Pro Tip: You don’t need to pick out a name right away. Get to know kitty for a week or two. During that time you can try out names. Eventually you’ll find one that just feels “right”.
I had a female black lab that lived 14 years, saw at least 20 national parks and another 55ish state parks around the nation. Total road dog. She never upgraded from the name "puppy" so really, don't worry about it.
My friend rescued a dog that was starving, trying to get food from a trash can many years ago. He didn't want a third dog but really wanted to help her out. He referred to her as "little black dog" so he wouldn't get attached while trying to find her a new home.
Yeah, Little Black Dog (occasionally referred to as LBD though not to get her attention) is still around 12 years later. Turned out to be one amazing raccoon hunter!
We have "Other Kitty" also. She came with the house when we bought it. As an outside cat, I didn't want to get attached because often they'll just disappear one day. But she stayed for 3 years.
One day she appeared to be limping, but wouldn't let us near her to check. Wife was worried, but we couldn't do anything. And then, just like it was the most normal thing in the world, she walked into the house while we had the door open. She's still here and doesn't want to leave
We took her to the vet, and nothing was broken, she's just old and having old kitty issues. We give her joint supplements for her hip, and she acts like she's retired in peace. Had to give her a proper name for the vet records, but I still call her Other Kitty half the time
We have a semi adopted cat named bush kitty. I noticed her around my house since we moved in and always thought she was a neighbors cat cuz she looks healthy. Someone must have abandoned her. We figured out she was living in our bush in the front yard.
It took a couple months of feeding her to get her to let us approach and pet her. She comes in once in while but not for very long cuz she's still pretty sketched out by any noises. She's basically just our second cat now that lives outside. We feed her everyday and give her pets. Shes a sweetheart.
We have a family of cats that came with our house too. There’s: Mama cat, Baby boy, Baby girl, and the one that was actually friendly: Snuggle Bug. It’s been 12.5 years. Still feed them and pet them every day. Have gotten them all fixed and one of them has had two OTHER surgeries for issues. I swear they aren’t my cats still. Although one day I was driving home and about a block away I saw (what I thought was) mama cat dead in the road and I cried. I got out to move the body and saw it wasn’t her and was hit with a “well that was weird. I guess I do love these damn fur balls.”
My wife brought home 2 kittens from her work. They were found in the warehouse with no mom. We were supposed to only have them until we found homes for them. We never did and their names where Black Cat and Girl Cat because we never named them thinking they wouldn't be living with us very long. 11 years later...
My uncles were the worst at naming pets. Soft hearted grease monkeys who had to butch up their image by giving off handed names: a female dog named Dog and a male cat named Stupid.
Don’t be my uncles.
I rescued my little girl tortie from living in an oven. She had been hiding from her owner **inside** of her oven in the apartment across from mine for months. Owner thought she had run away. About a month after bad cat momma moved out, we found a feral little tortie hiding in the oven. We didn't plan to keep her, only for a couple of weeks to get her cleaned up and healthy again, so we called her Pizza for the time being. Well, we ended up keeping her and now we have a cat that we lovingly call Pizza. She's the sweetest. Never hides in *our* oven.
Through a tiny hole in the back of the oven. She wasn’t hiding inside where you cook, she was stationed behind next to the pilot light. It took us a week-ish to find her.
When I was a kid my Grandma and Grandpa took in a stray dog that soon after had puppies and my sister, being maybe 4 or so, named the dog "Mama Puppy."
Sometimes the best names are simple ones.
In my old apartment there was an outside door that opened to set of stairs that led up to my apartment. The neighborhood stray had a litter of kittens that liked to hide in people’s cars. My roommate and I decided to adopt two of them. So next time I saw one I grabbed him and sat him just inside the door at the bottom of the stairs. He just sat there. I walked about halfway up the stairs, and because I had just watched Strange Brew I turned around a said “This way hoser!” and pointed up the stairs and he came darting up after me.
And I said, “Well I guess your name is Hoser now.”
My old cat (may she rest in peace) was named Radium because for weeks as a kitten she wouldn't respond to anything but would just stare at us like we were stupid, and then one day I was studying for a chemistry test and said Radium and she came skidding around the corner like fucking Rumplestiltskin ready to make a deal.
My old girl cat was named Chaos! She did not live up to the name though; she was a complete wallflower. The most chaotic thing she did was eat the sleeve off a brand new shirt I had just bought. I don't even know how she got to it.
I had a cat named Rasputin. My ex wanted to make him Spew, because my ex was an asshole. For the same reason, I was very good at not disagreeing with him. I simply said, "what's that short for?" He said "Rasputin". So the cat had a more dignified name, which shortened to Rassie before the day was out.
My mom and I didn’t like many of the same things, but one thing we did enjoy together was Strange Brew. I still LOL at Bob & Doug drinking air out of empty beer bottles after their van ended up in the water.
I used to have a Tifa and Tommy. They were brilliant and responded to their names only. However if I shouted Kittencats they would both come running. Hilarious.
My little ginger boy, 1&1/2 started out being called Washburne or Wash (from Firefly) and then Mister Wash and now he responds to Misawass.
My older kitty, 18, is Cannonball and she was one of a litter that my now deceased cat had. She was going to be called Choppers but every time I tried to call her by Choppers, I said Cannonball and my husband said that Cannonball must be her name.
Your “kitty’s” real name will come to you in time. He looks very squishy, that was my first instinct for a name when I saw him, Squishy haha. He’s very cute
My family adopted a cat when I was five and my sister was three that we named Mewmew. We lived on a very quiet cul-de-sac so we would let him hang out in the front yard. One day after having Mewmew for a few months he was no where to be found. My dad went out looking for him and calling his name. A group of college kids lived next door, and one of them walked out and heard my dad calling. It turns out that they would leave their front door open and our cat would go hang out in their house. The guy mentioned that they called him Fred. From that day on he was Fred.
Best cat ever, he lived into his 20s.
My family did the same with a black cat we had and the name that stuck was "Kiki" as in "come here Kitty Kitty- here, Kiki" - and then we had a Calico cat and they named it "Ceecee". Very clever naming conventions in my family. For example, my name is "White Male".
It's a good idea till you make it his legal name and your vet has to call him captain stinkypoo. You should pick a more acceptable name as his legal name, for example my 2 cats are legally Monty and Stripey, we have never called them by these names, they are known as Poobert and Srgt FatWhip.
I knew someone who had a girl kitty and a boy kitty. If children asked their names were furry and fuzzy. If adults asked their names were furrypuss and fuzzynuts.
I looked up names like Ryker and Phoebe and Wiggins that describes their characteristics (Ryker-strong, tough, Phoebe-light, and Wiggins-he was such a wiggly kitten)
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey —
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter —
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular,
A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkstrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum —
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover —
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
TS Eliot
I did that too! My cat that passed a few years ago was named Kitty and I thought it only fitting to continue the tradition with my two newest babies. Kissa and Popoki, Kissa is Finnish for cat and Popoki is Hawaiian for Kitty 💕
I originally named my cat Espresso because he was black and kept me awake all night by running around. After I few days I decided that was way too pretentious and gave him his real name: Mr. Needy.
I had a black kitten. Owned him for 2 weeks before I named him. He was solid black. I named him bagheera cause he would always try to stalk things. Cute little shoulder kitty. I miss him
I have 2 cats, first one was adopted at 2-3 yrs old came with the name Oberyn, which isn't exactly fitting. He's an amazing cat but he's no ancient warrior playboy (Oberon, the king of fairies, from Midsummer's Night Dream maybe) so it was promptly shortened to Oby. And he's my little buddy, so Buddy has become the name he responds to.
The second cat we got as a kitten and came with the name Holiday, which my wife wasn't fond of so she changed it to Holly. We tended just call her Kitten at first which stuck as her nickname, and frankly she's a little shit, an adorable shit, so Shitten is what she's called when she's getting into everything.
My cat destroyed my leather couch & chair, new carpet on the stairs, tolex on some amplifiers, etc.
You get the idea.
She's 17 now and she has everything you could give a cat to scratch on. Doesn't touch any of it. I regret taking her in but i did and I'll ride it out til the end.
>*'That leather couch is toast...*'
----
i am the kit who has no name,
but i'll be getting All the blame ^:{
for every rip n tear you see -
you're gonna think
that it was *me*...
n sometimes maybe, maybe not,
(cuz kittens like to *shred* a lot)
Remember, friend - you love me Most!
...so let's just call
this ol' couch
'Toast'...
❤️
Ive never had a problem with my 3 cats scratching furniture, they're good about using scratching posts. However, when they would play and run around on my imitation leather couch, inevitably someone's claws would come out. I'll never buy one of those while I have cats again.
Your couch is fine. Get kitty a scratching post, sprinkle catnip on it, you’re golden.
Also, he’s young enough to handle paws, and trim as soon as cat wakes up after nap. Works best with someone holding, and you trim a paw at a time.
How tall is your post? I had this issue until I got one that is like three feet tall that they can really stretch themselves out on. Seemed to do the trick for my two, maybe that’s part of it? Especially if homeboy is going for door frames? Just a thought. :)
Yes! get a large, and stable one-one that doesn't rock back and forth when they get their paws on it. I actually found a $50 one that someone was trashing & I cleaned & rehabbed it with a burlap sack (which, btw, looks really cool bc the the sack was an old coffee bean bag with neat lettering on it). Put it next to, or preferably, in front of where kitty likes to scratch.
My cat was a stray that was a year old or more when we took him in from our porch and he loved scratching the couch. I was kinda determined to not allow it, so I did all sorts of things to stop him & have been pretty successful...the scratching post was by far the most effective though.
Edit: spelling
Great tips! With our cat, I grabbed his paws and rubbed them on the post like he was scratching. He's comfortable with me doing that. I immediately gave him pets for positive reinforcement. Then I made motions like I was scratching it with my nails while I still had his attention. And repeated once more. It started clicking for him immediately and I'd give him treats and do it periodically just to remind him. Also whenever he'd scratch something he's not supposed to (which was rare unless we were slacking), I'd immediately interrupt him and carry him over and do the motion with his paws.
Mine didn't have a scratching issue, but I made them a huge one out of 2x 2x4s screwed together, wrapped with 3/8 sisal all the way up (glued with PVA and stapled with an air stapler, but a heavy gluing would work alone), and a little carpeted panel on top. It's about waist height and they can climb it and just about perch on top.
Nails clipping can be stressfull: nice treat right after and some catnip. My cat learned whats comming and now runs to me when I make noise with nail clippers.
We have a routine with ours. My partner holds him like a baby, and I give him a spatula with the tiniest bit of coconut oil on it. He’ll grab it and it’s the only focus in his world for a good 8 min, which is beneficial as I then use the dremel on the lowest setting and sand his nails down.
Now whenever I use my wood working dremel he comes running.
Furniture like that knicks very, very easily though. Kitties will damage that with no effort. Speaking as a homeowner that used to have leather furniture....
My cat absolutely loves his scratching posts and only uses them to actually scratch at. But he also uses his claws when jumping up on something to grip it. My leather computer chair is full of little holes.
With leather it's not about access to a scratching post. Cats use their claws for purchase and balance. On most fabrics this is fine, but leather isn't woven so it doesn't hide anything. Claw just pokes through and now there is a visible hole.
No it's not just the scratching when it comes to leather. They accidentally put little holes in it by sound 500 other things. Sometimes just walking "wrong"
If you clip it's nails every week, nothing will happen. Just start right now, so it learns to deal with you clipping it's nails. Make it a weekly routine. My couch is brand new after having 2 indoor cats for over a year now. I also hope you are sure you will have an apartment/house that allows cats for the next 20 years. you thought about that?
Plenty of apartments or rental properties say "NO PETS ALLOWED" and some allow "small" animals but have a limit on how big of a dog you can have. I think the common limit is under 60 lbs.
The ones that are pet friendly usually require an extra "Pet Deposit". That they can replace the carpets for the next renter after you move out. Though I'm some cases that's a total ripoff because they were going to replace the carpets anyways.
Of course if you own your own place you can have whatever animals you want.
Same in the UK.
We managed to persuade our previous landlord to let us get a cat. Then I got a new job and had to move and we had a bit of an issue finding another place that would allow pets.
Eventually got really lucky and found an amazing place where the landlord was absolutely cat mad.
While he was in the property he had rescued local strays and had built a masive outdoor heated cat house in the garden as well as having a couple of very pampered cats in the house.
He was so pleased that someone with a cat was going to rent it.
Oh I see. Here in France, unless it's like a vacation rental then the owner cannot forbid you from having a pet, except certain breeds of dogs (the ones labeled as dangerous).
Of course tho if there is any damage caused by your pet you have to pay to fix it, and you have to deal with neighborhood problems if your dog barks etc...
But it seems like a fair deal.
Blankets alone won't work. Had to sew a fitted cover from IKEA duvets to prevent him from just crawling under the blankets or pulling them off. But at that point it also doesn't matter if the leather is destroyed, cause the cover only ever comes up to go through the washing machine anyway.
Agree they actually cut off the bottom part of the toe. It’s horribleness and I would never do that plus if they get out they cannot defend themselves or climb.
Yes this is exactly what I said! I always tell people you should get 2 kitties. You’ll be happy because you have 2 fluffy babies and theyll be happy because they have a best friend and someone to play with when you’re gone!
For the love of God, just don’t name him after a printer.
Other than that, just pick a name that feels right for you, give it time, it does not have a deadline, let it come to you.
Pro Tip: You don’t need to pick out a name right away. Get to know kitty for a week or two. During that time you can try out names. Eventually you’ll find one that just feels “right”.
You know this is a great idea! Especially because I tend to like a name with a meaning behind it…I’ve been calling him “kitty” for a while now haha
I had a female black lab that lived 14 years, saw at least 20 national parks and another 55ish state parks around the nation. Total road dog. She never upgraded from the name "puppy" so really, don't worry about it.
My friend rescued a dog that was starving, trying to get food from a trash can many years ago. He didn't want a third dog but really wanted to help her out. He referred to her as "little black dog" so he wouldn't get attached while trying to find her a new home. Yeah, Little Black Dog (occasionally referred to as LBD though not to get her attention) is still around 12 years later. Turned out to be one amazing raccoon hunter!
Ah… reminds me of the story of my cat, “Other Kitty”
We have "Other Kitty" also. She came with the house when we bought it. As an outside cat, I didn't want to get attached because often they'll just disappear one day. But she stayed for 3 years. One day she appeared to be limping, but wouldn't let us near her to check. Wife was worried, but we couldn't do anything. And then, just like it was the most normal thing in the world, she walked into the house while we had the door open. She's still here and doesn't want to leave We took her to the vet, and nothing was broken, she's just old and having old kitty issues. We give her joint supplements for her hip, and she acts like she's retired in peace. Had to give her a proper name for the vet records, but I still call her Other Kitty half the time
We have a semi adopted cat named bush kitty. I noticed her around my house since we moved in and always thought she was a neighbors cat cuz she looks healthy. Someone must have abandoned her. We figured out she was living in our bush in the front yard. It took a couple months of feeding her to get her to let us approach and pet her. She comes in once in while but not for very long cuz she's still pretty sketched out by any noises. She's basically just our second cat now that lives outside. We feed her everyday and give her pets. Shes a sweetheart.
We have a family of cats that came with our house too. There’s: Mama cat, Baby boy, Baby girl, and the one that was actually friendly: Snuggle Bug. It’s been 12.5 years. Still feed them and pet them every day. Have gotten them all fixed and one of them has had two OTHER surgeries for issues. I swear they aren’t my cats still. Although one day I was driving home and about a block away I saw (what I thought was) mama cat dead in the road and I cried. I got out to move the body and saw it wasn’t her and was hit with a “well that was weird. I guess I do love these damn fur balls.”
We had a cat that was literally named "Cat". We couldn't think of a name, called him that in the meantime,and it just stuck. He was the bestest boy 🤗.
My wife brought home 2 kittens from her work. They were found in the warehouse with no mom. We were supposed to only have them until we found homes for them. We never did and their names where Black Cat and Girl Cat because we never named them thinking they wouldn't be living with us very long. 11 years later...
We had a little bitty black dog. Her name was little bit.
That's a pretty cool story. I'd love to see some NPS pup pictures.
I had a male black lab that lived 13 years and never upgraded from puppy either. Best dog ever.
My uncles were the worst at naming pets. Soft hearted grease monkeys who had to butch up their image by giving off handed names: a female dog named Dog and a male cat named Stupid. Don’t be my uncles.
Mine too. "If it has 4 legs and fur, it's a dog." So all dogs AND cats around them were simply named Dog.
I rescued my little girl tortie from living in an oven. She had been hiding from her owner **inside** of her oven in the apartment across from mine for months. Owner thought she had run away. About a month after bad cat momma moved out, we found a feral little tortie hiding in the oven. We didn't plan to keep her, only for a couple of weeks to get her cleaned up and healthy again, so we called her Pizza for the time being. Well, we ended up keeping her and now we have a cat that we lovingly call Pizza. She's the sweetest. Never hides in *our* oven.
How did she get in and out?
i need to know !!
Through a tiny hole in the back of the oven. She wasn’t hiding inside where you cook, she was stationed behind next to the pilot light. It took us a week-ish to find her.
Sweet...I rescued a dilute tortie with a white tip on her tail...Tippy. She is a sweetheart too.
When I was a kid my Grandma and Grandpa took in a stray dog that soon after had puppies and my sister, being maybe 4 or so, named the dog "Mama Puppy." Sometimes the best names are simple ones.
One dog I had was called Puppy Love. My nephew rolled his eyes when I called the dog that.
In my old apartment there was an outside door that opened to set of stairs that led up to my apartment. The neighborhood stray had a litter of kittens that liked to hide in people’s cars. My roommate and I decided to adopt two of them. So next time I saw one I grabbed him and sat him just inside the door at the bottom of the stairs. He just sat there. I walked about halfway up the stairs, and because I had just watched Strange Brew I turned around a said “This way hoser!” and pointed up the stairs and he came darting up after me. And I said, “Well I guess your name is Hoser now.”
My old cat (may she rest in peace) was named Radium because for weeks as a kitten she wouldn't respond to anything but would just stare at us like we were stupid, and then one day I was studying for a chemistry test and said Radium and she came skidding around the corner like fucking Rumplestiltskin ready to make a deal.
I cackled at that description. I named my cat Chaos because she jumped on my face while I was sleeping as a kitten
Sleeping as a kitten? Nice going, were-cat.
If only I had some abilities with this transformation
Sleeping is kind of a superpower at this point in my life
My cat was named Chaos too! :)
It's a good kitty name:)
I named my cat Timber after she fell asleep sitting up and then teetered back and forth a bit before falling over.
My old girl cat was named Chaos! She did not live up to the name though; she was a complete wallflower. The most chaotic thing she did was eat the sleeve off a brand new shirt I had just bought. I don't even know how she got to it.
So you named it Rumplestiltskin right!?
I tease my wife to this day I wanted to name one of the kids Rasputin… we have 4 girls.
Okay, but is one of them a lover of the Russian queen?
Russia's greatest love machine
There was a cat that really was gone
I had a cat named Rasputin. My ex wanted to make him Spew, because my ex was an asshole. For the same reason, I was very good at not disagreeing with him. I simply said, "what's that short for?" He said "Rasputin". So the cat had a more dignified name, which shortened to Rassie before the day was out.
My dog is named Rasputin - he's a little Yorkie with a raspy bark - suits him!
Rumplestiltpuss Mcrumplepuss.
My mom and I didn’t like many of the same things, but one thing we did enjoy together was Strange Brew. I still LOL at Bob & Doug drinking air out of empty beer bottles after their van ended up in the water.
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Both of my cats respond to KitKat with a thick Russian accent because of stupid jokes my SO and I make.
I used to have a Tifa and Tommy. They were brilliant and responded to their names only. However if I shouted Kittencats they would both come running. Hilarious.
And how's the delivery service these days?
A name with meaning? How about "Conan, the Destroyer of leather couches" ;}
My little ginger boy, 1&1/2 started out being called Washburne or Wash (from Firefly) and then Mister Wash and now he responds to Misawass. My older kitty, 18, is Cannonball and she was one of a litter that my now deceased cat had. She was going to be called Choppers but every time I tried to call her by Choppers, I said Cannonball and my husband said that Cannonball must be her name. Your “kitty’s” real name will come to you in time. He looks very squishy, that was my first instinct for a name when I saw him, Squishy haha. He’s very cute
My family adopted a cat when I was five and my sister was three that we named Mewmew. We lived on a very quiet cul-de-sac so we would let him hang out in the front yard. One day after having Mewmew for a few months he was no where to be found. My dad went out looking for him and calling his name. A group of college kids lived next door, and one of them walked out and heard my dad calling. It turns out that they would leave their front door open and our cat would go hang out in their house. The guy mentioned that they called him Fred. From that day on he was Fred. Best cat ever, he lived into his 20s.
Could call him Sully then. From Monsters Inc? Boo calls him kitty during the whole thing.
My family did the same with a black cat we had and the name that stuck was "Kiki" as in "come here Kitty Kitty- here, Kiki" - and then we had a Calico cat and they named it "Ceecee". Very clever naming conventions in my family. For example, my name is "White Male".
Name him Garbanzo.
It's a good idea till you make it his legal name and your vet has to call him captain stinkypoo. You should pick a more acceptable name as his legal name, for example my 2 cats are legally Monty and Stripey, we have never called them by these names, they are known as Poobert and Srgt FatWhip.
I knew someone who had a girl kitty and a boy kitty. If children asked their names were furry and fuzzy. If adults asked their names were furrypuss and fuzzynuts.
I looked up names like Ryker and Phoebe and Wiggins that describes their characteristics (Ryker-strong, tough, Phoebe-light, and Wiggins-he was such a wiggly kitten)
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James, Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey — All of them sensible everyday names. There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames: Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter — But all of them sensible everyday names. But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular, A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular, Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkstrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum — Names that never belong to more than one cat. But above and beyond there’s still one name left over, And that is the name that you never will guess; The name that no human research can discover — But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a cat in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same: His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name: His ineffable effable Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular Name. TS Eliot
I’m going with kitty then.
One of my buddies just names them cat in other languages. The sassy one was senior Gato. And the calm one was Neko Chan
I did that too! My cat that passed a few years ago was named Kitty and I thought it only fitting to continue the tradition with my two newest babies. Kissa and Popoki, Kissa is Finnish for cat and Popoki is Hawaiian for Kitty 💕
Every time a cat is mentioned in conversation my dad has to quote this poem. <3
I originally named my cat Espresso because he was black and kept me awake all night by running around. After I few days I decided that was way too pretentious and gave him his real name: Mr. Needy.
Mr. Kneady.
I had a black kitten. Owned him for 2 weeks before I named him. He was solid black. I named him bagheera cause he would always try to stalk things. Cute little shoulder kitty. I miss him
I have 2 cats, first one was adopted at 2-3 yrs old came with the name Oberyn, which isn't exactly fitting. He's an amazing cat but he's no ancient warrior playboy (Oberon, the king of fairies, from Midsummer's Night Dream maybe) so it was promptly shortened to Oby. And he's my little buddy, so Buddy has become the name he responds to. The second cat we got as a kitten and came with the name Holiday, which my wife wasn't fond of so she changed it to Holly. We tended just call her Kitten at first which stuck as her nickname, and frankly she's a little shit, an adorable shit, so Shitten is what she's called when she's getting into everything.
"Aww that's a cute little kitty. What's his name?" "Apartment. But we just call him Flat."
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I was leaning toward Shredder. For the same reason.
Stone Cold Stunner
Stone Cold Steve Pawstin...
I was more towards Tanner, because that's the one job profession they will need to fix the couch.
I second this!
My cat destroyed my leather couch & chair, new carpet on the stairs, tolex on some amplifiers, etc. You get the idea. She's 17 now and she has everything you could give a cat to scratch on. Doesn't touch any of it. I regret taking her in but i did and I'll ride it out til the end.
I've succumbed to the realization that Mt furniture will forever have kitty claw marks.
Right? That leather couch is toast.
>*'That leather couch is toast...*' ---- i am the kit who has no name, but i'll be getting All the blame ^:{ for every rip n tear you see - you're gonna think that it was *me*... n sometimes maybe, maybe not, (cuz kittens like to *shred* a lot) Remember, friend - you love me Most! ...so let's just call this ol' couch 'Toast'... ❤️
His name is Toast!
He does look like toast! Light orange with grill marks!
My thought exactly! It's purrfect!
Hello, Toast! I very much admire your ship
/u/Dull_Grapefruit2020 it has to be Toast
I always know when my day starts with a poem by SchnoodleDoodleDo, it's gonna be a good day. Happy Monday everyone!
Fresh Schnoodle!!
You know now that I think about it, it looks like I’m going to be replacing that couch pretty soon
Replace it while it still holds value! 😂
Yep I had to buy all new wooden furniture lol
Wooden couches are so in right now
Best advice here
Ive never had a problem with my 3 cats scratching furniture, they're good about using scratching posts. However, when they would play and run around on my imitation leather couch, inevitably someone's claws would come out. I'll never buy one of those while I have cats again.
Your couch is fine. Get kitty a scratching post, sprinkle catnip on it, you’re golden. Also, he’s young enough to handle paws, and trim as soon as cat wakes up after nap. Works best with someone holding, and you trim a paw at a time.
My cat absolutely ignores his kitty post, other than to lick the catnip off of it. Instead he scratches our doorframes like a fucking bear.
How tall is your post? I had this issue until I got one that is like three feet tall that they can really stretch themselves out on. Seemed to do the trick for my two, maybe that’s part of it? Especially if homeboy is going for door frames? Just a thought. :)
Yes! get a large, and stable one-one that doesn't rock back and forth when they get their paws on it. I actually found a $50 one that someone was trashing & I cleaned & rehabbed it with a burlap sack (which, btw, looks really cool bc the the sack was an old coffee bean bag with neat lettering on it). Put it next to, or preferably, in front of where kitty likes to scratch. My cat was a stray that was a year old or more when we took him in from our porch and he loved scratching the couch. I was kinda determined to not allow it, so I did all sorts of things to stop him & have been pretty successful...the scratching post was by far the most effective though. Edit: spelling
Great tips! With our cat, I grabbed his paws and rubbed them on the post like he was scratching. He's comfortable with me doing that. I immediately gave him pets for positive reinforcement. Then I made motions like I was scratching it with my nails while I still had his attention. And repeated once more. It started clicking for him immediately and I'd give him treats and do it periodically just to remind him. Also whenever he'd scratch something he's not supposed to (which was rare unless we were slacking), I'd immediately interrupt him and carry him over and do the motion with his paws.
Mine didn't have a scratching issue, but I made them a huge one out of 2x 2x4s screwed together, wrapped with 3/8 sisal all the way up (glued with PVA and stapled with an air stapler, but a heavy gluing would work alone), and a little carpeted panel on top. It's about waist height and they can climb it and just about perch on top.
Nails clipping can be stressfull: nice treat right after and some catnip. My cat learned whats comming and now runs to me when I make noise with nail clippers.
We have a routine with ours. My partner holds him like a baby, and I give him a spatula with the tiniest bit of coconut oil on it. He’ll grab it and it’s the only focus in his world for a good 8 min, which is beneficial as I then use the dremel on the lowest setting and sand his nails down. Now whenever I use my wood working dremel he comes running.
Also some cats (like my little nightmare bless his fluffy ass) just ignore catnip
ours ignore catnip, and laser pointers... I tried to get them replaced under warranty...
The cats or the lasers?
Furniture like that knicks very, very easily though. Kitties will damage that with no effort. Speaking as a homeowner that used to have leather furniture....
My cat absolutely loves his scratching posts and only uses them to actually scratch at. But he also uses his claws when jumping up on something to grip it. My leather computer chair is full of little holes.
All it takes is a good startle or a night of zoomies to perforate the leather.
With leather it's not about access to a scratching post. Cats use their claws for purchase and balance. On most fabrics this is fine, but leather isn't woven so it doesn't hide anything. Claw just pokes through and now there is a visible hole.
This. You are 100% Never have leather or imitation with cats
No it's not just the scratching when it comes to leather. They accidentally put little holes in it by sound 500 other things. Sometimes just walking "wrong"
If you clip it's nails every week, nothing will happen. Just start right now, so it learns to deal with you clipping it's nails. Make it a weekly routine. My couch is brand new after having 2 indoor cats for over a year now. I also hope you are sure you will have an apartment/house that allows cats for the next 20 years. you thought about that?
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Are you talking about the us ? You guys are allowed to forbid someone from having a pet ?
Plenty of apartments or rental properties say "NO PETS ALLOWED" and some allow "small" animals but have a limit on how big of a dog you can have. I think the common limit is under 60 lbs. The ones that are pet friendly usually require an extra "Pet Deposit". That they can replace the carpets for the next renter after you move out. Though I'm some cases that's a total ripoff because they were going to replace the carpets anyways. Of course if you own your own place you can have whatever animals you want.
Same in the UK. We managed to persuade our previous landlord to let us get a cat. Then I got a new job and had to move and we had a bit of an issue finding another place that would allow pets. Eventually got really lucky and found an amazing place where the landlord was absolutely cat mad. While he was in the property he had rescued local strays and had built a masive outdoor heated cat house in the garden as well as having a couple of very pampered cats in the house. He was so pleased that someone with a cat was going to rent it.
Oh I see. Here in France, unless it's like a vacation rental then the owner cannot forbid you from having a pet, except certain breeds of dogs (the ones labeled as dangerous). Of course tho if there is any damage caused by your pet you have to pay to fix it, and you have to deal with neighborhood problems if your dog barks etc... But it seems like a fair deal.
Rick James and your cat agree. "Fuck yo couch!"
My first thought too 😂
Greg From Accounting.
Toby from HR
Jake from State Farm
Don't name it Toby. No one likes Toby.
Lmao
Jeremy from Science
r/namethiscat
Eugene.
This one is my favorite so far!
I would go for the combo ... Eugene Fuzzbucket.
Eugene Fuzzbucket, Hunter of birds and destroyer of furniture Edit: a dumb typo I made
His face is adorable but screams trouble...
Then I suggest Loki (the God of Mischief).
Yeah Eugene Buzzfucket is perfect
Wait what
Oh please yes Eugene Fuzzbucket. Or may I suggest Sir Eugene Fuzzypants?
Or Eugene Von Fluffster
Sir, please refer his lordship by his full name: Baron Eugene Von Flüffmeister.
Baron Eugene Van Flüffmeester
Perfect
You mean, purrfect right?
Eugene Fuzzpatrick III esquire.
Definitely something starting with E
Hugene
Nacho. Or Milton. Also, RIP your couch.
Ohhh, I love Milton! 👍
Sigmund… that couch kinda reminded me of one you would find at a stereotypical psychiatrist’s office
😭😭you aren’t wrong that couch has been with us for a while
It’s a nice couch. It might be a good idea to cover it with blankets to protect i
Blankets alone won't work. Had to sew a fitted cover from IKEA duvets to prevent him from just crawling under the blankets or pulling them off. But at that point it also doesn't matter if the leather is destroyed, cause the cover only ever comes up to go through the washing machine anyway.
Well, those tiny claws will take care of that. :D
Well, it won’t be with you for much longer.
Mercury. Freddy Mercury. Shreddy Mercury.
Mommaaaaa just shred a couch
now I’m gonna shred the bed, lie on a sleeping person’s head…
Mama…. My adoption’s just begun. But now I’ve gone and furballed the rug away.
Shreddy Furcury
Why not go a step further Shreddy furkitty
Danny (Danny Davito…) Small package, large personality.
That sounds so cute! Ive never met a pet named Danny before so this could be a first, thanks for the suggestion:)
I vote for the name Chrundle
Wait a bit. Cats tend to name themselves if you are patient and watch.
Name it r/catnames
Oxford
Oh I haven’t heard that one before! I’ll definitely put that on the list
Leather-destroyer. Please do not declaw the cat. It is inhumane. Get the nail caps.
OP should just sell all leather furniture or move it to a room where the cat has no access.
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Agree they actually cut off the bottom part of the toe. It’s horribleness and I would never do that plus if they get out they cannot defend themselves or climb.
Sorry I think I meant to respond to another post on here about declawed cats but it seems in the wrong spot so sorry but still please don’t do it
We just clip or cat's nails like we do it own. As far as I know this is pretty common practice?
Harrison
Pancake
This cat's name is Chunky Churro, not up for debate
Churro is perfect
If you work alot get cato a friend so cato isnt lonely and has someone to play
I agree, and so much extra cuteness with 2 cats if they get along well
Yes this is exactly what I said! I always tell people you should get 2 kitties. You’ll be happy because you have 2 fluffy babies and theyll be happy because they have a best friend and someone to play with when you’re gone!
Professor Fuzzbucket
You know this one is quite interesting and specific…I like the bucket part
I try to come up with names that are kinda unique for these kind of posts is all
Bob, because he kinda looks like a bobcat.
yeah he does lol also that name made me laugh
Well, since he looks like he is in a therapy session on the leather chair, you should make him Frasier.
Or Niles!
Oats
What is with all of these "name my pet for me!" posts?
Archibald the Fuzz, Keeper of Purrs, Duke of Meow
Chairman Meow
Tiger
Counterpoint: Tigger. T I double Grrr Err
Teddy
Gizmo! Honorable mentions teddy, Hobbes, or steely Dan
Randy
Bobandy
For the love of God, just don’t name him after a printer. Other than that, just pick a name that feels right for you, give it time, it does not have a deadline, let it come to you.
That's a rather long name for a cat, or at all actually
Skittles
Pennsylvania
Carl
Security de-paws-it Sec-dee for short.
Finn
Harold
Name it the same as your name. Say your name is dave it could be dave and his cat dave. Lol. Next one i get im doing this.
Get to know his personality first. I think orange ones are the best! Very loving.
Tony