Siamese cats are amazing. I'm on my second because the first had some genetic issues. We rescued him around 3-4 years old and got 4 good years with him. I knew something was up when he started spending even more time on my lap than usual (which was a lot) and seemed lower energy, kidney issues are common in them. Got my second about 9 months after he passed when one of my friends rescued a momma and 3 kittens. One didn't make it but the other 2 were strong and my current boy grew up into a big strong kitty. He isn't the lap cat my first one was (yet) but he's still sweet and loving even though he's a brat and a bit of a hellion when he gets worked up lol. Still just a big kitten when he gets going, I'm hoping because his momma was a tabby that he'll be healthier as well. My friend managed to snap a pic of the stray we're pretty sure is his dad, they look super similar lol
Do pure siamese usually have health issues? I didnt know that :( goodluck making your kitty a lapcat haha. My new girl was.. then when she finally got to bond with my existing cat, he taught her HIS WAYS. Now theyre both the same and hate sitting on any body part. Goddamn you cat.
Yeah, they're more likely to have kidney problems and crappy teeth commonly. Obviously, there's the cross-eyedness and the kinked tail that show up on occasion, but that's really just cosmetic.
Otherwise, Siamese cats are pretty robust. My parents' cat Michiko, a seal-point traditional siamese, has never had an issue besides dental plaque, and her blue-point brother Squiggy was also healthy as an (admittedly rotund) horse his whole life despite what I'm pretty sure was a rare kind of congenital heart defect.
Siamese have an above average lifespan for a cat breed the average lifespan for a moggy is 13 - 17 years and 15 - 20 for a siamese.
Just lost my 18 year old Balinese 2 weeks ago, which still hurts.
Teeth issues are probably the most prevalent issue, the one that just passed away had only 3 teeth left, my 6 year old black oriental has 7 teeth left & 1 of my 18 month old cinnamon point siamese has terrible gingivitis that just wont go away.
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I'm sorry to hear about your Balinese. Yeah, the teeth thing happens a lot for some reason. I only mentioned the kidney problems since the two wedge-head Siamese cats I had in high school died young because of them, but the four Siamese cats my parents have owned since have been incredibly healthy other than the genetic crapshoot heart thing.
Thanks, cancer got him in the end, funnily enough he did have heart murmur. Its.some times luck of the draw but as you said on the whole they are robust.
I have one with wobbly cat syndrome & so far he is bullet proof lol
This is why I hate breeding. Most pure breeds are fuxked up in one way or the other. Yet we keep doing it and it's someone not considered animal cruelty.
Dude, as long as the gene pool is large enough, most cat breeds aren't going to be predisposed to serious health problems like dogs are. My parents' cat could have been a mutt and had the same chance of getting that heart defect. He actually lived for three years past the six months the vet originally gave him.
Not all. Scottish Folds all suffer from health problems. The same thing that makes them cute (the bent ears) also makes them sick. If two humans from the other side of the world with the same genetic disease had children the fact that they are not from the same small gene pool wouldn't affect anything.
As I said, most. Obviously the modern Persians and the other breeds with traits connected to illness aren't the ones I meant. I forgot about the Scottish Folds having connective tissue issues. I meant the breeds like Abyssinians, Maine Coons, Japanese Bobtails, British Shorthairs, Turkish Vans, Siamese, Burmese, Russian Blues, etc, that were originally derived from the cats that live in specific areas. Otherwise known as most breeds.
I do agree that the issues are smaller with cats. I think the problem is that as people took those cats from the areas they came from, the breeding pool got smaller and smaller, so more incest. Also people pushing the limits and selecting bad traits of breeds. We just need to be careful. Personally I would never buy a cat of any breed as to not enough it. Adopting obviously doesn't count, especially when in some case you are picking an older cat that you know willl have problems but still love it like it deserves .
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u/ThatDopeGLI Dec 12 '19
Omfg that cat is way too cute