Showed up at my window one night. Let it back out and never saw it again.

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[+] 46 points 6 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Like previous posters have said, point coloring is not unique to Siamese. Here's our seal point boy on the day he was adopted almost eight years ago. He was a feral that my GF's parents were taking care of.

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    He used to bite ankles at night, and he was so small that he could get under the bedroom door of her crooked old apartment after we'd thrown him out!

    Here he is today.

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    20+ pounds. Me and the GF have been living together for about seven years. At his impressive girth, he definitely cannot fit under the bedroom door of any apartment, no matter how old and crooked. He has, thankfully, stopped biting ankles at night. He also got quite a bit toastier over the years (as seal points do).

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Definitely has point coloration in the coat, but Siamese cats have more angular faces and lanky bodies, though I'm not sure how much that shows in kittens. Wish you'd kept the sweet lil guy!

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 6 months ago

    Yeah, it being a kitten makes it difficult to actually determine, agreed.

    There's a lot of cats in this neighborhood. I mean, a lot... Generations upon generations. I and many of my friendly neighbors all look after them to one degree or another.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

    I have a Siamese (well, I think; she looks like one but I don't know anything about cat genetics).

    One thing I think is interesting is that, when she came to us, she looked very much like your picture. The older she got, though, the more the dark coloration from her nose migrated and spread.


    Now she looks like this. (Please try to ignore my disheveled hair. A recent surgery has reduced my opportunities to shower.)

    edit: My wife likes to describe our pets by their apparent flavor. Ripley, shown above, is s'more flavored. Another cat, a striped one another lemming once described as "standard issue cat," hasn't been given a flavor. Instead, because she has one white toe, she "stepped in milk."

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    As I understand it, that’s very normal with cats with point coloration.

    Hope you’re doing well post-surgery! Looks like you have an excellent in-home nurse to look after you.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Thanks! All told I have five ladies, human and otherwise, who seem to be collaborating to ensure my comfort and well-being. They're all doing good jobs and I'm grateful towards each one of them.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    See, I've heard that before! The dark coloration spreads a bit with age. Honestly, like you, no idea. I've had striking looking kittens show up before, and three yrs later, come back and say hello.

    I believe this little one will at some point.

    That's a good lookin cat right there and if I were a betting man, I'd wager it's siamese. Just my opinion, of course.

    I've also always heard siamese are a bit temperamental.

    Idk.

    Please hang in there. Surgery can take it out of ya. 🙏

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I hope you get to see this one again sometime soon!

    Yeah, Ripley used to be kind of a jerk. She's always been patient with our young kid, though, and has started warming up to me these last few months.

    Thank you! I'm on the upswing from the surgery, at least in theory. I'm scheduled to see the surgeon for a follow-up tomorrow and, honestly, if he does nothing but confirm I don't seem to have an infection, I'll probably be on my way to feeling fantastic. The surgery was on my spine and I'm still getting accustomed to being able to do things like use stairs without whimpering.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That looks like a Ragdoll. I adopted one years ago, she looked similar. Here’s a pic of her when I got her:

    She grew up to look like this:

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    regardless of the breed it could be a colorpoint kitten, for reference here is my (british) colorpoint girl as a baby:

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Kinda looks like our ragdoll when she was little...

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Here is mine with similar colouration (and looked more like yours when she was that age) who I believe is not Siamese. I’m not sure what her mix is, but I have a feeling she’s not purebred and I’m doubtful she has Siamese in her.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago

    Nice kitty! Love the goof troop shot lol

    I'm beginning to believe (based on the help here) my little fren might just be a purty kitten, not Siamese. Got a feeling it'll wander back around someday. It's kinda a thing with kits around here.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Looks like a ragdoll. I had one, he would purr like crazy with the smallest bit of attention

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    What? The cat distribution system called on you, and you refused it!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    AAAAAAAAAAAA

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    You lost out on nearly two decades of the best friendship ever. Don't ever do that again.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Pal, cats /kittens are not a new or random thing around here.

    I'm sure the little feller found his way, likely into a good home if I had to guess.. I am not obligated to take care of it just because it's makes my eyeballs water up.

    Cats are extremely common on these streets.

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