About Life with Siamese CatsThe inspiration behind Life with Siamese Cats ...... is my seal point Siamese, Bandit, a rescue cat who came from Siamese Rescue in the UK, where I now live. (I guess I should introduce myself, too. I'm Caroline. More about me in a minute.) Bandit was found as a stray, and lived in the rescue cattery for three months before coming to us. Because he was a stray we don't know much about his background, but he'd obviously had a family life at some stage as he's a friendly and loving cat who adapted quickly to his new life, unlike some rescue cats who can take months to settle in. He soon had me and my husband (and most of our neighbors) wrapped around his seal point paws. He loves to explore! But not in the winter. In the winter, he mostly does this.
I really, really don't like the cold My love of Siamese cats began earlyMy Dad's job took my family overseas for much of my young life, and one of my earliest memories (aged about three, I think) is of a cat called Sisal, another seal point, who lived with us in East Africa.We inherited Sisal from the people who'd lived in the house before us, and he used to love hunting down and playing with the snakes that lived in the rocks in the garden. How he didn't get bitten, I'll never know, but he must have been a clever cat - he always managed to keep one step ahead of those snakes! One of my aunts owned seal points, tooMy aunt looked after me from time to time when I was a kid, and I always remember her with a Siamese cat nearby, trotting at her heels or snoozing - either on her lap or by the fire. I really loved those cats! Growing up, I so wanted one of my own.This is an early picture of me with one of them. Aaaahhh ... You can see what happened shortly after this
photo © life-with-siamese-cats.com How this site startedWhen I first started thinking about adopting a cat, I talked to cat-loving friends about cat care and it all seemed quite straightforward.But when Bandit arrived the questions just kept coming. "How do I .. what is .. why does .. where can I .. should I .. how much .." I also realized that although I adored the Siamese breed, I didn't in fact know a whole lot about them. I'm a cat-lover, not a show judge, or a breeder. Not an expert, in other words. But I do love finding things outAnd I wanted to know more.About the Siamese character, and behavior, and coloring, and the different types of Siamese. (What? There never used to be different types of Siamese ... ) And how to look after cats in the best possible way to keep them fit and healthy. So I started reading. And reading. And reading. And then I thought that if I wanted answers, other people might, too. The pages of this site grew out of that thought. Because I'm still learning, the site is still growingI hope you have fun browsing the information and pictures on these pages, and that you have very many happy moments with the cats in your life.Do come back and visit us again soon! But before you goJust to show you that Siamese cats haven't changed all that much over the years ... ... and that even back then they couldn't sit still for a minute - Here's that picture I promised you earlier!
photo © life-with-siamese-cats.com Like to know more?If, like me, you want to know more about the breed, why not start with:
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