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MissMillie

(38,549 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:16 PM May 2020

My guy brought home a new kitten tonight

(We need this like we need holes in our heads.)

He brought her in, let me hold her for a while, and then comes out with, "This doesn't mean we're keeping her."


Not keeping her? Yah right.

She's an 8 week old Siamese. She's very laid back and sweet. Definitely a lap cat.

We'll give her a few days to see if she names herself. We have a few names in mind, but none of them may suit her.

Pictures to come.

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My guy brought home a new kitten tonight (Original Post) MissMillie May 2020 OP
OMG we just got another one too montanacowboy May 2020 #1
Vanida lapfog_1 May 2020 #2
The "V" consonant can be pronounced as either a very soft V or more commonly a W grantcart May 2020 #18
If she's perky and peppy, Palomita is cute. Literally it means Little Dove in Spanish, but tblue37 May 2020 #3
How about Paloma? gristy May 2020 #6
If she's very perky, Paloma might be too calm. But Palomita includes the diminutive, and tblue37 May 2020 #7
seinfeld reference gristy May 2020 #10
I never watched the show, though I have seen some clips online. nt tblue37 May 2020 #11
Congratulations! I love Meezers. catbyte May 2020 #4
I'm getting a new Siamese kitten next week. Won't know his name till he tells me. SharonAnn May 2020 #5
I haz a blue point snowshoe siamese ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #19
It's always the right time to get a new kitty!❤ Karadeniz May 2020 #8
I had a tiny Siamese so small she couldn't properly meow. littlemissmartypants May 2020 #9
Mia in Thai means "wife" grantcart May 2020 #17
Cool, fun fact. Thanks, grantcart. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants May 2020 #20
Aww she sounds so sweet! as does your fella! liberalla May 2020 #12
Whether or not you need another furbaby is irrelevant. soldierant May 2020 #13
This is our second cat MissMillie May 2020 #21
I don't have any furbabes now, soldierant May 2020 #24
cats know their names when it suits them kiri May 2020 #14
Siamese cats are awesome. PatrickforO May 2020 #15
Our Siamese is named Siam and we call him Sam grantcart May 2020 #16
Here she is MissMillie May 2020 #22
Trying again w/ the photo MissMillie May 2020 #23
What a little beauty. So cute! Absolutely irresistable. Not surprised you have a new fur friend! Judi Lynn May 2020 #25

montanacowboy

(6,083 posts)
1. OMG we just got another one too
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:21 PM
May 2020

Like we need another fur baby....not

Rescued from two young men who had her living in a bathroom as they had pitties.


She is the sweetest little Himalayan with the biggest blue eyes you ever saw. Oh well, here we go again!

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
18. The "V" consonant can be pronounced as either a very soft V or more commonly a W
Thu May 14, 2020, 02:09 AM
May 2020

The name you refer to would be pronounced Wanida.

There are some unusual errors on that list, for example Sirikit doesn't mean Queen it is the name of the Queen, wife of King Rama IX Bumiphol, who passed away a couple of years ago, and now mother of the current King.

It would be a good name for a regal female cat.

When the Siamese cat was developed over a hundred years ago it was only legal for the Royal family to have them.

tblue37

(65,328 posts)
3. If she's perky and peppy, Palomita is cute. Literally it means Little Dove in Spanish, but
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:22 PM
May 2020

it is also their word for popcorn.

I was going to name my Siamese Palomita, but she told me her name was Lucia (pronounced Loo-chi-a). I call her Lucy, but sometimes I call her Chia Pet.

tblue37

(65,328 posts)
7. If she's very perky, Paloma might be too calm. But Palomita includes the diminutive, and
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:41 PM
May 2020

also suggests high spirits.

Of course, you could name her Paloma & call her Palomita, just as John can be called Johnny, and James can be called Jimmy.

SharonAnn

(13,772 posts)
5. I'm getting a new Siamese kitten next week. Won't know his name till he tells me.
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:30 PM
May 2020

He's a blue point. I've seen him on video but haven't met him in person yet. My 2 year old chocolate lynx point Siamese is lonely after losing his buddy 6 months ago. He likes having at least one other animal in the house.

People ask me what I'll name him and I have to explain that I have to wait until he's here and lets me know his name. LOL!

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
19. I haz a blue point snowshoe siamese ...
Thu May 14, 2020, 02:24 AM
May 2020

This is mah boy ... he'll be 17 this year ... I've had him since he was 6 months old, 2003 ...

Luckily for him (and me), he seems to dig music as much as I do ... as we speak, he's crashed on the floor right between the two stereo speakers, and about 4 feet from the subwoofer.

He could be anywhere in the house where it's quiet, but nope ...

littlemissmartypants

(22,631 posts)
9. I had a tiny Siamese so small she couldn't properly meow.
Wed May 13, 2020, 10:51 PM
May 2020

I named her Mia.

I also have a very beauty challenged Chihuahua rescue. She's got several birth defects but that's a part of her charm, so I named her Bella.

Congratulations on the new addition to your family.

❤ lmsp

soldierant

(6,847 posts)
13. Whether or not you need another furbaby is irrelevant.
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:27 AM
May 2020

What's relevant is that she or he needs you.

(And they always end up filling a need anyway, a need you didn't know you had as a rule.)

MissMillie

(38,549 posts)
21. This is our second cat
Thu May 14, 2020, 07:50 AM
May 2020

And we have 4 dogs.

One of our dogs likely needs a tooth extraction, and we don't have the money for it.

It was just a couple of weeks ago when we were asked if we wanted a kitten. Al and I talked about it, and in our discussion we agreed that another pet wasn't a good idea.

interestingly enough, I told my sister that somehow the kitten was going to end up with us.

Two days ago, I figured I was wrong--that he had dismissed the idea of bringing the kitten home.

Last night, he comes home w/ this sweet little girl inside his coat.

Sent sis a text last night: "What'd I tell you?" Her reply: "LOL. you have a new kitten."

soldierant

(6,847 posts)
24. I don't have any furbabes now,
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:52 PM
May 2020

but when I lived (with my retired mother) in a neighborhood - in a small rural college town there were a lot of strays. At one point we had 12. All were spayed/neutered. Fortunately none had other problems requiring money. Do you have a GoFundMe? Or a PayPal email? I couldn't send a lot but I could send something. (ADU email would reach me if you don't want tit public.)

kiri

(794 posts)
14. cats know their names when it suits them
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:36 AM
May 2020

When we got our calico kitten from a shelter where she had been rejected twice before--<<does not play well with others>>.

I saw her as pretty and playful. 15 yrs ago--she is elderly now. I proposed to name her NPR, because our radio is on 20/6. This was unwieldy and evolved to became Pearl.

Cats are funny as every one knows. Pearl knows her name when spoken by Arlene, but ignores me except at dinner time.















grantcart

(53,061 posts)
16. Our Siamese is named Siam and we call him Sam
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:49 AM
May 2020

We lost our golden "Champ" to cancer and a year latter my Siamese bride of 40 years was unloading the trunk when this year old Siamese jumped on into the trunk. Wife walks to the apartment with tears and I tell her we can't keep him.

After a couple of nights we go to the vet, use the chip to find the owner 3 miles and hundreds of apartments away.

Ten days later he returned to us, he passed hundreds of apartments and apparently had dozens of fights as he was cut from head to paw.

Took him to the pound and claimed him. After a week he was ours and we became cat people.

At 3 in the morning he jumped on us and I said "starting tomorrow he sleeps on another room".

Of course we get jumped on every night as he acts out his jungle fantasy.

He talks all day long and my wife argues with him in both Thai and English. He is trained to get his teeth brushed and walks the neighborhood on a leash. He is extremely handsome but only slightly conceited when people flock to admire him.

It seems so far fetched that he would find us and find us again but my wife has the only explanation that makes any sense: Champ was missing us and wanted to come back and knew that the coming back as a Siamese cat would make it obvious and we would take him in.

When his mother isn't there I ask him about it and he is mostly quiet but the says something philosophical like " does it matter who I was in the last life" or "maybe I was Sam before I was Champ".

I know (sort of) that he is just playing with my brain and we eventually drift into silence. Eventually he will start to drift to sleep and he moves over and puts his paws on my hand and his head on his paws and drifts to sleep with a loud pur as he rests up to leap on us at 3 A.M.

These are the times and tribulations of a Siamese cat named Siam that we call Sam.

MissMillie

(38,549 posts)
22. Here she is
Thu May 14, 2020, 08:56 AM
May 2020

The yet-to-be named new member of the family.

It's not a very good picture. Lighting in the room bad, flash makes it worse, couldn't get her to sit still and look at me--go figure, I couldn't get kitty to behave.







(Also trying out a new image hosting site... so I'll have to work on sizing the pictures.)

Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
25. What a little beauty. So cute! Absolutely irresistable. Not surprised you have a new fur friend!
Thu May 14, 2020, 09:15 PM
May 2020

Very best wishes for her.

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