Mutant dear, please don't be insulted. I think all cats who are healthy are beautiful. I just prefer the apple-headed
type. It may be that I've seen some very over-bred cats. Funny, the comment about the Persian nose or its
absence.
Shiva has such exceptionally deep blue eyes against her
sedate coloring. Cats, large and small, are a wonderful
mystery to me and probably the most beautiful critters in the world. I have a friend who has two Savannahs and both are beautiful and very different. My cat is a black and gray tabby and a huge, muscular hunk of a cat and he's gorgeous too.
BTW, look at Fletcher's beautiful green eyes. There's mystery there.
Nah, I'm not insulted, not seriously so, since I understand what you mean.
I also love all cats and had a "normal" looking one before I got my Siamese and my OSH (Oriental Short Hair). Unfortunately, he was completely crazy and unpredictable, and this is coming from a person who has been surrounded by cats in various forms and shapes since childhood, so I had to put him down.
I tried everything I could think about before, so it was not an easy decision for me, but since all I could count on, after having him for two years, was that he was going to attack me at least once a week. Between these attacks (I've no idea what triggered them), he was the cuddliest and sweetest little cat, so it hurt even more to have to do this.
I put him down (or the vet did) after being in contact with a veterinarian that was also an expert on cats and behavioral problems in cats, where I learned that cats, apparently, inherits about 80% of their personality from their fathers, and since my first cat was one of these many unwanted/unplanned ones, no one had any idea what the kitten's father was like. I also knew the person who bought my cat's brother, and he was also completely unpredictable and aggressive from day one, so it seems to have been something they inherited from their father.
Since I NEVER want to put any physically healthy animal to sleep ever again, I decided to go for a pure breed, where they keep tabs on the mental health of both parents to the kittens. And, since I had experience with Siamese cats and loved them, I decided to get two of them.
If I had had the opportunity, I would have chosen an apple-headed Siamese over my more triangular headed ones, but there doesn't seem to be any breeders for this older type of Siamese here in Sweden. I love the look of my cats, but I strongly believe the apple-headed ones are more healthy.
Opps, blah, blah, blah.. Sorry for high-jacking the thread!
