My Theory Concerning Secret Cat Names

It was a bit of a surprise to me when I discovered that rats respond to their names. I was pretty much used to being generally ignored by the little darlings unless they wanted something.

But one day a friend of mine was listing all the daft nicknames I used for my rat, Eldred. When he got to 'Sweetpea' the rat looked up to acknowledge him

It's interesting to see what names pets respond to but what I'd really like to know is what they call us. That would be an eye-opener.

a reply to: Bybyots

My friend had a cat named April, who was very affectionate toward me. I never called her by the name assigned to her. If I wanted her to come to me, I would mutter "Unto my side, oh beast of the Earth". Invariably, the desired effect was attained. I figured if she wanted me to use her chosen name, she would have told me.

So funny. The wife and I were talking about this last night. It seems ALL of our cats had the the name "Baby"
somewhere in their names at one point or another.

Baby Kitty
Baby Beatrice AKA Baby B
Baby Babette
Boo Boo kitty
And our new kitten is just the "Baby"
Beatrice goes by Fluffious Maximus during the winter because of her thick pantaloons.


We had a little black kitten that had something called Manx syndrome. He had no control of his bowel. Wherever he went there would be a little blob of poop left behind. If he walked on us there would be a streak of poop. Sort of like a bingo blotter. Our vet worked with us and unfortunately there was nothing she could do. Fortunately he wasn't in any pain.

So we put up with it because we loved that cat like he was our child. He was so vibrant and I honestly couldn't wait to get home and see him. Don't get me wrong, we love all of our rescued cats, most of them being black for some reason. But Mongo, yes we named him Mongo, was a gift from heaven.

The end came quickly and we had to put him down, part of us died with him.
He lived a vibrant, fun six months. ( I actually had to stop typing for a few minutes because I had to have a cry)

We had him cremated with all of our other cats and is at rest in a beautiful wooden box.

I'm pretty sure we went through about 100 of those plush $5 blankets from Walmart.

I'm sorry to have rattled on. I just can't say enough about our little Mongo who we think about every day.

My black cat is named Rocky,
his nick names are :
Mr Black,
Black,
The Rock Star,
Big Star,
Edward Longshanks
Le Chat Noir
Le petite l'etoil

His Sister is a tabby named Adrienne.
We call her Le chat idiote

Have you ever see the youtube videos Henri - le chat noir?
About a depressed cat living ini the cruel world...


www.youtube.com...

I've had many dogs with many different "names."
I've noticed that they all seem to respond best to being addressed as "dog" or with with two quick whistles.

May last cat had quite afew:

Adolph
Gacey
Lecter
Pol Pot
Mao
Double Mao
The Real Lucifer
Mr. Sparkles

Lou
Big Fat Lou
Lou Man [ sang to the tune of The Blues Bothers "Soul Man" ]
Goddamn cat pissed in my Bonsai again
Lou The Magnificent, Most High Lord of All He Surveys, Shredder of Door Facings, Protector of The Food Bowl, Fly Catcher Extraordinaire Who Defends Us From Small Bugs By Eating Them.

R.I.P. Lou

My kitties are only about four years old but are racking up names.

The girl is Zelda (after the videogame), so things like 'Zelly' and 'Smell-da' - very original, i know.
She's also white so naturally that translates to things like 'whitey' or 'bubba-white'.

My boy has some more interesting names. His real name is Ackbar, his many aliases are: The admiral, cracker, cracky, crack-attack, butt crack, crack-head, spectacular Ackbar.

Of course this only compliments the many non-T&C names they are often called haha.

I have no idea how they manage to keep track...

Mary Belle- The Beast, Ms. Beast, El Chupacabra

Ralph- Boy, Ralph-a-nator, Meester Ralph

I don't have the huge list of names for my kitties, but they are certainly adored!

Hmmmmm this can be applied to the pug dog I have three of them. They have official names but their nicknames vary widely.

Noggins
Stinker-bum
Mr
Princess-noggins
Mrs.noggins
Big-bum
And my precious lol lotr style.


a reply to: Bybyots

Big guy
Aka ninja
Aka sir meows alot
Aka monsieur
Aka scardy cat
Aka squirrel eater

Cat 1:
Real Name: "Gak!" (As that's what my daughter called him when she was 1 year old)
Nicknames: Gakulon, Gachary, Bud, Big Moo, Wow (This is what the other cats call him)

Cat 2:
Real Name: Tink
Nicknames: Tinky (or Tinky Winkerbean), Barfy, [High, prolonged whistle which I can't spell], jerk, Brown Moo

Cat 3:
Real Name: Moo
Nicknames: Meh, Tsk!, Poo, Little Moo, Squinty (typically when she's just woken up, she has one eye that stays at half-mast)

We prefer to officially name our cats with single syllables, as it makes communication easier... but sometimes our "official" names have gotten longer... like "Unapologetic Purple" (who we called Purple, or just Purps), and one I had a long time ago who was named "Tezcatlipoca" (shortened to Tess)

I have a 3 year-old Tuxedo cat named Ninja....these are his AKA's:

Ninjii
Ninjii Beans
Mr. Ninjii Beans
Beans
Silly Beans
Crazy Beans
Stinky Beans
Mr. Beans
Mr. Sir
Mr. Stinky Von Doom
Dr. Stinky Von Doom
Stinky Man
Mr. Fat Belly
Fat Belly Man
Fat Belly
Fat Boy
Hey Man
Sexy Man
Sexy Beans
Crazy Man

I also have a 7 year-old Black Lab named Ebony....her nicknames are:
Ebony Bo Schneeb
Ebony Bo Schneebly Doo
Bo Schneeby Doo
Schneebles
Bookie
Bookie Beans
Emily
Pretty Girl
...and I have no idea why!

Interesting, I never really thought about it but we too have several names we call our little furball.

Her name is Moccasin, but we also call her:

MocMoc
Mocster
Mocmeister
Puss
Pussy
Pusser
Fat Cat
Fuss Puss
Pissy Missy
Get-Down-From-There



And when she's getting into something she shouldn't....

Sh**head.

My cat, whose name is Kritter, is also called Underfoot, Stupid, Fluffball, and Klutz, none of which inglorious names one would guess are true to his nature, to gaze upon his beauty:



My dog, similarly, has a secret name (albeit only one): Lumpy. This is because as she has aged she has become riddled with non-malignant lipomas and now she has bumps all over her body.

Real name Butter Ball Brown. Ginger tabby.
Aka King
aka Fat Brownie
Aka Flea bo Baggins.
Aka Fat Cat
Aka crazy cat
Aka biscuit king

Great post thanks for the laughs


Ps it's our cats birthday today , he is turning 3 human years. We got him some love heart treats and a can of fancy feast cat food and a laser pen light. Happy birthday butter ball.

a reply to: Bybyots

Interesting, and I like your concept. I only have dogs (though I've had cats at times), and I find that dogs are generally limited to about 5 permutations of their actual name, with an occasional nickname based on behavior, not completely different names, as the cats seem to have. If you had a dog named "Spot" and called him "Barkelsnort", he wouldn't know who you were talking to. If he did, he'd probably be miffed: "The name's Spot, pal, pull that again and it'll cost you an extra treat [/rollears]."

Cats, on the other hand, believe they are the center of "The" and "Your" universe, so whatever you call them, you're obviously referring to them. Who else would you bother paying mind to? Whereas if a dog doesn't hear his name, he figures he's still "on break."

My cats name is little Awgy after the AWG-9 radar found in the F-14 Tomcat. But I usually call him buddy or dude. This is only because I cannot summon him by his actual name which sounds like the cat treat bag crumpling. It must be his true name because he seems to materialize out of thin air if I even make a noise similar to that sound.

a reply to: berenike

Oh, yes, rats are smart!

We had one in the dorm we named Monkey. She came when you called her and knew a few basic commands.

originally posted by: ketsuko
She came when you called her and knew a few basic commands.

'Chew wires'
'Spread plague'
'Scary sissies'
'Test maze'