If its a shelter name, they often dont know it anyway, plus mine have so many nicknames that they get called a lot, they answer to them too
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Did you keep/change your cat's name from previous owner/guardian?
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You could have just shortened the spelling by one "L" making it Bela, and you could have said he was named after Bela Lugosi!
Ophelia was a baby kitten stuck in between the walls of our apartment building. She didn't come with a name, but it took us forever to come up with Ophelia, when I was rattling off Shakespearean female characters because none of the other 5 million names we had come up with fit.
Trent also took a while to figure out. DH tried calling him Hamlet once (to go with Ophelia) and I busted up laughing because that was NOT his name! We settled on Trent (yes, after Trent Reznor
Ginger Cookie is a TCS kitty.
Mojo was named Mojo in the shelter. They thought she was a boy (apparently they never looked, just went by her behaviour, which is definitely more "male"). I don't know how long she was at the "shelter" (a No-Kill, so it's not really a cage-type shelter), but she was 6 months old when we adopted her. I've never seen a cat respond as much to their name as she does! She gets super excited when you say her name real fast, and she will come running from wherever she is when she's called. I don't know, but she is most definitely MOJO!
Annie is actually the only cat I've named. She was in the middle of a national forest at a rifle range during a rifle match when we found her and rescued her. On the way home with her draped over my shoulder asleep (yeah, right...she was going to be a foster
Callie Du was called Kitty or something like that. Basically she didn't have a name. All the others were named by me, well my husband named Salt.
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With the exception of Sho I don't even know who had my cats before I did, and Sho didn't have a name.
I think Sherman was called Fluffy, or something with fluffy in the name often because he will look at us and chirp when we say the word. Though to be fair, we're usually talking about him at the time.
The adult cats know the names I've given them and do respond in some way or another. So I don't think they're confused.
The kittens don't know their's yet, but they're too young to care about that anyways.
I think Sherman was called Fluffy, or something with fluffy in the name often because he will look at us and chirp when we say the word. Though to be fair, we're usually talking about him at the time.
The adult cats know the names I've given them and do respond in some way or another. So I don't think they're confused.
The kittens don't know their's yet, but they're too young to care about that anyways.
Ollie was originally named Harvey when I adopted him. He was only 3 months old though - plus I think the name was only what the local humane society gave him for their records and to make the animals more adoptable (ie: somebody would be more likely to adopt a cat named "Fluffy" than a cat named "Shelter animal #762308") I got the impression that neither he nor his 2 sisters had names prior to being brought to the humane society.
Gus was "Bertram"
Finn was "Ice"
Ramsay didn't have a name before as I named his whole litter at the shelter, so Ramsay stuck with him.
Finn was "Ice"
Ramsay didn't have a name before as I named his whole litter at the shelter, so Ramsay stuck with him.
No.
We took in a female calico stray kitty and named her Patches.
The neighbors were calling her Mr. Kitty... Not a nice name for such a pretty lady
The neighbors were calling her Mr. Kitty... Not a nice name for such a pretty lady
Squeaky Deaky's former name was Mitze. I felt slightly bad about changing it since she had had that name for 4 years, but she didn't answer to it, so why not? She actually does answer to Squeaky, Kitty, and the husband's nickname for her, Katkoot Amour (cute chick in arabic). Of course, by answer I mean she slowly turns her head in my direction, glares at me for interrupting her solitude and then slowly turns it back and continues to ignore me
On occasion, she will actually come when she's called, but only if it's what *she* wants.
When I was fostering the kittens we found in our yard, we didn't know what to name the orange tabby.. so we named him Cheese.
My mom was very upset - "he is so cute! why not Cheddar??? or something?? why Cheese??!?!" but we liked Cheese.
His new momma re-named him to be Ernie... but he will always be Cheese to me.
He was so cute
His new momma re-named him to be Ernie... but he will always be Cheese to me.
the previous owner who i got both of mine off actually asked us what we wanted that kittens to be called...... as soon as i seen the pics of the little ones i knew what their names should be
I adopted Kiki from the SPCA and her name was Mischa, but it didn't fit.
I kept all their names. Fiona and Rocko at least.
Now ReeRee.....he was Little Ray Ray....his dad is Big Ray Ray....try and call your cat Ray Ray or even Little Ray Ray...not gonna work
So he is the lazy mans (wo-mans
) RayRay....REEREE
So, not quite a change more of a variation.
Now ReeRee.....he was Little Ray Ray....his dad is Big Ray Ray....try and call your cat Ray Ray or even Little Ray Ray...not gonna work
