Ming Loy should have been named "Thumpy." Her neurological problem (affecting her back legs) makes her walk very loudly - and she's constantly plopping onto her behind, or falling onto her side and rolling onto her back. When we first brought her home, we could NOT believe how noisy it was having her around! But she's doing so well, and is SUCH a happy cat. But she SHOULD have been named Thumpy, because any time we're someplace and she isn't - and she decides to join us, we can hear her half a house away. Inevitably one of us says "Here comes Thumpy!"
Flowerbelle should have been named Tinkerbell! Flowerbelle is so cute - so cute that she gets away with being such an imp at times without anybody getting upset. She's our tiniest cat (at 7 pounds, the vet says she's our most "normal sized" cat, lol! Ming Loy is pudgy at 9.5 pounds, but vet says that's to be expected because of her handicap. Tuxie's fighting to gain weight back, but even he's at the large end of cats at a normal 10.5 pounds - the rest are just big framed cats. Lazlo and Sheldon weigh 14 pounds each, and both are trim - they're just big boys). So here we have this tiny cat, very impish, but also at times very sweet. With her fairy-like appearance and her impish nature, Tinkerbell would have been the appropriate name for her.
(We named her Flowerbelle Lee after a Mae West character in the movie "My Little Chickadee." She needed to be a strong female, a fighter to survive. It seemed appropriate.
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Sheldon, named after Sheldon Kornpet, DDS in the ORIGINAL In-Laws, should have been named Scooter. He's just such a clown and such a goof-ball, the only thing that comes to mind when he's attacking a toy - jumping two feet into the air, pouncing, then running away to do it again - is "that boy's a Scooter."
...and finally, the other mis-named cat in our bunch of six, is Spooky. Spooked by everything when she was a feral kitty, she is now spooked by nothing. She is no longer phased by loud noises - not even phased by visitors she's never met! She is a lap-cat, a love bug, a kneader and a drooler. She now walks up to us, flops on her back at our feet and gives a quick "meow" for attention - pet me, love me, scritch me! The only appropriate name is "lover," lol! After a good pet session, she walks around kneading for a while. She'll walk out to get a drink, and stand there drinking and kneading the carpet in front of the water fountain while she's drinking! What a lover she's become.
What should you have named your cat(s)?
Flowerbelle should have been named Tinkerbell! Flowerbelle is so cute - so cute that she gets away with being such an imp at times without anybody getting upset. She's our tiniest cat (at 7 pounds, the vet says she's our most "normal sized" cat, lol! Ming Loy is pudgy at 9.5 pounds, but vet says that's to be expected because of her handicap. Tuxie's fighting to gain weight back, but even he's at the large end of cats at a normal 10.5 pounds - the rest are just big framed cats. Lazlo and Sheldon weigh 14 pounds each, and both are trim - they're just big boys). So here we have this tiny cat, very impish, but also at times very sweet. With her fairy-like appearance and her impish nature, Tinkerbell would have been the appropriate name for her.
Sheldon, named after Sheldon Kornpet, DDS in the ORIGINAL In-Laws, should have been named Scooter. He's just such a clown and such a goof-ball, the only thing that comes to mind when he's attacking a toy - jumping two feet into the air, pouncing, then running away to do it again - is "that boy's a Scooter."
...and finally, the other mis-named cat in our bunch of six, is Spooky. Spooked by everything when she was a feral kitty, she is now spooked by nothing. She is no longer phased by loud noises - not even phased by visitors she's never met! She is a lap-cat, a love bug, a kneader and a drooler. She now walks up to us, flops on her back at our feet and gives a quick "meow" for attention - pet me, love me, scritch me! The only appropriate name is "lover," lol! After a good pet session, she walks around kneading for a while. She'll walk out to get a drink, and stand there drinking and kneading the carpet in front of the water fountain while she's drinking! What a lover she's become.
What should you have named your cat(s)?
