This is because of their aggressive and territorial behavior. There is a misconception that Siamese may fight back children who may try to tame their aggressiveness. Children may also not know how to respond when the cat starts biting, growling, or scratching, making them fight back and bite them. They are much less dangerous than any animal kept as a pet.
They have excellent temperaments around children allowing them to play with them. Siamese cats love human interaction and may bite their owners when they feel ignored. If you are away most of the time, the cat may bite you as a way of revenging your absence. Siamese cats may also attack their owner if they do not want too much attention or petting.
These cats are friendly and love attention, but there are times they dislike being touched too much. Attempting to touch the cat when it wants to be left alone will earn you a bite.
Siamese cats may also attack their owner when irritated by their behavior. The cat may be irritated when unwell or when being bothered by an injury or stomach upset. These cats may also attack you if you mess up with their toys or teasing them too much.
Siamese cats may attack their owners when manifesting their short-tempered behavior. Once the cat approaches you and you ignore it, it may lose its temper and attack you. Siamese cats are protective of their territory. Your cat may attack you to defend their territory if they feel you are a threat.
Your cat may attack you when feeling uncomfortable at the moment. The behavior is more common to cats trying to adapt to a new environment. Moving to a new house may also make the cat uncomfortable before it adapts to new surroundings.
If the cat-faced abuse with its former owner, it might attack you if you are a new owner. Seeking help from a qualified veterinarian will help solve this specific issue. Your Siamese cat may attack you if you touch it. Siamese cats are sensitive to touch, especially those with a history of previous animal attacks or abuse from owners.
The slightest touch may provoke the cat suffering from trauma to self-defense, prompting them to attack you. Your Siamese cat may attack you due to its predatory instinct. Cats are generally hardwired predators. This sometimes manifests; hence they may attack you for no reason when both of you are snuggled in the bed and sitting on the sofa. Siamese cats are not weird but unique. This type of breed is more talkative and incredibly alert compared to other cats.
Siamese cats love to explore the outdoors. They have a larger frame that makes them less suitable for domestic life. Siamese cats want to be more involved in your life and will follow you around your home.
This type of breed is less elusive compared to other cats. Siamese cats are unique compared to other cat breeds. Their high intelligence, aggressive and territorial behavior makes them appear crazy when they are not. Cats will also show this behavior in different ways — to other cats, animals, or humans.
If you have an aggressive Siamese in your hands, keep an eye out for their trigger points. The things that trigger their aggression could give you a huge insight into their past.
For example, if your Siamese gets scared by a specific object or movement, this could mean they have a bad history with said item. Strangers may also switch them to attack mode, much like other cats or animals can.
Cats that suffer a traumatic past are scared of being touched, hurt, or tortured. So, aggression is just a means of self-defense, even if you do not intend to hurt or harm them.
Healing trauma is not an easy mountain to overcome. It will take a lot of patience, but with your love, you can give your Siamese a safe and comfortable environment where they can thrive. If your Siamese is kind one moment then aggressive the next, it can be hard to pinpoint the reason why.
Humans get angry, and animals get angry too. Since Siamese cats as a whole are incredibly playful, even adults may show aggression when playing. When cats play, they incorporate predatory, exploratory, and investigative behaviors.
Playing allows them to get out their survival instincts. Bitting, pouncing, and batting these objects is just a way of investigating — especially if that object resembles prey. These little attacks will usually happen when you least expect them.
Going down the stairs, moving under the covers, turning a corner — any movements your Siamese may see as sudden. The posture in which your Siamese shows will be similar to when catching prey. Twitching tail, low crotch, and wrapping themselves around your feet while biting. Allow them to do their own thing, be that sitting on your lap or having time alone.
If your Siamese continues to beg for attention, just walk away from them. If your cat shows these aggression signs, try giving them a little treat to prolong the petting time. If your Siamese feels threatened, they will use scratching or biting as a defensive mechanism.
Man does he talk when he's out of water, wants more food or wants attention, you know it. I have two other cats, both female, a mainecoon mix and a tortie. They are both also extremely loving and loyal. But jack is so jealous!! If I am petting or playing with one of the female cats, he saunters over and is right in top of us. When I have company over, doesn't matter how many people, he works the room so that every single person has pet him lol. But the best part? He's extremely cuddly. Every night he follows me up to bed, lies on his back with his head on a pillow waiting for a tummy rub, he just purrs up a storm and reaches with his paws for my face.
It's too cute. My mainecoon gives kisses when I ask her to. Ok, I guess I am a crazy cat lady lol. My seal point Siamese is 10 months old and still as wild as the day we got him!
He needs several hours a day of constant feather wand attention or he's an insufferable jerk the rest of the day and terrorizes our other two older cats. He meowed once the day we brought him home as a 10 week old kitten and never again after that. He's so insanely curious about everything I'm doing.
He never licks or eats anything, just a nice sniff and he's done, looks at me like, "Oh that's very nice, you may continue. He isn't very cuddly, slowly coming around to that I hope. He's very entertaining as long as we can keep his energy drained so he doesn't stalk the other cats. Thanks Jackson Galaxy, I learned a lot of tips from him. I don't know what he wants, do you have any idea? It might be affection, but he is very cuddly and we pet him and cuddle him constantly, he sleeps in my bed curled up against me, he sits in my lap whenever I sit down and I let him, he drapes across my shoulders like a fashionable shawl When I was a child I wanted that cute white female Persian in the commercial and my dad brought me a male, certified American cat fanciers?
Sorry now a dog owner male, a lynx who eventually was no where near white. He Bright eyes made his beautiful music at night. I believe my parents learned more about the breed, mated him with my brother'so chocolate siamese and they had gorgeous kittens! I almost became a vet. Still love medicine, but deal with humans and love animals all the same.
Thank you author James Herriot! These animals are smart, loving taught mine to climb trees for treats and pose, I have a 7 year old seal female, and she's an absolute doll. We originally got her to calm our other cat - who was a literal devil - I rescued a kitten, who became a very scary cat - he kept on attacking my mother and I starting from 2 years old - with very deliberate and serious wounds. Before, as a kitten, he was abused mom died, he was malnourished, and some teenagers hurt him and even though we got him at 5 weeks old, he had already shut himself off He was very playful, but he lacked affection, would constantly hiss and was very fear-driven prior to being 2.
He started to attack my mother at random moments a wolf spider in the bathroom, bringing back groceries from the store, a knock on the door, etc , turning into serious attacks each year. At 9 years old, after 3 months of being chilled, he tried to attack my neck Anyway, my mom and I thought about giving him away to a non-kill shelter, but after talking with him, they said he would be killed because he was too dangerous.
We tried to find a farm for him, but he was an indoor cat with very long-hair and needed a special diet otherwise he would bleed in his urine. We spoke to vets who said to "put him down" and then we decided we wouldn't couldn't kill him In his favor, although he was attacking us, he was ultra friendly and protective to our pet mouse, and was exceedingly gentle to the rodents he "found" in our house. Anyway, so we decided to get a little Siamese girl, and our little girl taught our rescue how to meow and how to sniff.
She tried to snuggle and play, but he refused. She picked up on our rescue's insanity - she became very cautious, and honestly her growth has been stunted by our other cat, even though we mainly had them separated. He passed away - and we recently got another Siamese kitten. I just wanted to say, that seeing our Siamese female deal with this pure, friendly kitten is heartbreaking.
Its heartbreaking to think of our rescue, and how those formative baby weeks couldn't have been changed with even 9 years of constantly working with him. And its unfair that my little girl is so psychologically scarred. It really brings home how we all walked, moved, talked very carefully in our own "den", and were prepared to deal with a hint of warning sign, to widened pupils, a tail wave, a hiss, or a full-fledged attack.
My little Siamese girl accepted our new kitten within 12 hours - we knew she wouldn't hurt him. She didn't approach him, but watched him from a distance, when he got his head caught in a basket and cried in pain, she was right up there to see what was wrong and to help, and she's so very protective. I know it will take time for her to feel free to play, and for her to trust another cat she only knew one insane one , but I'm glad she has this opportunity.
I'm sad it took me so long to see how hurt this made my Siamese, and I'm sad that the little rescue I tried so hard to rehabilitate was forever, a lost, pain-inflicting cause We come from a household of die-hard cat lovers. I can see now how some people would hate or fear cats. I still can't see killing cats no matter what clean terms you'd want to call it , and I know that there are many great strays that are adopted at all ages and exposures, but I do see myself sticking with breeders or loving households, for a long time coming.
I want to know my kitty who I'll be committed to for the hopefully long duration of their life, is a kitty who was loved, loves and can love. I have a manx black cat, and she had a litter of kittens with a neighborhood cat, and 2 of the kittens were Siamese. This has happened twice before where she has a Siamese colored kitten.
I kept the Siamese girl, and I was wondering if you thought that these tips would still apply to her? She has a very Siamese personality and features, including ear and face shape.
Another problem is when I pet her she meows at me quite alot. She will start purring and then interuppt her purring with a loud meow. I am not sure if she is 'talking' to me or if she is annoyed and wants me to move my hand to another spot.
I just adopted a blue point and she will wail in the middle of the night until I get up and pet her and when I stop she will keep wailing. I've only had her two days but I can't sleep! She is my baby and I love her so much but my mom gets annoyed a lot and I don't know what to do. I have recently adopted a Blue Point Siamese cat about 3 months ago now and she is absolutely beautiful and lovely natured but she is still very skittish.
She's not literally scared of everything all the time but she is easily spooked by sudden loud sounds and noises outside. You can tell when she's scared of something because she won't follow me around like she usually would and she just moans under the couch. We have had 2 Siamese Lynx Point in the past and they were a lot like this too. Is this normal for the breed or have I just had an anxious batch of them?
Our Siamese is 7 yes old. He is the sweetest and most docile cat indoor. But when he goes outside and we tell him to go inside he gets angry. We were working in the front yard and all of a sudden he was transformed into a fierce beast and started attacking us. My wife had lacerations in all extremities. I don't understand the reason for that behavior and I don't know what to do. We love him so much but his bites were very dangerous.
We had to go to the ER. I just bought an 8 week old Siamese kitten and was curious as to why he can't go 10 minutes of being alone without meowing non-stop.
Or why he likes to wake me up every few hours of the night biting me and meowing. As i can see this is all part of their little inherited personalities.
He is definitely an outgoing little guy with a strong personality. Jawad, it's really hard to say. I would hate splitting them up, too. Not only that, but even if you did get just the female, there is no guarantee that they would get along. Maybe the brother and sister would gang up on Stewie, but its not likely. Since they're kittens, Stewie would most likely get his enjoyment from watching them play with each other, thankful that they aren't involving him in their antics. When my Big Girl in the pictures above started seeming lonely, I got her a male companion.
For a very long time she absolutely hated him. I adopted him as a kitten to give her the opportunity to bond with him, but her answer was to beat him up every time he had the audacity to darken her doorway. They were all her doorways, of course. Now, two years later, she love-tolerates him. I think it is because he is now an adult, and thus a little more mature.
She'll even give him little baths when she believes no one is looking. The most important thing is how you introduce Stewie to the new kittens. Cats aren't like dogs, they don't forgive. So keep the kittens in their own space, allowing Stewie to sniff the door and your shirt at his own pace.
Slowly blend their scents together, and very slowly introduce them. By slowly, I mean weeks There may be fireworks for a few weeks, but after the initial adjustment period everyone should be fine.
If it seems like any of your cats are especially distraught, please seek the help of your veterinarian. Thank you so much for commenting! I share a 3 bedroom apartment with my 2 younger brothers. We are all working adults and are out for hours on weekdays.
We have a neutered 5 month old Siamese named Stewie. He was a little ill lately and our vet told us to get him a companion cat preferably a female. We came across 2 Siamese kittens that were 8 weeks old, a boy and a girl.
Those guys are inseparable and being so adorable we have our hearts set on both of them. We just can't figure out if we would make the situation worse by getting both the kittens and making Stewie super jealous and left out. Will the brother and sister gang up on Stewie? Should we just get the girl? I loved this article. I laughed at it all because it perfectly describes my cat, sushi.
She's a seal point siamese. But, I wouldnt change a damn thing about her. But she sounds like shes smoked for most of her life. It doesnt take much time before she wears herself out.
I never considered a siamese, but now that i have one. I dont know if I will ever adore another breed so much. She is simply my world. My mom's friend got herself a Siamese before being depoyed. And once she returned the little fellow had attached himself to my youngest daughter.
We jokingly say that she is his human. But in reality that's is the truth. He sleeps with he, walks with her outside, talks to her through the bathroom door when she showers, and waits for her on the porch when the bus is dropping her off from school. He comes when she calls, sits down when she tells him to, gets on "his pillow " she but on her bed for him to sleep on when she pats the pillow and says "Come on Minion let's go to bed.
It is a bond I found strange for a cat to have with a human. I mean it's like myself and my APBT. But the love that I feared would be lost and the heartache that they would feel when my mom's friend returned and wanted to move out and take "her cat" with her prompted me to buy the cat at the cost she paid for him.
I honestly believe that was the best thing for my daughter and her Minion. He is nearly attached to her hip. She even being 6. And that he picked her. She saves her money and buys him a new collar ever 6 months. I wish I could share a picture of them it's just to cute.
I never thought about a Siamese cat to be an addition to our home but he has shown me that they are a great breed and are very loyal. I have a mixed Siamese he looks like a tuxedo cat but has the Siamese traits. Hates being picked up. Very dominant and always near me. He was very vocal and very loud when he was younger but as he gets older not so loud but still vocal lol.. My 3 year old male Siamese, Indiana Jones, is talkative and loving. He is crated every night in our bedroom because he gets into trouble during the night due to being able to open any door.
Our three story home is great for him because squirrels jump through the trees in front and he runs from window to window, up and down stairs, to keep up with them. He is leash trained and enjoys chasing bugs, frogs, and dogs out of our yard. He is a great friend for my husband and me. I have a 2 year old Siamese and everyone in the family adores her. She loves to fetch and boy is she a cuddle bug and very vocal when she wants attention. We have 4 cats all together but have the time and room for them.
Siamese like all animals are a lot of work and money but well worth it. I encourage anyone who is getting a Siamese or any animal to fully research and listen to this article this lady hase Sianese's needtoknows down to a T. I have a 19 year old Siamese. She is the most wonderful cat ever. I wouldn't own anything but a Siamese.
It is very true my Ruby talks to me constantly and I've always loved it. The article was purrfect:. I adopted our female siamese at 3 weeks of age. She is now I was raised around cats from the point of comception. I thought witb enogh patience I could win Jasmine over.
Aw- that video with the your sweet dog is priceless. Love that little swat. I have a siamese and an oriental. They're the best cats a person could want. Interestingly, my siamese barely has a meow at all.
A weird genetic flaw of some sort I suppose. The sounds that come out are like monkey squeaks. Like a quiet chimpanzee. The oriental, on the other hand- he can be loud. I have two Siamese sweeties. One opens bi fold closets and sleeps on shelves. One night I had just gone to bed after watching a scary movie at Halloween. No joke, at around three in the morning the closet door slooowly opened!
I jumped to the ceiling. It was only my Siamese. Thank you so much for sharing! I will definitely have to try this. I know she certainly doesn't tolerate rude behavior if it's me doing it, and not her , so it may just work. That's amazing! I would absolutely love for you to share your training trips on here, if possible. My rotten little Siamese has me trained, but vice versa has proved impossible for me. Health Problems. Freshwater Pets. Freshwater Aquariums. Saltwater Pets.
Saltwater Aquariums. Exotic Pets. Guinea Pigs. Pet Ownership. Animal Welfare. Farm Animals as Pets. Welcome to PetHelpful. I have owned Siamese cats my whole life and love them. But they are a special breed. Pros Cons They love to be around people and act much more like dogs than cats.
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