
“Pet owners should think about having a plan in place in case their pet is lost. Both animal shelters and veterinarians can educate their clients and the public about the best course of action to take when a pet is missing,” she said.
She said the most important thing is being able to accurately identify a missing animal, especially by using tags or implanted microchips.
I feel sorry for missing animals and all, and i think it is a good idea to implant microchips (so long as it doesnt hurt them !). Missing animals would go down alot!
YES, do get your animal microchipped. Our newest memeber of the family, an adoped puppy from every creature counts got out with out her coller on- it was found by the fence where the escape artist pried a hole( september). My daughter, in December, was walking our other dog and met a lady walking our jenny dog. Although the lady claims she had bought the dog, we have no recourse to prove she was ours. I have been kicking my self for not getting her chipped, and I found out our local Dumb Friends League (like SPCA) will microchip for $20.
On a lighter note - love the siamese kitties, mine is now 16 years old and still playing like a kitten, but is showing her age. I will be devastated when she passes.
Please Please remember to register the microchip immediately with your family’s information.
Hey Dee, you bored today or are you just on a spree with coupon/freebee postings??
I’m in Ohio and all we have been getting her in the capital is rain, rain, oh… and more rain.
I just realized how much I ranted on. I’m as chatty as a Siamese kitten! haha!
Is anyone an American Idol junkie, as I am? I am so excited about tonight!
You and my sister…she keeps a notebook and scores everyone on 2 or 3 levels from day 1!
how funny!
She’s obsessed! I know better than to call her on Tuesday nights after 7:00 (A.I. air time here)….geez!
I will also be watching Idol tonight. I am so excited that it’s coming back!
Put the remote down and sloooowly step away, Dee
Sorry, about the only TV I watch is the news, Dr Who and Dirty Jobs. Just not a TV person I guess
What’s Dr. Who (the Bond movie?) and Dirty Jobs?
I like The Amazing Race and The King of Queens.
Dr. Who is a BBC sci-fi and very “campy” series. It has been around FOREVER and with several actors playing Dr. Who over the years.
Dirty Jobs is a series on the Discovery Channel (is that right) with Mike Rowe. He goes around the country and to foreign countries to do “dirty jobs” with the actual people who do those jobs…it’s pretty funny. From cleaning out city sewers to sexing baby chicks to cleaning out zoo animal cages….all the dirty jobs that SOMEONE HAS to do, but nobody wants to…
Love Dirty Jobs!! Can’t get enough Mike Rowe!!
Yep, it’s on Discovery. Mike Rowe even wrote a Dirty Jobs theme song - he use to be in the opera (really!) he says that he left because he wasn’t that good at it.
Dr Who has been around since (I think) the 60’s on radio, TV and even books and comic books. Always jumping about through time and space and correcting the course of history and stopping the bad guys.
The most famous Doctor for many years was Tom Baker, but I do think that the latest Doctor might just take the title of favorite Doctor - but that’s just me
I used to tape Idol as I have to see Mark Harmon and gang in NCIS but my VCR has gone wacky so until I can afford to get a new one in about June I will miss the first hour.
Mark Harmon! Gorgeous!
He looks like an older brother to Tom Cruise same great smile. I still won’t watch anything with Cruise in it .
Susan, if it is not something more technically wrong with your VCR, it may just need to be cleaned. Is it a VHS, meaning it uses a video tape? We have had a few VCR’s and know a bit about the problems with them.
Yes, it plays the VHS tapes. It has been spitting them back out and shutting itself off midway in the rewind. I do miss it as I taped stuff nearly everyday sometimes for myself and sometimes for my bro and sister-in-law. The machine is 8 or 9 years old and as I said I used it almost daily.
Hi Dee! That’s alright, if your a little chatty today. Maybe, it’s caused by too much caffeine or you are part siamese! lol Sometimes I get that way. I guess because I have no one to talk to.
Blue & Loki are so adorable, I’m speechless. Such a cute picture. I’ve had a few Meezers in my life. They are quite loyal, loving and talkative! I have two, now. One is a blue point ragdoll. She has such furry and soft squishable paws. Dee, you would need your paper bag! I just found out she is not through growing! She’s a little over a year old and BIG!
I was wondering where you were today, Nay-Nay!
The Siamese Cat Song
We are Siamese if you please,
we are Siamese if you don’t please.
Now we lookin’ over our new domicile,
if we like we stay for maybe quite awhile.
Do you seeing that thing swimming ’round and ’round? Yes!
Maybe we could reaching in and make it drown!
If we sneaking up upon it carefully,
there will be a head for you, a tail for me.
Do you hear what I hear? A baby cry!
Where we finding baby, there are milk nearby.
If we look in baby buggy, there could be,
plenty milk for you and also some for me.
(Different verse)
We are Siameeiz if you pleeiz,
we are Siameeiz if you don’t please.
We are former