According to the vet who examined him when we got him from the shelter he's half blue point Siamese and half tabby. He has a very tabby like body with the Siamese coloring. The eyes, which you can't see in this picture, are a very very pale blue rather than the sapphire of a purebred Siamese. I'm told this is very characteristic of the cross.
I have a cat that looks just like Dominic (and has the same background)! Her name is Xena and I think her Siamese side comes out more than her tabby side. She talks all the time and is rather demanding when she doesn't get attention. She will jump on a person's shoulder to make sure that person understands that Xena needs something *right now*. Luckily she is so soft and loves to cuddle so her victims generally get over it right away.
JWC: Loki is a not uncommon name for cats. He's the Norse version of the Trickster and is always causing trouble. Certainly that's how ours got his name. I too am a reader of fantasy and science fiction, but I've known about Loki for years on account of my fascination with mythology of all sorts.
Oh! What breed is your Dominic? My Angel has that same kind of coloring and body type, but she's a stray, and I've always just 'part siamese, maybe'.
Adorable critters. :)
Posted by: rusty | January 30, 2004 at 12:43 PM
According to the vet who examined him when we got him from the shelter he's half blue point Siamese and half tabby. He has a very tabby like body with the Siamese coloring. The eyes, which you can't see in this picture, are a very very pale blue rather than the sapphire of a purebred Siamese. I'm told this is very characteristic of the cross.
MKK
Posted by: Mary Kay | January 30, 2004 at 01:39 PM
I have a cat that looks just like Dominic (and has the same background)! Her name is Xena and I think her Siamese side comes out more than her tabby side. She talks all the time and is rather demanding when she doesn't get attention. She will jump on a person's shoulder to make sure that person understands that Xena needs something *right now*. Luckily she is so soft and loves to cuddle so her victims generally get over it right away.
Posted by: Mirele | January 30, 2004 at 05:12 PM
Hmm... He looks like a Burmese to me.
Posted by: Matt McIrvin | January 30, 2004 at 09:28 PM
I have a cat named Loki that looks a lot like your baby. Mine is a chocolate brown Burmese, he looks almost black in pictures.
How did you come up with the name Loki? I read a lot of fantasy and that is where I got the name, a Nordic God of something......
Fun.
Posted by: JWC | February 01, 2004 at 02:46 PM
With Mary Kay's Permission, I've added the images of her cats to my ecard section. :)
http://ericbrian.com/ecards/ecards.php?cat=Cats
Posted by: EricBrian | February 01, 2004 at 03:53 PM
JWC: Loki is a not uncommon name for cats. He's the Norse version of the Trickster and is always causing trouble. Certainly that's how ours got his name. I too am a reader of fantasy and science fiction, but I've known about Loki for years on account of my fascination with mythology of all sorts.
MKK
Posted by: Mary Kay | February 01, 2004 at 07:35 PM