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blackjedii December 5 2016, 11:56:37 UTC
stuff I learned last week -

Siamese oats are temperature sensitive.
http://pets.thenest.com/can-siamese-cats-fur-change-dark-light-10963.html

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wrestlingdog December 5 2016, 12:01:32 UTC
According to QI, if you put a Siamese cat in a fridge, it would come out pitch black.

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blackjedii December 5 2016, 12:24:30 UTC
Well we did have a Siamese kitten that would routinely crawl into the fridge to get to the meat drawer

And she was indeed verrrry dark

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blackjedii December 5 2016, 12:01:33 UTC
also I tried out Steven Universe this weekend. Can't get into it but I'll give it a few more episodes.

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ladycyndra December 5 2016, 19:24:29 UTC
Uh YES YOU WILL!!!! It really is a great show. Report back.

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blackjedii December 5 2016, 22:15:02 UTC
Reporting back. It's not bad and I like the gems. Find Steven reaallly obnoxious though which probably has more to do with that childish upbeat team mascots are super-cringey to me than anything.

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hudebnik December 5 2016, 12:29:20 UTC
Not to mention Siamese cats :-)

(I wanna hear about the Siamese oats, though....)

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blackjedii December 5 2016, 12:30:20 UTC
Well they're very triangular and can cause allergies in some humans ;)

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mimblexwimble December 5 2016, 13:11:30 UTC
I have two and can confirm. Their coat also changes when they're sick. My poor old man is getting light fur (fever coat) on his face because he's not feeling too well right now. :(

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blackjedii December 5 2016, 15:53:12 UTC
oh no! My only consolations is kitties are very hardy so here's hoping he feels better quickly.

We've had siamese in our family but this is the first time I've had a Siamese myself and he's a lynx point. With very bad breath. I'm a red tabby girl so he's very different to me.

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moonshaz December 5 2016, 19:43:13 UTC
I love lynx point Siamese! I used to live next door to a lady who had a Siamese mix that looked just like a lynx point, and I love that cat.

I sympathize on the bad breath. My cat used to have that, like WHOA. Have you ever had your guy's teeth cleaned professionally? It's not the cheapest thing in the world because they have to use general anesthesia, but the results for my boy were worth every penny. Especially since the vet found a couple of bad teeth that needed to come out while she was at it, which we would have never known otherwise. I'm really glad decided to have it done.

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blackjedii December 5 2016, 22:17:34 UTC
Well he's three now so I'm going to look at doing a professional cleaning maybe next year (aka when I get my car paid off, fingers crossed) and I'll need to plan to do one for the dog sooner or later too.

The one nice thing is he's halter-trained so taking him to the vet just means leashing him up and tying him in the backseat. I have too many traumatic stories about trying to put cats in carriers.

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moonshaz December 5 2016, 19:32:40 UTC
Interesting! I always thought Siamese cats just naturally got darker as they aged, because ... well, just because, lol. Never knew temperature had anything to do with it. I learn something new every day!

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