![]() I’ve had Siamese cats throughout my life, but the fact is people here know very little about these elegant felines and there are far fewer in Ireland than there were some years ago. One of the cutest traits of Siamese cats, however, is that they aren’t half as solitary as other breeds, loving nothing more than to cuddle in a big furry pile with one another as they groom and take naps. I’ve learned to accept that they’ve either squeezed themselves into an impossibly tiny cavity and are having a great time tormenting me, or else my cheese has finally slipped the cracker, so to speak - only instead of going batty, I’ve rather appropriately gone ‘catty’. They’ve reconnoitered every square inch of our house - the good, the bad, and the dusty, and I regularly hear the muffled meows of seemingly invisible cats. Sphinx like brothers Beau, Thumper, and Gable I’ve walked into rooms and caught them dangling, cliffhanger-style from 12-feet-high cornicing, and they’ve sharpened their claws on pretty much every piece of furniture and carpet they’ve had access to. Two seconds later, el pussos have scarpered, in just the same fashion they arrived, and I’m left wondering, ‘What the hell that was about?’ I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been sat in front of the computer, keenly focused as I stressed over a deadline, when all of a sudden a beige blur comes tearing across my desk, whipping every single sheet of loose paper skyward, as paperclips and pens are fired off the desk in completely random directions. However, despite Disney’s regrettable culturally reductive portrayal - which is problematic for modern audiences - one of the undeniably attractive things about the Siamese breed is their mischievousness, adding just the right amount of chaos to an otherwise orderly life. ![]() ![]() When I tell people that I have Siamese cats, they tend to look at me a bit askance, first saying, vaguely, how beautiful they are, and then generally referring to the mischievous Siamese cats in the famous Disney movie Lady and The Tramp. ![]()
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