Last Friday we got a surprise package from Danijela!
Oooh, how happy we got when we discovered tons and tons of some of Jelena’s favorite candy in the bag!
The cats were helping tremendously. They love to organize stuff, though we often have different opinions on what “to organize” means.
The Siamese routinely steal the blanket now. We need another one. I’m sick of waking up freezing with two white cats looking at me like: “WTF, don’t disturb us human”.
They should really be nicer and more thankful for all the food we give them, the sand they spread over the apartment, the toys that lie everywhere and don’t get me started on that kitty-furniture on which they lie to watch over their servants. But we really don’t deserve better.
We pay to become slaves and somehow think it’s all worth it. Adorable fuzzy little furballs 
Leroy’s gums are a bit inflamed. He had a mild form of gingivitis before, and is prone to it, but a regular care prevents it. In order to calm the inflammation and help killing the bad bacteria, we put propolis drops in his mouth after we cleaned the teeth cleaning.
Leroy does not like the taste of propolis that much. Now, that was a serious understatement; he does not like it at all. After some drooling and foaming (he looked like he got rabies), Leroy went into the sulking mode and showed us clearly how insulted he was. All the Siamese spent the night out of our bed, in another room! Jossan also got some propolis. Maven and Miii did not; they have never showed any signs of gingivitis so far.
It is hard to brush their teeth with any brush; the smallest we could find in pet stores were too big for their small jaws. We tried brushing with the “finger brush” that is made of micro fiber, but that was too big for Jossan, even for Leroy. Now we use cotton swabs (Q-tips) for massaging and cleaning their teeth and that works fine.
Jossan is in heat again! Only two weeks after she was in heat previously.
Either she did not get pregnant or she is one of those queens who get into heat even while pregnant… yes, there are such.
Whichever is the case, I can not sleep. Mrauuuuu. I recorded a part of her call. Unfortunately my equipment is not so good (K810i, a Sony Ericsson mobile phone), but you can get an idea how it feels…
\”I love the world\” by Josephine Brown, a Siamese cat in heat
Yes, like that, non stop.
Some time ago we decided that it was time for our Jossan to become a mom.
We searched a lot in order to find a suitable candidate for her first date, and it was not easy.
There were a few really handsome guys we considered, but at the end we were completely charmed by Flipp; CH Concinnus Crown of Creation, JW, OSH n (a black Oriental). Flipp’s owner is Jill Back, La Bell, and he is bred by Iann & KG Tinbäck, S* Concinnus.
He has a nice temper, good profile, long and slim body and is simply gorgeous. His eyes are somewhat greener than on this photo.
Thank you, Jill, for letting us borrow this handsome boy!
We did not get much sleep for two nights when Jossan got in heat, since Jossan got her vocal abilities from Leroy, meaning than when she yells, the windows break and the furniture is falling apart… sort of. And cats sing (some may say “yell like lunatics”) a lot when they are in heat and in love with the whole world…
Jossan got into heat on Monday, and we took her to Flipp on Wednesday. At first she thought he was scary and hid under the bed, but after almost a day she decided Mr. Black was acceptable as a date.
So, we keep our fingers crossed now…
We got Jossan from Jill today, since the mating is done, but Jossan is still in heat, meaning that we will not be getting much sleep today and probably not tomorrow night either…
We spent some serious time investigating Jossan’s 2,9 kg of weight. She is muscular, lean and not skinny. The vet said Jossan has a good size and proportions (and that is a veterinary that also breeds Siamese and Orientals, so she is quite familiar with the race). Still, 2,9 kg does not sound like much!
A healthy grown up Siamese cat usually weighs: male 4-6,5 kg (9-14 pounds); female 2,7-4,8 kg (6-10 pounds). Also, this article I found was interesting (Siamese cats are just mentioned):
Some healthy adult female Siamese cats weigh as little as 5 lb (2,26 kg) though some male Siamese can reach 20 lb (9 kg). Some Siamese breeding lines give smaller, more “fragile-looking” cats than others and the old-style Siamese cats are more robust than the rather skinny modern version of this breed.
The source: “FELINE MEDICAL CURIOSITIES: DWARF CATS, GIANT CATS, FAT CATS” written by Sarah Hartwell.
I guess that Jossan’s lean look is more of “a skinny modern” one, although her mum is more robust. Jossan is her daddy’s little copy.
Here is an interesting read about the history of Siamese cats and the descriptions of two different types of Siamese – the more round version, similar to the original Thai one, that was imported from Siam (Thailand), and more elongated, modern version of the race. From the article:
It is important to raise that several breeders believed that there were two types (morphologies) of Siamese. Mrs. Veley would have written herself that its cat (Pho) had a rather thin line and that its second cat (Mia) was rather robust and round. Thereafter, Mrs. Carew Cox, a judge of cat-show and founder of the first Siamese club, would have also noted, to see two types of lines : one compact, with a short body, short legs and a round head, while the other with a body and a semi-long, nimble and sinuous head.
We tested Jossan for FeLV/FIV and checked creatinine and urea (BUN) blood values. Everything is as expected; she is FeLV/FIV free and the kidney function parameters are within the normal range.
She is very slim, though. Jossan eats like an elephant, but in spite of that she is the leanest Siamese we’ve seen. Except maybe for her grandmother Aisha, Leroy’s mom. A veterinary that checked Jossan earlier said that her weight was fine, but still, I would prefer her to go up in weight a bit.
Jossan is not skinny; she is very muscular, but somehow - tiny. Maybe she needs some more fat. Hm.
Miii weighs 3,7kg now. She lost 0,6 kg since she moved to us and got to run outside and in the apartment together with our other cats. Her body looks a lot like her dad’s now, although she has a bigger frame than her sister Jossan. Daily wrestling with Leroy will keep her stay in shape.
Siamese are very slim and muscular cats, of medium weight and great lenghts. Still, some of them do get a bit overweight if they do not get enough exercise. Well, Miii’s days as being overweight are over!
I filmed one of their wrestling episodes a few days ago. It is a bit hard to catch them with a camera being ready… it is much easier taking shots of flowers. 
Miii (Angel) is the darker one, the blue point Siamese. At the end of the clip, you can notice Jossan, a little white spectator watching from a cat transport cage that was temporarily on the floor. Jossan likes to watch our other cats play, and sometimes she joins them, sometimes not.
We call Angel “Miii”. That was the sound she makes sometimes (pronounced as “meee” in English), when she wants attention. She is used to be called ”Miii” now and we think it suits her well.
Miii did not want to come home when it got dark this evening. I called her, and she did not come.
Usually the Siamese stay out only for a short while, unless we are out with them. They are never out if we are not at home. Maven is allowed more, since she is “street smart”, and also, she likes to stay out longer. The Siamese like to be close to their humans, but it is good for them to run out a bit and eat grass when the weather is warm and it is not raining. They like a lot when we are out gardening, they are always “helping” us.
So, this evening, Leroy and Jossan were inside and Leroy got upset hat Miii did not want to come home. I let him out and he found Miii and took her home!
Leroy was totally crazy and wild when he was small, but now he has became a very responsible cat who takes care of the other members of the cat family. Cats mature socially between 2 and 4 years of age. He is about 2,5 years old now.
I love this picture Jocke took; Maven is playing with one of her mouse toys. That cat is fast.
This picture could not have been taken before one week stay at a cat hostel. Spending time together on a much less space than usual does wonders for their love for each other. Every time we got them back from there they were nicer towards each other.
Our cats always stay at Solgläntans kattpensionat when we are out of town for a longer time. One day they can be without us. Two – four days they can be at home with a cat-sitter. Usually our friend Thomas takes care of the little ones. He sits and codes on his computer and they let him.
They take good care of our and other kitties in Solgläntans. They are cat enthusiasts that also take care of homeless cats and find them good homes. That is their primary area of engagement. If you live in Stockholm area and need a good place to leave your kitty while on vacation, we warmly recommend Solgläntans kattpensionat.
Here are Leroy and Angel occupying the new pillow they got yesterday. Angel has intense blue colored eyes, and Leroy has amazing dark lilac eyes; their true color is hard to catch on camera. Lilac and chocolate point Siamese have that lilac shade of their blue colored eyes that other Siamese do not have. All Siamese have blue eyes, and that gene is not connected to deafness.
Leroy weighs 4,2kg and Angel 4,3 kg, but he is more muscular. Angel is running a lot with the other cats since she came to us and is getting leaner. Jossan is very lean and small cat, 2,9kg. That is okay for a Siamese. Leroy’s mom, girls’ grandmother, is also lean and thin, but Jossan’s and Angel’s mom, Hannah, is quite big boned, and Angel has inherited her build, but Leroy’s length. Their half brother, one of Hannah’s sons, LillFrank, weighs 6,5 kg! He is not really fat, he is very muscular and big.
It is a nice sunny day in Sweden, third or fourth in a row, and I am amazed and happy. I forgot how summer feels. It feels good. The cats have been outside the whole day and we have been gardening for hours.
This is Leroy, who stopped for a a moment when he heard me calling him from the balcony, while he was running around like crazy. This is the only picture I took that does not look like an unidentifiable white blob in the middle of the field.
We always get so happy when we see bumble bees on our balcony or in the garden.
This is Sweden. We who live here love sun, too, but we do not get to see it as much as we would like to. But, when we do, it’s a blast.
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