Conference misery::feline_v1

    Hi...welcome to Stanley and Tisha!  It's not unusual for an older
    cat to take a kitten as its own, even if the older one is a male!
    My Honey (who is an altered male) took to little Chauncey right
    away, mothering him, washing his face (and whatever else needed
    to be cleaned...ugh...).  They must feel such a sense of
    responsibility!  To this day, Chauncey prefers to get his mothering
    from Honey instead of me, but Honey is still my 'baby'!
    
    Mary

    Two Seal Point Siamese.  What are you going to do when they are
    older???
    
    As to the older cat `growing up'.  I have noticed that too with
    my DejaVu.  She was such a `tiny' little thing (so much smaller
    than Lightning) and I always thought of her as `the baby'.  Since
    we brought Thunder into the family, Deja looks so much bigger. 
    She also isn't doing all her kittenish antics either.  Boy, I miss
    them....
    
    Sandi (Lightning's, DejaVu's & Thunder's mom)
    
    
    P.S.  Deja will always be `the baby' to me.
    

    Why ??? Is something going to happen when they get older that I
    don't know about, are they going to get huge (like a lion) ?  I
    hope not, I have one more (bluepoint) coming the end of August,
    I do so enjoy them, I am not much of a handler of the fur faces,
    I am more an observer.  I have an aquaintance that will not come
    to visit since I got my first Siamese, that worked out so well that
    I decided to get another (kind of joking, kind of not).  I agree,
    Tisha looks so big to me now that Stanley has come to live with
    us.  My family thinks I am going of the deep end with all these
    cats, I find them a lot of company and lots of love also.
    Eileen

    No I didn't mean that they were going to get huge like lions, just
    maybe like panthers.  Only kidding
    
    I just meant that two sealpoints will look so much alike that unless
    you check the sex, you might have a hard time telling them apart.
    
    Sorry about that.
    
    Sandi (Lightning's, DejaVu's & Thunder's mom)
    
    P.S.  I love them too.
    

    RE: -1
    
    Sandi, you think sealpoints look alike, wait until Snooks gets older.
    I won't be able to tell Snooks and Silver apart! 
    
   
    :-)
    
    Holly
    

    It's a trick figuring out who's who with three all black males!
    The only way I can tell which is which is by their eyes & tails!
    If I'm not fast enough to figure it out, and one of them is being
    naughty, I just yell, who ever the h*ll you are, stop it!  I 
    used to say that the name of my next kitty would be "Who Ever The
    H&*ll You Are", but I didn't have the heart to do it.

    I kind of felt I might have a problem telling them apart when they
    are fully grown, I will just have to check for the fixtures in order
    to know who I am talking to.  Funny thing, Tisha has the typical
    Siamese cry (like a baby) Stanley on the other hand has a loud piercing
    cry.  Will that change as he gets older ?  
    
    Eileen

    Elaine,
    
    I can sympathize as I also have three black cats. Luckily, Niky
    looks a lot different from the twins, so he is real easy to identify
    (much larger, very bushy tail, and a cauliflower ear). Panther
    and Eirene, however, look identical to the untrained eye, or in
    dim light. They are about the same size and have a good deal of
    siamease in them. Panther has double paws, and a more triangular face
    than Eirene. Eirene's features are a bit softer and rounder, and her
    eyes are usually open wider. Panther struts around the house with
    his tail straight up; Eirene slinks around, stalking everything.
    Unless of course they are zooming ... I finally gave up and decided
    to put a blue collar on Panther and a pink one on Eirene. End of
    identity crisis.
    
    Deb

    I always thought that the boys looked very different!  Lately, it's
    becoming  harder and harder to tell them apart when they are in
    action doing something naughty.  It's funny because Timmy weighs
    14.5 lbs, Nikki - 10/11 lbs., and Alex weighs 12 lbs.  All three
    faces are VERY different, all three coats are very different, but
    when they moving, I just can't tell.  It's getting so now they
    all answer and come to all three names!!  Silly boys - maybe
    they think that I have gone over the edge with so many cats
    in the house - I know that my daughter thinks that!!

    Eileen,
    
    My parents have 2 seal point siameses - one female and one male.
    You can definitely tell them apart. Sue, the female is much
    smaller than Sam, the male.
    
    Don't worry.  Stanley won't get that big - only if you feed him
    an awful lot.  Tisha has lighter colored eyes than Stanley.
    I'm so glad that they are both getting along superbly.
    
    Congrats!!!  Thanks for letting me know.  I really would like
    to know how he's doing from time to time.
    
    Shelly

    With four sealpoint Birmans I have found that the only time I have
    trouble telling them apart is when they are walking on my face at
    four a.m.  In the dark they all look alike!  Oh course they all
    don't feel alike.  I much prefer the dainty Joui (all seven pounds
    of her - unpregnant that is!) to the dead weight of Kalliste (upwards
    of 12 pounds now).
    
    There are subtle ways to tell the difference.  Coat color, eye color,
    gloving (on the Birmans), and personality (as in, Kyrielle would
    *never* do such and such).
    
    Jo