Need help naming these kittens. Oh by the way: kittens!

[Moose]

As you may recall, I recently lost my cat to liver cancer. House being empty and all, I knew it was not going to be very long before I'd adopt a pair. Well, my goddaughter's mother's sister has a houseload of kittens. Both mama cats gave birth about a week apart.

Seven kittens. Two adult cats. And a puppy. Then throw four adults, a pre-teen, and a toddler into the same room, and you have something akin to chaos itself. :D

I went down this weekend to meet the kittens and pick a pair to bring home in early June once they're weaned. I settled on these two:

I have fallback names ready (Akane' for the B&W, Ukio for the yellow tabby, both after the Ranma 1/2 characters) if I can't come up with anything better in a month, but in the mean time, I'd love some suggestions. Space or science related would be nice (though not mandatory), and keep in mind that both kittens are female. I'm also not insisting on a single theme, so pretty much anything goes.

[Tinaa]

I can't help much with names. We haven't been too original with the six cats that own us: Mama Cat, Big Boy, Big Fat Yellow Cat, Princess MeowMeow (she acts the part too), Lucky, Little Yellow Cat. All but the first two were foundlings.

Congrats on your new kitties. May they bring you the joy mine bring me!

[Pinemarten]

No sense naming them, they never come when called.

[Damburger]

My GF recommends 'Sooty' and 'Sandy' respectively.

[Gillianren]

Oh, those two are cuties!

My current cat is offically El Diablo. He and his brother, Don Miguel, were named after an Eddie Izzard routine by a friend who names all the cats she's planning to keep (she wasn't planning to keep D and his brother) after Mercedes Lackey characters and all her ferrets after M*A*S*H characters. I like the idea of theme pet names, I guess; it makes it easier to think of 'em. However, I will not be continuing the Eddie Izzard theme when I get a new cat next.

[Doodler]

Jay and Silent Bob.

[Moose]

No sense naming them, they never come when called.

I've heard it said that dogs will come when called, but that cats will take a message and get back to you.

Most of my cats responded to instructions as well as any other cat... when they felt like it. Even the feral responded to training (to the point she was willing to take a pill from my hand.)

I train them to respond to French words. I do that to minimize confusion with ordinary conversation and because the words I use are vocally distinctive. Of course, they have to be tempermentally willing to follow your instruction. They don't take commands, after all. But they are often quite willing to consider suggestions from their people.

[Moose]

Jay and Silent Bob.

Female cats, Doodler. Female cats. :D

[Moose]

Hmm. I think I'm going to throw "Zoe" (B&W) and "Kaylee" (yellow) onto the pile. They're very distinctive sounds I'll be able to train the kittens to recognize individually, and sufficiently thematic (hair color) that I'll have no trouble remembering which is which. *chuckle* Besides, serenity works for me as a theme, and it's not too obviously a theme.

[LurchGS]

I find it difficult to name critters that I don't know personally. The name should be an extension of the personality.

For instance, in this house, we have a cat named Kali (because she's a calico), Jay-R (big white shepherd) Oskon (dalmation/mastif/chow mix), and Buddy (AMerican Tundra Shepherd)

I named none of them. Kali was named by my youngest when we rescued her from the rain in Bremerton, WA. Megalon was about 3 at the time.

Jay-R - he's a rescue. Not even a member of my family named that one.

Oskon - my elder named him for a character in a book.

Buddy - SAR dog - named before he even came to the group. Again, not my fault

Correct names:

Kali = Slug. Just lies there all day
Oskon = Mudfootus Hyperactivus. His spots from the belly down are brown, and he has more energy than the local power company.
Jay-R = Roadblock. Since slug was taken by the cat. Besides, Jay-R is fat, and insists that the best place to lie down is in the middle of the most traveled path from wherever you are to wherever you are going.

Buddy.. ok, oddly, he's aptly named. Still, names like 'windsock' and 'Radar' come to mind. You could park a car in one of his ears (or, as one local news anchor put it "He has ears like tennis rackets!")

anyway, back to the kitties:

I suggest Stonewall for the B&W and Flump for the tawny - best I can do without knowing them

[Christopher Ferro]

TV theme: Laverne and Shirley
Cookie Theme: Oreo and Sandie

CJSF

[davidlpf]

so you had kittens, my naming of pets is not that good named a dog pup and a cat named cat (actually once a pair but his brother just vanished one day and could think of a pair of names).

[Celestial Mechanic]

No sense naming them, they never come when called.
My dad was able to call our cat, Bert (1983-2001). He would say "Where's the Kittybert?" and Bert would come running. No matter how hard I tried to imitate this it only worked for my dad.

[Christopher Ferro]

Our cat generally comes when we call her name, but it seems to be more of a courtesey than anything else.

CJSF

[peter eldergill]

How about "Bad Kitty" and "Very Bad Kitty"? You have to decide which is which

Cuties. both of them

Pete

[Swift]

Ohhhhhh..... Kitties!!!! They are very cute.

My cats have always responded when called by their names, though some were more responsive than others.

I had some paramedic friends that named their cats Lights and Siren. And many years ago, a programmer friend had DOS and Windows.

How about Ba and Ut, for the owners of our board? Or Phil and Fraser? ;)

Selena is always a good astronomy cat name. Or Andromeda (also has SF connection).

[Maksutov]

Rockette and Cowinkle?

[Doodler]

Nermal and Charlene?

[mickal555]

You had kittens!
Cool :)

[Maksutov]

You had kittens!
Cool :)Now, Mickal, I know you're young and all that.

Let me explain something to you.

There's a difference between the birds and the bees.

And people don't have kittens, cats have kittens.

Got that?

Good.

[SeanF]

Don't have kittens, Mak.

[Swift]

Don't have kittens, Mak.
It could be worse, he could be having a cow, man. :p

[Moose]

I'm not naming these kittens after characters from the Simpsons, Family Guy, or anything even remotely mainstream. Just sayin'. ;)

Serenity was killed before it went mainstream, so that's still good. I'm very close to settling on Zoë for the B&W and Kaylee for the yellow tabby.

[Donnie B.]

I'm all for the Firefly-theme names, but personally I'd go with River and Kaylee (instead of Zoe and Kaylee). The hair color thing still works, and the two names are more distinct (just in case one or both decides she's going to come when called).

Of course, you run the risk that River will grow up to be a disturbed psychic schizophrenic ninja cat.

[Trebuchet]

Now, Mickal, I know you're young and all that.

Let me explain something to you.

There's a difference between the birds and the bees.

And people don't have kittens, cats have kittens.

Got that?

Good.

People don't have kittens. Or cats of any age.

Cats have people.

[Celestial Mechanic]

People don't have kittens. Or cats of any age.

Cats have people.
Or as I've heard it said, "Dogs have masters, cats have attendants." From one who has happily rendered service as a cat attendant. :)

[dhd40]

It could be worse, he could be having a cow, man. :p

????????? ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hydra and Nix

[Moose]

Of course, you run the risk that River will grow up to be a disturbed psychic schizophrenic ninja cat.

They all are.

Nah, I'm happy naming her after the "chick everyone's more or less afraid of".*

The problem with River is the word comes up far too often in ordinary conversation in these parts. I don't want the poor thing getting confused.

* From Mosquito, the spoof of the Firefly making-of videos.

[Pinemarten]

The problem with a kitten is that,
It eventually becomes a cat.
-Ogden Nash

[publiusr]

Call the black one 'foots' with his white feet.

I might call the other one 'puddy'

[LurchGS]

1) Cats are con artists - they sucker most people into attending their needs. Some of us have more sense "see the door? It's all yours. Call if you are going to be late"

2) there's a reason cats are equated with woman (get your mind out of the gutter!) It's always a case of "I'm following you ahead of you" . Plus, they both love to pay with things before they kill them.

And I hate naming critters after TV/movies - that's for computers (my Office mac, for instance, is Slappy)

If you want to go with "famous" people, how about Moon Unit and Zoe Bowie Dweezle?

[Christopher Ferro]

Dweezil is male, though, and these are both female.

CJSF

[mickal555]

Now, Mickal, I know you're young and all that.

Let me explain something to you.

There's a difference between the birds and the bees.

And people don't have kittens, cats have kittens.

Got that?

Good.

Birds and bee's? What that got to to with cats and people?

[Mister Earl]

I had two kittens when I was a kid. I promptly named them "Whackjob" and "Suckerpunch", much to my parents chagrin. Whackjob would chase and attack anything, even the reflection on wall from something shiney, and would even slam headfirst into the wall so his "prey" wouldn't be able to escape. Suckerpunch like to ambush. He'd sit on your lap, being petted, purring the whole time... and the very second you weren't paying attention, you'd catch a batting in the face or worse. They didn't slow down as they got older... just more and more psychotic. I loved it! Then my parents had the cats neutered. Being a kid, I thought the original cats had died and my parents had tried to replace them. They weren't the same. They were CALM. There were no fun anymore.

[farmerjumperdon]

Akbar & Jeff. Great characters. I think they were moles, and each wore a fez. They were the entreprenuerial team from the comic strip Life in Hell.

[Casus_belli]

I agree with calling cats by their personalities. My first cat ended up being named "Pc" (For pussy cat) after many name changes (and much to my embaressment, after a visit to the vet to get her/him spayed) a sex change.

When we got a second cat I wanted to call it "Upgrade" (I thought it worked well with the "Pc" bit) and the missus wanted to call it "Fluffy"

However when the cat arrived it chewed on everything in its new home so we both agreed on Gnasher (For non-brits Gnasher was a cartoon dog in every childs fav comic "The Beano")

[SeanF]

I agree with calling cats by their personalities. My first cat ended up being named "Pc" (For pussy cat) after many name changes (and much to my embaressment, after a visit to the vet to get her/him spayed) a sex change.
Been there. My wife got a kitten from the pound and named him Oliver because he was kind of olive-colored.

After a visit to the vet, the name was changed to Olive because she was kind of olive-colored.

I wonder what the people at the pound thought they saw that made them identify the kitten as a boy?

[Christopher Ferro]

I was under the impression that sexing kittens was rather difficult for the first few months. Does anyone know if that's true?

We named our cat when she was a kitten, but she got her OTHER names based on her personality.

So she is now Lucy Amber Cleopatra - we only chose the first one ahead of time.

CJSF

[Swift]

When we got a second cat I wanted to call it "Upgrade" (I thought it worked well with the "Pc" bit) and the missus wanted to call it "Fluffy"

How about v2.0 or Beta? Or you could do like MS and the automakers do, and just name it by the year. "Here, Cat2007, come here Cat2007, dinner time"

[Gillianren]

I was under the impression that sexing kittens was rather difficult for the first few months. Does anyone know if that's true?

That's my understanding, yes. Certainly I've had difficulties at it in the past.

We had a kitten named "Velvet" once. We'd been at a friend's house getting some sewing done, and the mother cat felt she was not having her, you know, giving birth given sufficient attention, so she gave birth on the fabric one of my other friends was cutting. That got her attention real fast.

[Moose]

I was under the impression that sexing kittens was rather difficult for the first few months. Does anyone know if that's true?

Yup. It was indeed. We're pretty sure Zoe and Kaylee are female (at least they were two we were pretty sure about), but...

[LurchGS]

aw, so what if Dweezle (the human) is male? The name itself is not gender indicative as .. say.. Lucy.

Oh, another thing one should NEVER do is re-use a name. So for me, names like "Sir Edmund Hillary", "Mike Nelson" (a she, but she didn't mind the name), "Katzenjammer", "Missy", "Gremlin" (BEFORE the stupid movie, thank you very much), "Satan", "Spooky", "Squirrel", and "Boofah" are all scratched off the "what shall we name this thing" list.

[Moose]

I've done it, rather shamelessly, too. No fewer than four times. Yup, my first four cats were named Tinker, Tinker, Tinker, and Tinker. I'm pretty sure only the first was a Tom. The others were all female.

[SeanF]

That's my understanding, yes. Certainly I've had difficulties at it in the past.
I can only imagine the difficulties inherent in sexing a kitten, or any other small animal.

But while I wouldn't have been surprised at all by a "what we thought was a female turned out to be male," I was surprised by the "what we thought was a male turned out to be female."

If they sexed it as "male," they saw (or thought they saw) it, right? And since she was actually female, it wasn't there, right? Or do female kittens (maybe animals in general) have something there that can look like it? :whistle:

[farmerjumperdon]

AAAAAHHHHHHHH! My ears! Stop! Don't say that word again!!!!

[Moose]

If they sexed it as "male," they saw (or thought they saw) it, right? And since she was actually female, it wasn't there, right? Or do female kittens (maybe animals in general) have something there that can look like it? :whistle:

You'd think, wouldn't you? But it (sorry Don) is so small when they're kittens they sort of look alike unless you're really paying attention. Particularly when buried in fur.

It's also quite possible, unless you're very methodical, to mistake two very similar kittens in the litter (they do move around a lot) and end up sexing the same kitten twice. I can't say for 100% certain this didn't happen with Kaylee amid the chaos on saturday. (We're certain about Zoë, her coat being utterly unique in both litters.)

[farmerjumperdon]

OOOOOHHHHHHHHH! OOOOOOOWWWWWWW! Now you've said it too! AAAAHHHHHHHH! Now I've said it! EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!

[bearcub]

Name one Kit and the other Kaboodle.

*I tried this suggestion on my sister a few years ago. She did use Kaboodle, but didn't go for Kit. Go figure.

[Swift]

AAAAAHHHHHHHH! My ears! Stop! Don't say that word again!!!!
Ni!

Speaking of which (or should it be witch), how about Zoot and Dingo? :D

[Swift]

AAAAAHHHHHHHH! My ears! Stop! Don't say that word again!!!!
Ni!

Speaking of which (or should it be witch), how about Zoot and Dingo? :D

[HenrikOlsen]

I can only imagine the difficulties inherent in sexing a kitten, or any other small animal.

But while I wouldn't have been surprised at all by a "what we thought was a female turned out to be male," I was surprised by the "what we thought was a male turned out to be female."

If they sexed it as "male," they saw (or thought they saw) it, right? And since she was actually female, it wasn't there, right? Or do female kittens (maybe animals in general) have something there that can look like it? :whistle:
Actually, at an early age neither it nor them are visible in the males, so what you have to go by is the distance between the anus and the uro-genital opening, and the shape of the latter.

If you have both male and female kittens, the difference should be quite pronounced, but if you have only one or they're all the same sex, it takes experience to make the identification correctly.

[SeanF]

Actually, at an early age neither it nor them are visible in the males, so what you have to go by is the distance between the anus and the uro-genital opening, and the shape of the latter.
Well, there you go, that explains it. I mean, it. Thanks! :)

[Moose]

Just a quick update:

I'm told the kittens are all weaned, so I should be picking them up this weekend. I thought I'd post one of the photos I got this morning (which is now my office background image.)

I've settled on Zoë and Kaylee for their names. It turns out Zoë is the adventurous, rough-and-tumble kitten while Kaylee is a quiet, gentle proto cuddle-monkey. Seems appropriate. :)

I was mistaken about which yellow tabby I'd chosen when walking through my photos. The one depicted in the OP (with the white boots) is the male. Kaylee is tabby to her toes.

[Gillianren]

Oh, they're precious.

The other day, Graham and D were both asleep, and D was curled around Graham's foot. It was adorable!

[Swift]

Ahhhhh!!!!!!! I love kitties, and those are very cute.
Happy (pet) Father's Day Moose.

[Christopher Ferro]

I love kitties, too! I've sent a copy of the picture to my wife... sure to register a 10.0 on the Richt-awww scale (ok, fine, the geology puns are for another thread (http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?p=989051#post989051), but I couldn't resist).

CJSF

[Palomar]

I love kittens! Some suggestions:

Sosipater

ZsaZsa

Stella or Estella

Cassiopeia

Aurora

Camilla

Bellatrix

[Moose]

Sorry to be a pest with this whole kitten thing. I do realize I didn't invent the concept... ;) But I simply cannot resist sharing these two photos. They're just too darling.

To keep this brief: We're home, the kittens traveled very well together, and they're settling in very nicely. In the four hours she's been here, Zoë (B&W) is becoming increasingly comfortable with my presence and her new surroundings. She's been camped out on my bed, in my spot for the past couple of hours. Man, she owns comfy.

But I had a scare just now. Kaylee's been moving about, but generally keeping well hidden. I've had to search for her several times today, always in a different spot. This time, Kaylee was nowhere. Absolutely nowhere. I checked everywhere she could have gotten into, and knowing kittens can get into the tightest spaces, I checked everywhere I was sure she couldn't get into as well. Flashlight and everything. Well after ten solid minutes of searching, I found her. (I propped up the pillow a bit for the shot. There was no gap there when I'd been searching.)

I've no doubt I'll never have a dull moment again with this pair (which is kind of the point of the exercise. :) )

[Palomar]

Cute! Yeah, cats can find the craziest places to hide. Ours has been "MIA" all day. Nothing like a cat in the house, a dog in the yard.

Scrolling back, it looks like I missed your post wherein you mentioned their already-picked names.

Sounds like these kittens have nicely contrasting personalities. What fun. :)

[suntrack2]

No sense naming them, they never come when called.



:) interesting one.
suggesting the following names. (read from a. to f.)
a. delphy, b.murphy, c.lusi, d.lola, e.zeta, f.caty, g.mew. f.commander

[ktesibios]

What a pair of cuties!

As for sexing kittens, it can be tough even if you've had some experience with them. I once adopted a kitten who was about four weeks old; on the basis of a quick look under its tail I thought it was female.

But, when "she" had her first veterinarian visit a couple of days later, the vet found that she was a he. Fortunately I didn't have to change his name- "Squirrel" worked just as well for a boy as a girl.

If you're wondering why I would name a cat "Squirrel", it's because I already had a cat named "Moose".

[Donnie B.]

And dogs named Boris and Natasha, who continually chased them? :)

[Tucson_Tim]

Our cats are named after MST3K characters:

- Farciot Eduart
- Savage Pier
- Bart Fargo
- MCMLXVII (Pronounced McMulexvy - 'Mick' for short)
- PumaMan ('Poo' for short)
- Alphonso Coronablake
- Mootant

[ktesibios]

And dogs named Boris and Natasha, who continually chased them? :)
No, but about a year later I took in a brother/sister pair of kittens, whom I did name Boris and Natasha.

They did chase Moose and Squirrel around quite a bit.

I'm a bit weird about naming pets. The list of cats who have owned me over the last 30 years:

Blob
Feedback
Moose
Near-miss (an orphan kitten who was found wandering down the center line of a highway in New Jersey)
Squirrel
Boris
Natasha

[LurchGS]

or, if they are outdoor cats, you can name them Squished and Squashed

[Whirlpool]

I have a cat before when I was a kid and named her snow white since she's all white even her kittens.
But since it isn't applicable to your kittens, I have names like princess & sweetie. :p

[Christopher Ferro]

or, if they are outdoor cats, you can name them Squished and Squashed

:confused::cry::mad:

CJSF

[farmerjumperdon]

Speaking of Squished & Squashed (I always thought it was Smushed & Smashed); I can hardly believe the incidence of roadkill in our area this spring. Must be the relatively mild winter and/or the increased traffic as the tentacles of urban sprawl close in and/or critters being jostled from their habitat as a result of said sprawl. The number of deer, raccoons, possoms, bunnies, turkeys, and other LDT's* is definitely up.

*Little Dead Things

[suntrack2]

chimpi, donny, don, dona, simple, dimple, nurdy, burdy, sturdy, mee-awe, myao, miaao, mya, chimpu, gampu, tumpu, billy, fancy, sancy, new names of kittens. :)

is there a link of such names of cats and dogs, I am also in need of the same.

[Gillianren]

I tend to find most posted lists of pet names to be mainly comprised of names I wouldn't wish on another living thing--or even an inanimate thing! I don't know how many of you know the word "twee," but it's the word most posted cat name lists bring to mind.

[Moose]

Another quick update: I had more than a bit of a scare last night. There's a ledge along the wall of the stairwell in my home. It's seven feet above the stairs at its highest point. Apparently Kaylee (yellow) was exploring that when she fell off and landed on the landing of the stairs (thankfully not the stairs themselves!) with a single, audible thump. I'm pretty sure she's still not able to do the mid-air adjustments of an adult cat. I don't know how she landed, though. But the thump was ominous.

That was the first (and I sincerely hope the last) time I've ever heard a cat burst into tears of pain. She cried the feline equivalent of a toddler who banged its head. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

I examined her on my bed (door closed so Zoë couldn't interfere), and Kaylee accepted the gentle prodding and touching without complaint. No blood in her nose. Her eyes seemed to be focusing normally. Seemingly no damage.

She was initiating rough play with Zoë not a half-hour later. So I'd say she's fine, but man, she had me scared for a few minutes there.

[Swift]

That was the first (and I sincerely hope the last) time I've ever heard a cat burst into tears of pain. She cried the feline equivalent of a toddler who banged its head. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

Was it pain? My guess, like a human toddler, it was as much fear and alarm as actual physical pain.

I am glad that kitty and daddy are both ok.

[Moose]

Cats or kittens that experience "fear and alarm" tend to hide and go very very silent until they calm down. Both kittens have done it many, many times while they were learning the house. This was somewhat beyond my experience.

But yeah, Daddy's a lot less shaken than he was earlier (or last night, geez!). Talking about it with earshot of actual pet-people helps a lot.

[Moose]

Probably the last update: I just wanted to mark their first birthday tomorrow (31st), and post some "after" shots in case anybody's curious how they grew up. (And yes, they are getting treats tomorrow. They won't know why, but that's okay.)

Both cats are pretty mischievous, but have the same sweet and gentle dispositions they've had since birth. Zoe grew into a big and muscular amazon action cat, while Kaylee remains only about half Zoe's size, very soft and relaxed, and has one of the most gentle dispositions I've ever encountered in an adult cat.

It appears I chose their names very well, their personalities filled out almost precisely like their Firefly counterparts.

Anyway, here's a couple of recent shots.

[Whirlpool]

Moose , they are cuties .

I remember I once had a cat , so alike with your striped one , his name is Trigger,that was a decade ago, and is a michievous kitty too.

:)

[Mister Earl]

Reward them with the "Ultimate Cat Toy". Take a standard gas-station cheapo laser pointer, and tape it to one of those cat toys on a spring. Turn on the pointer, give it a whack, and watch the cats go nuts trying to catch the dot :D

[danscope]

As you may recall, I recently lost my cat to liver cancer. House being empty and all, I knew it was not going to be very long before I'd adopt a pair. Well, my goddaughter's mother's sister has a houseload of kittens. Both mama cats gave birth about a week apart.

Seven kittens. Two adult cats. And a puppy. Then throw four adults, a pre-teen, and a toddler into the same room, and you have something akin to chaos itself. :D

I went down this weekend to meet the kittens and pick a pair to bring home in early June once they're weaned. I settled on these two:

I have fallback names ready (Akane' for the B&W, Ukio for the yellow tabby, both after the Ranma 1/2 characters) if I can't come up with anything better in a month, but in the mean time, I'd love some suggestions. Space or science related would be nice (though not mandatory), and keep in mind that both kittens are female. I'm also not insisting on a single theme, so pretty much anything goes.

Hi, My family had scads of cats over the years.
Some of the interesting names:
Itty ...... one of the children came up with that...stuck .
Doughnuts ....he looked the colour of a plain doughnut...
Headlights ....kind of a bunch of mottled colours in the face and body
blacky....whitey......why not Grey-ie .yup.
Velcro .....this one had the sharpest little claws as he clambored up my pants legs ....and when you pulled him off....it was like velcro.
hair-bag .....my cousin's cat .....sheds like hell...but loveable.

and my cat.....Ferocious Billeau . A billeau is french for one of those dust bunnies that that seem to roll underneath your bed. And well...a 12 pound siberian cat is ferocious enough to earn his name. Look at the bones!:D

Best regards, Dan

PS: there is the Indian names. For instance: "Smells like tuna fish sometimes"
or "Catching different poor creatres sometimes" or
"Scratches different things"

[Doodler]

One of the two I adopted a few months ago is the most affectionate cat I've ever met. When I do my marathon sessions of mmo gaming, she jumps up in my lap and curls up. Or, she jumps on my chair back, rests her paws ony head and bites my hair until I acknowledge her. Funny as heck.

[Fledermaus]

Hi,
My cats now have as many names as the years they have lived, the origional is used when they are haveing a battle to be boss! Which stopes the fight in mid action then they bomb burst away to a corner for the next part of the battle!
Lieselottel becomes lila, lilly, lulu, minky, bbcat, fiend, lotty, lotsv spots the list is endless. Kitty some how become kitzy, kit kit, floaty, cat, schupys, schnu schnu and goes on . Poppy he was called red, poppl, marmaduke, ginger, stinky, horrace (as he ate everything!!) furball , and killer as he killed everything. toy birds rats dogs cats and and fella that came near me!!! Sadly he has died so have no protector for me and the girls, the big stick is still at the door tho.
I would have called the B&W one Cfor( c for cat) or minky and the stripey tailed one, Tigs or Blue

[peter eldergill]

A nicknime I have for our longhair is "dirtbag"

Heh...dirtbag...

Pete

[weatherc]

Our cats also rarely get called by their given names.

Bella: Belly, Belly Button, Bellarina, Weasel

Daphne: Daffy, Chubby Bunny (for the way she hops down stairs, and she's, well, chubby), Daffy Doo

Escher: Lunkhead, Knucklehead (despite these names, he's the smartest of the three; he just uses his intelligence for evil instead of good), Booger, Checkerhead (he has a white check mark on his forehead), Mr. Cat


Doodler: Even though I grew up around cats, I am still amazed at the range of personalities that they can develop and exhibit. I have yet to find two cats that are anything alike (apart from a love of sleep).

[Gillianren]

D's real name is El Diablo; he hasn't answered to that in a couple of years. (Not that he always answers to "D," either, because, you know, cat.) He gets various nicknames based on his current behaviour, usually in the "Mr. [appropriate word] Pants" variety.

[Moose]

Kaylee and Zoe both recognize and respond to their own names, and they're usually willing to come when called. Zoe even fetches under the right inducements.

[Trebuchet]

I've had at least three cats that would fetch. Including the one that just passed away. The two remaining ones are not the fetching type. My wife is talking of getting a new kitten, we'll have to work on fetching with that one.

[Gillianren]

D will fetch hard candies until he forgets what's going on and wanders off. At which point he becomes "Mr. Forgetful Pants."

[Donnie B.]

I wonder how many cats these days are getting named Lol. ;)

My brother once had a cat named Miss Kitty... for the character on Gunsmoke. Yep, that's right, she was Kitty Cat.

[Mister Earl]

When I was very young, I had a cat that would kill rabbits and smaller groundhogs, then spend a day or more dragging it back to the house to leave it in front of our picture window. "Hey guys, look what I brought down. Pretty tough, eh?" I was young enough back then, that when the cat killed its first groundhog, I thought it was a toy, and dutifully brought it inside and put the corpse in the toy box. Gotta put away the toys. It was in there about a week before anyone noticed. >.>

[closetgeek]

Samantha and Tabitha. I don't know those are my favorite cat names

[Fledermaus]

The cats we had as kids were killers and would leave heads and feet at the door, my mutty would quickly pop them in the outside bin to avoid the woefull screams of my brother!!! My sis and myself would have funerals and put flowers on the graves. But the dogs would dig them up and play with them, unless the cats were around as they were afraid of the cats!!! My dad was to!!
The two cats I have now are too old to bring the little dead things as pressys, they would rather sleep 22hrs and eat the other two. The wicked one Lila half heartedly watches and tries to pounce but is too fudgy, (well fed not fat!!)

[Gillianren]

D has killed a couple of mice, but he doesn't know what to do with them after that. He just sort of leaves them when he's done playing with them. He doesn't understand the concept of food that isn't bite-sized. Having his mother die when D was young gave him a few problems.

[Darkwing]

Maybe we need to open a cat pictures thread...

I can add my four to the list: Puck, Pepper, Campion, and Thistle.

[Trebuchet]

When we had outdoor cats, getting the morning paper was an adventure for a while. If there wasn't a deceased critter on top of it, there likely was one underneath. Most of the time what they caught were shrews. The cats wouldn't eat those, must have smelled bad or something. The actual mice, they would eat, leaving just parts on the porch.

One winter our black cat discovered where the garter snakes were hibernating, or whatever it is they do when they all den up together. He'd bring four of five of them a day back to the house. Not dead, either.

It's much better having indoor cats.

[drainbread]

Call them "Stinky" and "Poopy".

The best results will come from when the wife/kids call for them while outside.

[Swift]

Call them "Stinky" and "Poopy".

The best results will come from when the wife/kids call for them while outside.
I have a friend who's adult son had a dog name "Oven Mitt". Sometimes Oven Mitt would stay at her house and she'd have to call the dog into the house from the yard "Here Oven Mitt, come here Oven Mitt". She assumed the neighbors just added it to their evidence that she was insane. :D

[suntrack2]

Franca, francia, hachry, optra, rozetta, rozeena, percy, windy,pristy, lussy,lousianic,barky, quincy, danjelia, danjelina, donia, donika, krezy, dolphy, blaky,shephali, maina,titu, jojo,robo,lobo,kobo, kimbo. (are the names I am suggesting). you can keep 2-3 names to each kitten. :)

[danscope]

Some years ago, my neighbor had this huge cat which they named "suitcase" !
He was enormous !!!!!
Now, my friend Freddy had gone fishing back in the pond, and as luck would have it, he caught himself a nice eating 3 pound bass for his trouble.
He laid it on his back cement porch and went to get some newspaper and a sharpe knife to fillet it.
While he was wasteing time with pleasantries, ......Suitcase absconded
with his 3 pound bass well secured in his kitty jowls and dragged himself and the
fish up a tall maple tree, growling all the way, setting up shop on a large
horizontal limb, taking his time eating the fish!!!
Next time...have the knife and newspaper handy. :lol:

Best regards, Dan