Kitty (our shelter rescue of three weeks)

[grasswire]

Her name given by the shelter was Tinkerbelle, but she doesn't recognize it so we are trying on a lot of other names. Nothing sticks yet.



Here she's looking at about forty crows and two squirrels and assorted other birds on the lawn. When one flies by the window close to her nose, she ducks!





What do you think her name should be? She's eight years old, neutered in shelter so she has had litters in the past. She's very sweet and talkative.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. She's a dead ringer to a stray kitten who came up to me...

20 years ago when I was getting a speeding ticket on a deserted stretch of the Long Island Expressway.
I tossed her into the car and got a can of cat food at the next 7-11, which she gobbled down. That's probably why she liked car rides, and would sit in the rear window watching the world disappear.

A called her Maxine for some reason I don't remember, and she learned to respond to Max. She was an excellent hunter, and had a curious fetish for corn on the cob. She would even wait for the pot to cool down and fish one out of it to eat.

[grasswire]

3. I had a tabby who was crazy for fresh corn silk

If I brought home corn on the cob, he was into the bag and couldn't wait for the silk. He also loved cheesy popcorn. Don't know why.

But then I had another cat who went nuts for glazed donuts.

Max is a good name for a cat. There are childrens' books that have a big cat named Max.

[eppur_se_muova]

28. I think all our cats are crazy for corn silk. Don't know why. nt

[niyad]

39. wow, I thought I was the only one whose kittehs loved corn silk!

[Cadfael]

53. Every cat we've ever shared the house with has gone nuts for corn husks and/or silk.

We just figured it's because corn and grass are related and they loooove to eat grass (and then puke it up.) We actually had one cat that would sneak outside to eat grass then demand to be allowed back in to yack it back up on the carpet.

[niyad]

54. can just see that!! cats seem to deliberately avoid the nice, easy-to-clean floor for the

carpet whenever they need to yack.

[Cadfael]

55. And heaven forbid

That he should just yack it back up outside instead of in the house. Sigh.

[niyad]

56. where would be the fun in THAT??

[grasswire]

5. I think this kitty would be (or maybe was) a good hunter

She has the instinct when she plays with her feather toy. But she won't be going outside. We have eagles here, and they take small animals if they can. I was told by the shelter that she was raised an indoor cat but I am not sure about that.

[denbot]

45. I suggested Maxine at the bottom of this thread..

I almost never read the responses before posting my own, like in this case.
So there are now two independent votes for Maxine.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. She's beautiful.

I think her name might be Lillian.

[grasswire]

4. Hmm. Lillian.

She's a very feminine cat, so a girly name seems right. I thought of Leilani because she moves her paws as gracefully as a hula dancer moves her hands. But it was vetoed.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Girly but dignified and a bit old-fashioned.

Maude?
Vivian?
Norma?

[grasswire]

11. LOL

Maybe I should get a baby book and look at girl names.

If it was a boy cat I would call him Carter after Jimmy.

[Danmel]

36. You could name her Rosalyn

Call her Rosie.

[femmocrat]

6. She has a gorgeous face.

Jenny or Molly

[grasswire]

8. we have a human Jenny in the family...

....but that would otherwise be a good fit. Molly is cute. I thought about "Chatty" because she is so vocal in an adorable way.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. I love cats' faces. They are so beautiful

and cats always look like they're seeing something we can't.

[pinboy3niner]

7. You could call her 'Snoopy' for being so nosy about everything. :) nt

[grasswire]

9. !!

I actually considered "NOSY" because she really, really is very curious about everything.

[DawgHouse]

12. Diana, Goddess of the Hunt

Or Abigail for no other reason but she's adorable and I would call her Abby.

[Lizzie Poppet]

13. Tabbigail!

[MH1]

14. She's beautiful.

But I have no idea what you should name her.

[fizzgig]

15. what a beautiful girl!

i'm terrible at naming pets. when you come up with something, ask her if it's her name. harvey ignored name after name but his ears perked right up when i asked him if that was his name.

how's she settling in?

[grasswire]

18. She seems happy...

....and her only eccentricity is that she will only drink from the bathroom faucet. Oh, and she persists in waking me vigorously at 5 a.m. and I am not a morning person.

Otherwise, fine. She came from a home with four other cats, and so I think that we may get her a companion next month. I wish I had thought to ask if the shelter had any of her siblings. It's very sad to me when cat families are split up.

[Paper Roses]

16. Beautiful kitty. So glad you gave a home to a shelter kitty.

She looks quite content in her new home. What a beautiful view from the window. So glad she has other friends to watch. The reflection of her face is so cute. How did she like the tree? In my house, if I had a tree near my kitty's window perch, it would be toppled in a second or she would be hidden in the branches. Stories like this make us feel great.

[grasswire]

20. she has paid no attention to the tree at all.

I wondered how that would go. She hasn't looked twice at it.

[brer cat]

17. She is really beautiful, grasswire.

Since she is very talkative, Chatty Cathy might work. (I don't know if you are old enough to remember those dolls.)

[grasswire]

21. oh yes

I did think of Chatty. Or Chit Chat. Still hoping I will stumble on her real name, so I keep saying all kinds of names to her to see if she reacts. She did seem to notice "Patty".....but not sure.

[liberalla]

35. Since she's such a talented conversationalist and has the gift of gab....

How about Gabby? Gabi...

She's so gorgeous! I love her face!

Let us know what you end up with, for a name...

[MrsMatt]

22. She looks like the best cat I've ever had

Bettina.

I still miss her and she's been gone for 13 years - we had her 18.

[oldandhappy]

23. What a sweet heart!

[trueblue2007]

24. what a beauty. i love her green eyes

[airplaneman]

25. I suggest

Sally
Misty
Thistle
-Airplaen

[valerief]

26. Mitzi. All female cats s/b named Mitzi. She's a pretty kitty.

[darkangel218]

48. I had a beautiful calico named Mitzi

Miss her

[Hatchling]

27. She looks just like my Shadow used to when she was young.

Shadow is a rickety old lady now, her 19th birthday is in March. But the eyes are still the same.

[grasswire]

32. good health to your Shadow.

Rickety. I had one of those.

[eppur_se_muova]

29. She really looks like my mom's Tinker Bell, very similar face and eyes, only more white fur. nt

[Beaverhausen]

30. Gracie

She's gorgeous!

[grasswire]

31. Gracie is under consideration...

...and would be perfect but it is the name of a daughter lost to a family member through a custody dispute. Probably not the best choice, for that reason. Although I love it.

[2theleft]

33. She's beautiful!

I'm allergic to cats, but I just love them.

As for names, I am partial to Gracie as mentioned above, but totally understand your reasons for not doing that.

Allie
Isabelle, Bella or Izzie for short
Carly
I also like Charlie for girl animals

My first dog's name was Scout, from To Kill a Mockingbird. Will always be my favorite pet name!

[IcyPeas]

34. Green.....

Hunter
Jade
Olive
Kelly
Hazel

[Danmel]

37. Since you wanted to go with Carter, you could go with Rosalyn

Call her Rosie!

[niyad]

38. what a gorgeous baby. try "samantha"

[fleur-de-lisa]

40. Dafna.

[lunatica]

41. Names with sharp sounds get attention

Sounds like Ts or Ss or Ks.

Call her Chatterbox and for sort Chatty. She'll recognize the familiar sharp sound pretty quickly, especially if you combine it with opening a can of cat food.

I would probably call her Chitty-chitty-bang-bang too. I do that with my pets. They all have a variation on their names that includes the sounds in their name.

[Le Taz Hot]

42. That is a "Princess."

[denbot]

43. I'm thinking Maxine..

Don't know why, it just popped into my head..

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

46. Silver? as in silver tabby - but dont mind me, Im a minimalist - named my last cat Orange! nm

[Number9Dream]

47. She looks like a Sophie

[alphafemale]

50. That is the name of the tuxie that chose me at the shelter.

She did not like her name.

Patch.

Not Patches.

Patch. (she has a little black soul patch on her chin.)

I asked if she would like a new name,

She started purring loudly and I thought it sounded like "Sophie"

Her name is actually spelled Psoghi, though.

[niyad]

59. sort of like "ghoti" is pronounced "fish"?

[alphafemale]

63. Yes. I would never creatively spell a childs name.

But she will never know or have to explain it and it does seem to make people remember her more.

[niyad]

64. that is a most excellent point.

[sarge43]

49. Name her Emerald for those eyes. n/t

[Hotler]

51. Call her Tink. ....n/t

[grasswire]

62. I do like tink.

But many of my suggestions were vetoed!

[grasswire]

52. I think we have a name.

Noel.

The 8-year-old boy suggested "Fishface"....LOL.

[niyad]

57. noel is beautiful, both the name, and the little one. many happy years together to all of you.

[grasswire]

61. I hope so too.

I buried two elder cats and an elder border collie in March. Had enough of that for a while.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

58. Great name, beautiful cat.

I hope you and she will have a great life or nine together.

[grasswire]

60. THANK YOU

Now if I can train her OUT of waking me up at 5 a.m. LOL

[tblue37]

65. Sophia? Lila? (I had a cat named Lila. She was darling. She lived to be 18.) nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

66. She looks like a Zoe kinda girlie.