Siamese for a Sunday Morning

[Stargazer]

Originally Posted by louise

lmao at the santa one!!!! i bet he was so humiliated. you are making me want a siamese again.

Well, if you would get a tarantula, I guess a Siamese isn't out of the question for you. lol Willowee is a wedge-faced Siamese. These are the kinds you see at cat shows. Usually they are very expensive, but he came from a shelter. I couldn't believe my luck when I saw him there.

[louise]

Originally Posted by Stargazer

Well, if you would get a tarantula, I guess a Siamese isn't out of the question for you. lol Willowee is a wedge-faced Siamese. These are the kinds you see at cat shows. Usually they are very expensive, but he came from a shelter. I couldn't believe my luck when I saw him there.

you definitely lucked out on that one!

[Stargazer]

Willowee turned out to be a real rescue. He had been abandoned by two sets of previous owners. The first ones left him to wander in the streets with his tag and collar. When someone found him and called them, they didn't want him back. (this makes me very sad)

The second set of owners surrendered him because he was too sensitive to live with their 5 other cats. He had been declawed on all 4 paws (!!!!) and developed a spraying problem as the only way to defend himself.

This cat is so neurotic that I'm sure if anyone else had adopted him, he would have been put down by now.

[louise]

Originally Posted by Stargazer

Willowee turned out to be a real rescue. He had been abandoned by two sets of previous owners. The first ones left him to wander in the streets with his tag and collar. When someone found him and called them, they didn't want him back. (this makes me very sad)
The second set of owners surrendered him because he was too sensitive to live with their 5 other cats. He had been declawed on all 4 paws (!!!!) and developed a spraying problem as the only way to defend himself.
This cat is so neurotic that I'm sure if anyone else had adopted him, he would have been put down by now.

oh wow. that is sad.

[Stargazer]

This is one of the main reasons I am against declawing. Aside from the fact that it's painful for the cat, it causes psychological deficits. Cats depend on their claws for defense and to climb to get away from predators. I cannot believe his owners declawed him on all fours and then left him to wander the streets. Poor thing cannot even scratch himself. (I can't help much with scratching him, cause I bite my nails.)

Most of the cats in shelters that have spraying problems have been declawed. I'm not saying they all do, but when you have a multi-cat household, you run the risk of the declawed cat spraying to mark its territory.

There are SO many cases where the person will have the cat declawed to protect their furniture. Then the cats starts spraying and won't stop. No one will adopt a spraying cat, so it gets put down. It's very sad.

[singlebambi]

Willowee is so handsome and Destructo is so pretty. I love the pics.