Did You Know That Siamese Cats Can Change Colors?

                                       
Crazy Comic Collecting Man showed up at the place with a strange expression.  He had just finished visiting his parents at their home, which is exactly why the look was questioned.
"Our Siamese, Squishy, is changing colors.  He was taken to the vet and when we went to pick him up, he had a shaved rectangle.  Now, the fur has grown back and the rectangle is black."  CCC (pronounced triple C) said.
"Did someone smoke one of those funny cigarettes in your neighborhood again?"  Cait, my human housemate, questioned CCC.
"Well maybe.  My parents caught the neighbors' kid banging around on their roof again.  But that's not the point!  My cat has a black rectangle on his belly where there was once light brown fur!"  CCC explained.
This is true, dear readers, Siamese cats change colors.  Imagine the typical Siamese: 
                               
This picture was a pain to download, just like Miss Lily, that lap-lover I live with.  No wonder she's Siamese.
Well, You see the parts where the fur is darker...These are the areas that lose the most body heat and thus, the fur grows in darker.  I'll see if I can find a scientific explanation for everyone.
"The pointed pattern [1] is a form of partial albinism, resulting from a mutation in tyrosinase, an enzyme involved in melanin production. The mutated enzyme is heat-sensitive; it fails to work at normal body temperatures, but becomes active in cooler areas of the skin.^[10] This results in dark colouration in the coolest parts of the cat's body, including the extremities and the face, which is cooled by the passage of air through the sinuses. All Siamese kittens, although pure cream or white at birth, develop visible points in the first few months of life in colder parts of their body. By the time a kitten is four weeks old the points should be clearly distinguishable enough to recognise which colour they are. Siamese cats tend to darken with age, and generally adult Siamese living in warm climates have lighter coats than those in cool climates. Originally the vast majority of Siamese had seal (extremely dark brown, almost black) points, but occasionally Siamese were born with blue (a cool grey) points, genetically a dilution of seal point; chocolate (lighter brown) points, a genetic variation of seal point; or lilac (pale warm gray) points, genetically a diluted chocolate. These colours were at first considered "inferior" seal points, and were not qualified for showing or breeding. All of these shades were eventually accepted by the breed associations, and became more common through breeding programmes specifically aimed at producing these colours. Later, outcrosses with other breeds developed Siamese-mix cats with points in other cat colours and patterns including flame point, lynx (tabby) point, and tortoise-shell ("tortie") point."
Quote from the wisest of wise websites, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_(cat)
So what happened to Mr. Squishy, CCC's cat, was the area the vet shaved off was cold, so the fur grew back darker.
Lily is a lilac-point and thus diluted according to the passage.  Yes, I said diluted and not diluted chocolate.  I was trying to be funny.
The introduction of Squishy to the cast may leave readers with the question, "Why's his name Squishy?"
This, dear readers, is a disturbing look into the mind of CCC.  He's not all there.  The cat was actually bought from a breeder who wrote, "Maximillian of the Five Crowns" on the paperwork that accompanied Squishy to his new home.  At some point, Squishy started liking CCC more than the other family members and he dubbed him Squishy.  Remember, this is a man in his 30's who owns many, many comics and knows as much about them and their storylines as he does about literature or history.  Very disturbing indeed!
Cait, however, just baby talks to us.  This is much better.  I like Cait and show her my affections often by interrupting her whenever possible.  She gave us all tuna today.  Yay!
Well, dear readers, that's the extent of my scientific research for the day.  I hope everyone thought it was interesting.

Miss Lily the Siamese Kitty Gets Snobby

                                        
Oh, dear readers, I've got a good one today.  Lily the lazy Siamese, I live with, doesn't like being told, "No."
Soon after Lily was adopted, Cait, my human housemate, discovered telling Lily not to do something made her upset.  For example, Lily is sitting on the counter and Cait catches her there.  Cait says to Lily, "No" and then Lily says, "Ah-nnnnnnn!"  While this protest is leaving her mouth, her upper lip and whiskers wiggle with the vibration of the sounds. 
Most new cat owners, when discovering the nasty side of a Siamese, would be concerned, but not Cait.  She thought it was great and waited to show the naughty behavior to Crazy Comic Collecting Man.  
CCC (pronounced triple C) showed up about an hour after the first incidence and Cait said, "Look what Lily will do."  Since CCC was coming from work, he was in the process of putting his keys and wallet down when he was bombarded with this new information.  Of course, he looked at Cait confused and then Lily even more confused.
Cait said to him, "Watch Lily and see what she does..." then putting Lily on the counter said, "No." 
Sure enough, Lily said, "Ah-nnnnnnn!"  Her whiskers wiggled and everything.  She didn't even attempt to remove herself from the counter.  I, Blittie the good kitty, would jump down.
Next day, Cait discovered Lily didn't like words that ended with an O, like taco or Plato. 
Lily was reposing happily on the couch when Cait was talking on the phone about getting some tacos.  This brought back some memory in the little mind of Lily and out came the "Ah-nnnnnnn!"  Cait found this absolutely hilarious.
CCC returned from work again and Cait was watching TV.  She turned to CCC and asked him if he liked to read Plato. 
"What are you talking about? Plato?"  CCC asked confused.
In response to the sound of Plato, Lily became annoyed and said, "Ah-nnnnnnn!" 
She'll even say this in mid-sleep.  Someone brings up something with an O sound and sure enough, Lily says quietly, "Ah-nnnnnnn..." during her sleep, whiskers wiggling.  Sometimes, she only manages to pull back her upper lip slightly and make her whiskers wiggle.  This is understandably followed by giggling and snickering.