Conference misery::feline_v1

    
    Maybe Tisha was jealous of your granddaughter?
    I've seen this sometimes with my two cats -- if Sweetie is getting
    some cuddling, sometimes Holly will walk by and take a nip (and then
    keep on walking, pretending that nothing happened) -- little
    demon, she knows she'd get petted too if she settled in.  I try
    to cuddle them both at the same time, or if I'm cuddling one and
    the other walks by, I "invite" the second one in, to try and counteract
    any tendency for jealousy.
    
    Could this be why the cat seeks out your daughter?  Does she get
    more "undivided" attention from her?
                     

    RE: jealous of granddaughter
    
    I have only had Tisha one week, I don't think she is jealous in
    that short a time frame.
    
    RE: daughter
    
    I pay more attention to Tisha, she just took to my daughter the
    second she saw her.
    
    I was thinking I was paying to much attention to her, mabey if I
    gave her cold shoulder for a few day's she would appreciate my caring
    for her a bit more.

    I think that Tisha has chosen your daughter as the `human' in her
    life.
    
    Just sit back and enjoy what rewards Tisha will give you.
    
    Sandi (Lightning's & DejaVu's mom)
    
    

    One thing about Siamese they are very one-on-one human oriented.
    I've got one named Misha (misha meet Tisha-Tisha meet Misha) anyways
    she is very attatched to me and vica-versa ;when she was a kitten
    she generally shunned everyone else and now has a reputation as
    an absolute snob, but as she got older she began nizzling up to
    other people. They love attention - pure and simple!
    Have fun with her, believe me Siamese are very clever and creative,
    once she gets her bearing on who's who you'll have lots of fun..just
    give her some time...
    Fran
    

    Boy, is Fran right!  I have a couple also - Sasha is almost 9 
    years old.  I AM HER PERSON.  She tells me this every waking
    moment of every day of her life.  She tells my other 12 cats
    this every waking moment of their lives.  She tells any and
    all visitors this when they come to our house.  The older
    she gets, the more people she tells!   When she was a baby
    she wouldn't let anyone else hold her - at least now, she
    will snuggle with almost all visitors (what a relief!).
    She has slept under the covers every night that I don't
    boot her out - boy, is she a bed hog - she likes to sleep
    right in the middle - heaven help the kitty that decides
    to crawl under also!  She creates a Holy War in the middle
    of the night!  Sasha is beautiful and as slender as she was
    when she was a year old, but boy what a pain! Sorry to have
    run on, but she has been very vocal lately!
    
    E.T.
    
     
    
    

When Hannah came into my life, she had been adopted by a friend of mine.
The minute Hannah met me, she decided I was the one she wanted to own....
My friend was "cat smart" and picked up on the situation and gave Hannah
into my care, as it was obvious that this kitten was not going to be
happy living anywhere else but with me.  Rene has since adopted another
kitten who needed a home, and Hannah is happily, energetically turning
my home and the other resident cats upside down.  Sometimes, I think a
cat "knows" someone in a special way and it has nothing to do with
whether that person is the primary care person or not.  I know that
Hannah really likes my roommate, Marge, but she follows me everywhere
and sleeps with me.

However, my black cat, Samson, has gravitated to Marge and although
I pay all vet bills, he really owns Marge much more than me now.

This is a perfect excuse for you to go out and find a kitten to own you
and be a companion to the kitten already in residence!    

    Tisha is warming up,  she did sleep on my bed last night, she heard
    my daughter come in and did not cry at the bedroom door. PROGRESS
    My daughter insist's she is going to introduce Tisha to Sasha (a
    cat hating dog).  I don't think the cat is ready for it, her previous
    owner had her spayed and declawed three weeks ago, she then sold
    her to me, the day she came to me she got stuck in a wall behind
    my kitchen cabinets for five hours.  I think this is enough trama
    in her 6 month life for a while.  I am afraid without the claws
    she will be at to much of a dissadvantage with the dog.  The dog
    is outside all day, Tisha is an indoor cat, when the dog comes in
    at night I keep Tisha in my room. I am sure some day the twang will
    meet, but for now I just want the cat to get accostom to the house
    and humans.

    I also have two Siamese - Pyewacket is very definitely my older
    sons.  Mao is mine.  They politely ignore anyone else.  
    
    As for the bite - either of mine  have been known to take a nip
    when they just plain don't want to bother with you any longer.
    
    As others have said - enjoy them.  They have so much personality!

    
    Re: biting your granddaughter
    
    When our oldest Siamese Sandy was about 6 months old, my nephew
    came over for a weekend.  He must have been about 4 years old at
    the time.  We had had Sandy since she was 6 weeks old and hardly
    ever had anyone over to the house.  Anyway, Joseph was there for
    the weekend and Sandy seemed very out of sorts about this.  For
    no reason at all, she jumped onto Joseph's back and injected ALL
    of her claws as she tried to hold onto him.  Of course he screamed.
    He didn't even see her coming.  And she jumped down and ran away.
    She must have known she did something bad because we didn't see
    her for a while.  She hid somewhere in the house.  But I think she
    was just very jealous of the attention a stranger was getting, even
    though she was still getting just as much attention as she was used
    to.  They all have such different personalities, who can tell? 
    Just love them and they will love you back in their own way.