Help Name New Kitty, Please [Archive]

holly

Jun27-04, 05:27 PM

Denizens,

If you would, please help name my latest rescue. I have been trying to catch this cat since before Xmas, and now he is caught, neutered (he is too happier, I'm telling you), got all his shots, and living in the back bedroom until the old-timers get used to him.

I appeal to you to help name him, because we cannot agree on a name amongst ourselves. The allied health club from my college was NO help, they insisted he be called "Punkin" and I just can't do it. Then one person got everyone to yowling for "Hypo," is that a bad name or what?

Husband wants to call him "Cantorian Set Theory." ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! His other suggestion is "Hayden." He already named the last one "Ludwig" after his favorite composer. My son is being very bad, he is asking to call him "Stubs," which I think is cruel, as the poor thing HAS NO TAIL. He just has long, fu-manchu hairs where the tail OUGHT to be. So sad, so sad.

I think "Precious" is the cutest name for him, don't you agree? Please vote between those three names (shut up, I am not taking any votes for Cantorian Set Theory, so just HUSH).

You can see him on my website, he is on the front page. Don't go to the other pages, many of you poor things are just not ready for my website! The website (I don't do the link thingie right) is http:// respiratory. faithweb . com, but without all the spaces. Sorry about popups. I hope you all prove more sensible than the allied health bunch.

jimmy p

Jun27-04, 05:31 PM

I like Stubs actually.... :biggrin: but then, childish names like that appeal to me!! I didnt like my kittens names when they were first given, but if i can grow to love Hoshi, Hana, Kasumi and Yuri, you can grow to love "Stubs" :wink:

BoulderHead

Jun27-04, 06:03 PM

neutered
How about naming him Neutron?

Gokul43201

Jun27-04, 06:31 PM

'Precious', it has to be. How can any Tolkien fan disagree ?

Moonbear

Jun27-04, 06:35 PM

I voted for Stubs. I think it's cute and sounds like it fits with the cat. Precious is way too foofy...more of a name for a spoiled poodle with bows on its head, not a scrappy cat that's been on his own for a long time (even if he is neutered now). Hayden is...well, I don't know, I just don't like it. I'll go look at your site and see if any other names come to mind.

*Okay, just looked at his picture. He's definitely not a Precious or Hayden. Stubs still sounds good to me. Though, Ranger popped into mind when I took a look at him. Like the Lone Ranger or Texas Ranger or something like that...just has that look on his face that seems to be saying "I might be cute, but don't mess with me." :grumpy: That cat has attitude and needs a tough-guy name to go with it!

selfAdjoint

Jun27-04, 07:36 PM

Just to be difficult I vote for Scherzo. The scherzo movement was a Beethoven innovation so your husband should be happy, and a scherzo movement should be jolly or brusque, fitting for a short tailed kitty.

(My daughter has a cat named Allegro).

cookiemonster

Jun27-04, 08:11 PM

I just can't get the little gremlin thing from Lord of the Rings out of my head whenever I hear "precious..." I think it's haunting me now.

cookiemonster

Moonbear

Jun27-04, 08:11 PM

Can I change my vote? I like selfAdjoint's suggestion. The meaning is fitting and when you say Scherzo, it sounds strong and full of attitude, and you can be sure every kitty on the block won't have the same name!

meteor

Jun27-04, 09:11 PM

You can call it Garfield, now that the movie is here

Math Is Hard

Jun27-04, 09:49 PM

My cats always end up having one proper respectable name and then a nickname or two.

Professor Stubinski could be his proper name, and then "Stubs" for short.

Also, you might consult the works of T.S. Eliot for inspiration.

Tsu

Jun27-04, 11:51 PM

I had several cats named Dirt. Just liked the name, I guess... (Not all at once, mind you... They were in succession... Dirt the First, Dirt the Second and Dirt the Turd :biggrin:) When they were bad... their name was Mud. :wink:

Adam

Jun28-04, 12:08 AM

Kitty should be named Slaughterking 3.2. Or Boots.

jimmy p

Jun28-04, 02:42 AM

Kitty should be named Slaughterking 3.2. Or Boots.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's tickled my funnybone in about a gazillion places!

Artman

Jun28-04, 08:13 AM

Did you ever hear about the poor cat that only had one eye, was neutered, only had three legs, just a stump of a tail, coughed all the time and walked with a limp? His name was "Lucky."

(I like Stumpy. It'll be easy to remember)

zoobyshoe

Jun28-04, 10:42 AM

I have examined the feline's photographic image, and I believe that cat is named Butterscotch. Probably Scotch for short.

holly

Jun28-04, 10:50 AM

This is terrible! YOU GUYS/GALS ARE WORSE, FAR WORSE, THAN THE ALLIED HEALTH BUNCH!!! Throwing weird names into the mix!!! Scherzo! Indeed! Ha! Stumpy and Dirt? Neutron???!!! Are you mad??? And voting for that mean name!!! And getting my son to walking around all morning chanting "Slaughterking! Slaughterking!" Don't even mention Garfield, I can't stand that Garfield, he's so mean! Prof. Stubinski, now that was a nice thought, but he still ends up as Stubs. AT least a few recognize how Precious he looks, but I had forgotten that the creature in the Hobbit was always saying that...

What was I thinking? Asking a rowdy bunch of brains for advice, hmph. Science types are so rarely, rarely sensible.

jimmy p

Jun28-04, 11:26 AM

dduardo

Jun28-04, 11:55 AM

Being a tolkien fan I would have to go with Precious

Monique

Jun28-04, 12:00 PM

Name him (it) mr. johnson, pet name: john or johnny. Imagine you standing in the door opening calling out "mr johnson! john!" most fun if you live on a busy street :tongue2:

Ok, some other names we've had:
fatty fat.. or the dutch version: dikkie dik (dikkie for short)
tijgertje (dimioutive of tiger)
patrick
boy

some female names: vara, sheba, minoush, bonny

if it's black call it blacky if it's white call it whitey

that's all I have :uhh:

Njorl

Jun28-04, 02:07 PM

if it's black call it blacky if it's white call it whitey

that's all I have :uhh:

I remember when I lived in West Philly, one of my neighbors had a cat named Whitey. He was always looking for it. Everytime I walked by he was shouting, "Hey Whitey!"

Njorl

Monique

Jun28-04, 02:14 PM

lol.. I got some looks too while calling out for my cat dikkie (fatty)..

check

Jun28-04, 02:33 PM

I think Lenny is a good name...but I'll vote Stubs

holly

Jun28-04, 04:27 PM

*sigh* As the day wore on, the ideas just kept getting worse...

Science types should not run loose without supervision, that's my thought...

I know the dutch are an innocent people, but really...imagine opening my door in God-fearing Midland and calling out for Dik...BLUSH..."Excuse me, do you know where I can find Dik?" Oh, no, please...always looking for Dik...

Zooby is onto something, several people have said he looks like a Butterscotch and one neighbor says he was probably named Butter Brickle at some point...these are the same neighbors who were throwing rocks at him, I might add, appropos nothing, other than I had to immediately rescue him because of their behavior, plus I saw him sit in the street, giving up all rights thereby, IMHO, as a free-roaming kitty.

I have had cats named Black-and-White-Kitty, Yellow-and-White-Kitty, Gray-and-White-Kitty, etc etc so forget color names. And Lenny? Where the heck did LENNY come from? He is NOT a Lenny.

I am going to call him Stubs the Precious, Friend of Composers. Thank God I did not have a baby to name, who knows what you scientists would have come up with...SHUDDER...!!!!!!!!!

zoobyshoe

Jun28-04, 04:32 PM

He looks like a big dollop of butterscotch on vanilla ice cream. If you don't like "butterscotch" then maybe "Sundae". "Sunny" for everyday, casual situations.

jimmy p

Jun28-04, 04:56 PM

Call it "Dog" it would be original wouldnt it?

Math Is Hard

Jun28-04, 05:21 PM

Actually my neighbors had a 24 lb. cat named Dog. That cat was HUGE!

Evo

Jun28-04, 06:08 PM

He is so cute!!!!! He looks like a Morton to me.

Adam

Jun28-04, 07:03 PM

Our old Tonkanese cat, Opal, had a bunch of kittens ages ago. We sold all but one, and had intended to sell the last as well, so never really bothered naming her. She was stuck with "Kitty". This Kitty grew to mutated Catzilla size and terrorised the local fauna mercilessly. She was just vicious, and amazingly tough. She always went out hunting at night (we live on a farm) and in the mornings brought back snakes, possums, birds, all sorts of things. The rats around the creek are the size of small cats, and she had no trouble with them. Possums are quite vicious, and they were mere toys to her. Now and then she'd drop a still-wriggling snake, around four feet long, in the doorway to show off.

The mother cat, Opal, was just as bad. Some family friends brought their dog here one day. Big mistake. Opal leapt on to it's rear end, all four claws and teeth stuck in. The dog was running around yelping with this little golden cat stuck on its arse, snarling, all weapons embedded. One of the funniest things I've ever seen.

The veterinarians hated both cats.

check

Jun28-04, 07:17 PM

He sort of looks like a Lenny IMO. I think Julius or Ralford might also work.

Moonbear

Jun28-04, 07:31 PM

That's not as bad as one friend who had to rename her dog after moving here from France...his French name was a common expletive in English, not something you could go shouting down the street, so she had to change his name to Fax. But it was always fun explaining to people why she named her dog Fax.

I don't think Stubs is mean, I think it's cute. I used to know a three-legged dog named Trike (short for tricycle).

But I can see you're going to be adamant about giving that poor cat some foofy name. Well, Butterscotch is better than Precious, as long as you let it be shortened to Scotch or Scotchy when he's giving attitude. But, um, yeah, I think Dikkie would turn a few heads (I would never name a kid Richard for that same reason...that's just mean to give your kid a name you know he's going to get teased about).

BoulderHead

Jun28-04, 07:35 PM

Bobby ? :shy:

Averagesupernova

Jun28-04, 08:23 PM

Well Scruffy comes to mind because I typically don't like long-haired cats. Or you could call him Virgin because 'he got no tail'. You could name him Newt because he is neutered. Castro comes to mind because of the name of his little operation. You could name him Peter because that's the only part of him left that is masculine. Ok, I'm being a little crazy but I hope some of you got a laugh out of it anyway. We used to have a cat named Clyde. He was a CRAZY cat but something tells me that 'Clyde' just doesn't fit your cat. If I were you I would pick something out of greek mythology or some other legendary B.S. unless you actually take one of my suggestions seriously. Only you can truly decide.

Imparcticle

Jun28-04, 10:28 PM

He is so cute!!!!! He looks like a Morton to me.

Where's the pic? Is it the avatar?

I like Sayonara or Amber for any girl cat and Malachite for a boy cat. Hey how about Schrodinger? j/k

Averagesupernova

Jun28-04, 10:50 PM

Schrodinger! I like that even though technically Schrodinger was not actually the cat.

Evo

Jun28-04, 11:48 PM

I don't think Stubs is mean, I think it's cute. I used to know a three-legged dog named Trike (short for tricycle).I have a three legged cat, well, actually, it has four legs, but one is deformed, and we named him tripod. We call him tripe for short. :uhh: Well, the cat definitely has an attitude. :grumpy:

Where's the pic? Is it the avatar?The picture is here www.respiratory.faithweb.com.

I like the name Malachite. It's a very pretty stone.

Monique

Jun29-04, 12:07 AM

I know the dutch are an innocent people, but really...imagine opening my door in God-fearing Midland and calling out for Dik...BLUSH..."Excuse me, do you know where I can find Dik?" Oh, no, please...always looking for Dik...

Gosh.. I didn't even think of that :redface: :biggrin:

Dagenais

Jun29-04, 02:50 AM

How about Espn, after ESPN the sports broadcaster?

Pronounced "Espen"?

Seems popular:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1829996

holly

Jun29-04, 10:51 AM

Hey guyz/galz, someone on another thread has SEVEN baby skunks to name! Since the names you are suggesting are so stinky (JOKING), maybe you could donate them to his baby skunks...oh, a baby skunk is an adorable creature!!! I'm going to go see if he has a pic of them... :smile:

Tsu

Jun29-04, 11:15 AM

Yes, Ivan has made an Executive Decision at our house. He's left this problem of the baby skunks up to ME!!! :surprise: :biggrin: So... guess WHAT??!! :biggrin: Ivan gets to live with seven baby skunks around the corner from his office door. :rofl: :rofl:

holly

Jun29-04, 02:51 PM

Tsunami, Ah kiss yer little feet for saving the baby skunks...YOU SAVED THE BABIES!!!

ALL HAIL TSUNAMI, RADIOLOGICAL TECH EXTRAORDINAIRE!!!

Monique

Jun29-04, 03:03 PM

It's my sister's birthday coming weekend, she wants to have a kitty.. maybe you can send over a cute little baby skunk? I'm sure she'll adopt it ;)

Ivan Seeking

Jun29-04, 03:37 PM

'm going to go see if he has a pic of them... :smile:

Actually, I was going to try to get one. It is really hillarious. They travel in a tight little pack. All that I saw was tails.

I will post it in the name the skunks thread if I get one.

Edit: also, I voted for stubs. Precious? Please. All the other boy cats will make fun of him.

Tsu

Jun30-04, 04:21 AM

Tsunami, Ah kiss yer little feet for saving the baby skunks...YOU SAVED THE BABIES!!!

ALL HAIL TSUNAMI, RADIOLOGICAL TECH EXTRAORDINAIRE!!!
Aw, shucks... :redface:

Moonbear

Jul5-04, 10:22 PM

Just two days until the polls close and Stubs is still in the lead!!

holly

Jul6-04, 11:55 AM

The wretched cat is on my poo-poo list. He is menacing my poor little cat Ludwig...Ludwig is under sedation because the soon-to-be-called Stubs is staring at him, jumping at his back end as he scuttles away, and hanging around the food bowl, smoking. Well, not actually smoking, but he LOOKS like a thug...Anyone live within driving distance who wants a genuine Manx kitty?

Moonbear

Jul6-04, 07:11 PM

See, told you he has too much attitude to be called Precious. Just one look at that picture, and I could tell that! And of course with a cat named Ludwig around, who do you think he's going to pick on? LOL!

holly

Jul10-04, 09:48 PM

Poll is over.

Official name is STUBS, nickname is already STUBBIE. Thanks to all for helping name him. Please pray for Ludwig, as he is very nervous still.

Ivan Seeking

Jul11-04, 01:28 AM

Any addition to the clan creates an entirely new social dynamic. Poor Ludwig; change is difficult. Cheers to Stubbie. :biggrin:

Moonbear

Jul11-04, 09:08 AM

Yay! Stubbie! Don't worry about Ludwig, they'll sort it all out amongst themselves. Animals are much better than people at settling their differences and living together peacefully.

Math Is Hard

Jul11-04, 11:47 AM

I was just talking to my vet last week about the possibility of getting another kitty, since Jelly has been kinda lonely (her mama cat passed away in January). She was telling me that when I introduce the new cat, I should make sure I establish Jelly as the dominant cat. She said I should feed Jelly first, give her attention first,etc. and that would help smooth the transition. I don't know if that would work with Ludwig and Stubs, but I thought I would pass along the advice she gave me.

holly

Jul11-04, 02:10 PM

Stubs cares nothing for the interesting psychological ponderings of veterinarians and their fantasy-based advice. Stubs only cares about biting great mouthsful of belly fur off the cowering Ludwig, who asks that you pass this advice on to your vet "GET REAL, YOU WRETCHED SHOT-GIVING, BALL-STEALING VET! GIVE ME A VALIUM, AND KINDLY EUTHANIZE THE EVIL STUBS!!!"

Evo

Jul11-04, 02:52 PM

That's too bad that Stubs is being mean. He looks like such a nice cat. :frown:

I think you said that both cats were nuetered? Poor Ludwig.

I guess Stubs has had a hard life and it will be difficult for him to understand that he needn't feel threatened by another cat.

Math Is Hard

Jul11-04, 04:00 PM