Meet “Runt”, the 3-week old kitteh.
He’s got three bros, all of whom are black and white too. I think he’s chewing on his bro here:
WIth all the kittayns sporting the cow look, Sender Inner Kimberly H. calls them “Moo Mews*”
*Say three times fast, Bitches!
oooh, kitten noses! *beep*
I have one marked like that; his name is Holstein. . . His brother is Guernsey (red&white)
Moo-Kittayns!!
I would like a herd of these cowttens, please.
Please, please tell us he isn’t really named Runt. Think of the self-esteem issues as he gets older! Think of the playground teasing. I wouldn’t be surprised if having that name adversely affects his chances of being admitted to a good college. And finding a mate–slim to none, man.
Tell you what. Send him to live with me. I’ll give him a more advantageous name and secure him a bright future.
Gee, peeps, any name suggestions for skippymom?
By the way, did you name Skippy? Got one named “Tad” or “Buffy”? What would you name these little moo-ers and shakers?
Katrina, Skippy had a stupid name that I won’t bother to mention when he lived with the neighbors down the street. After he moved in with me (and it took me a while to figure out that he had) I cast about for a suitable name in vain for some time. At last I was listening to Car Talk one day and a caller used the expression “ye’re dang skippy”. (as in damn straight, you ain’t just *****ing, etc. Somehow I knew at once that his name had to be Skippy, and so he has been these last ten of his twelve years that we’ve travelled through life together. It’s kind of a goofy name for a cat of his great dignity, but he’s fine with it.
Funny that you mention Buffy, though, as I sometimes call him “Fluffy Buffy” based on his color and fluffiness.
I shall name this kitten James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree.
[Now I had to Google that. A A Milne! - Ed.]
“Moo mew”–why didn’t I think of that?!
That is an excruciatingly painfully adorable kitteh.
SkippyMom, just wanted to let you know that my adored and beloved cat, whom I had for seventeen and a half years, and was the most cosseted, spoiled kitty imagnable, but also the most gracious, sweet natured, full-of-noblesse oblige creature imaginable– my little four-legged ray of sunshine– was named Stinky. He was named Stinky as a place-filler when he was a new kitten in the house, and it just stuck (my resident cat said plainly to me, “Why have you brought me this stinky kitten?” ) From the time I got my hands on him to the time he was PTS, I did everything I could to shield him from the slightest discomfort or indignity. He was always the same sweet, friendly, open, trusting boy. And he had a sense of humor.
PS AND he was black and white, like these babies. It makes me cry, a little bit.
*squeal* I call my cat Moo too, she’s not completely black and white, but mostly. (She’s got a bit of tabby in her.) It’s just a fabulous name for a cat.
Those eyes in the 3rd pic are the saddest and most heart-breaking I’ve ever seen. Makes me want to stick him in a set of racks to cheer him up.
Picture #2: a perfect cowlick
Skippymom, my sweet “little” (at 12 1/2 lbs) marmie is named Tubby. As a kitten, he was the largest of the litter. It wasn’t meant to be a permanent name — it never is. Ironically, his littermate caught up and far surpassed Tubs and now weighs 18 lbs… he is big boned and would play linebacker except he would distract everyone on the team by his constant purring. He is, however, an excellent tackle. But I digress.
I admit to tiring of people questioning me when I share the names, and having to explain, “No, the SMALLER one is named Tubby. This is Hyde. Yes, I know that the names seem mixed up, but you didn’t seem them as kittens… blah blah blah.”
The third pic is so damn cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeee
First pic: so precious and innocent! May I take you home, kitten?
Should I, or should I not, add the “hoofers” tag… hmmmmm…
Do eeetttt…
That would be “Me llamo Runto.” Sounds like “Yamo,” tho.
Pedantically yours in TWO languages,
Noelegy
P.S. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
It all depends on how you look at it. I had a cow-kitty but didn’t know it. Being more of a seaside person, I thought my cow-kitty was an orca-kitty. Her name did have a moo sound, but it was Shamu, and she was gorgeous and wild and used to stand up on her haunches for hugs.
Love that second pic. Great shot. Reminds me of when Meg says, “Yang!”
3 tasty little morsels, too cute
awwwww!!!!! Moo-mew is too cute!!
I was totally gonna comment on the hovertext being spelled wrong (maybe on purpose? heaven knows cuteness inspires purposeful misspelling
), but Noelegy beat me to it 
That third pic is the saddest looking little kitten I ever did see.
I have a cat named Moo! I got him at 9 mos so I didn’t know what he looked like as a kitten. Now I sorta do (‘cept my Moo has a black nose and chin spot).
Yikes! After reading Berthaservant’s comment about the hovertext, I just saw the hovertext on the second pic! GMTA.
I often forget about the hovertexts until a peep comments on it.
Ay yi yi carumba, who changed berthaservant’s comment to boaks’?
pyrit vamos buenos noches, k gracias adios.
Theresa, your description of your Stinky was quite lovely, I appreciated it and can relate. I had a gorgeous, sweet “tuxedo” girl who was absolutely my soul mate…her name was Witchy. (Named by her previous person.) If she was “witchy” in any way, it was a pure, good kind of witch. She had the most intelligent, soulful eyes. Every night, she would wait for me to get comfy in bed, and then she would come and lay with the front half of her body right on me. It was so comforting. It was hard to sleep after she passed.
Now onto my assessment of these darling pictures:
Black and white kittehs have the peenkest nosies!
AWW
Those kitties are SO CUTE 
Makes me want to cuddle them all 
Oh my, that 3rd photo just breaks my heart! Looks so sad! Don’t worry little Moo Mew! I’ll save you!
(((waits for nuffers to get all uppity by the use of the word “bitches”)))
Those tiny kittehs are anerable-PLUS. But I think they are older than 3 weeks. Does anyone else think they are older than 3 weeks?
260Oakley…The “cowlick” comment is so great.
Skippymom
I love that poem. Sometimes my mom and I will recite every other line to each other just to prove we can.
‘Took great care of his mother, though he was only three’
Katrina…name suggestions…cowbelle, cowpoke, cowgirl, beauvine…
Moo Cats are the bestest.
SQUEEEEEEE!!! Especially #1!!!
Umm…pyrit, I didn’t make a comment yet about the second photo hovertext….
…BUT I AM RIGHT NOW! How did you know?
I always think it takes a good few days to find a cat name, or, rather, for the name to emerge. I had Bertha for a few days before her name came to me; it seems so obvious, since “Bertha” was an online nickname for a woman I was seeing, and it’s also a song by the Grateful Dead (I use names in Dead songs for pets), but it hadn’t occurred to me. Until all of a sudden I said BERTHA! out loud at her and she looked at me like “What took you so long?” On the other hand, I had an ex who went to adopt a cat knowing his name was going to be Roarie, and sure enough, she found a vocal little tuxie whom the name fits perfectly!
I don’t think it’s intentional on either of their parts, but I am observing that comments 39 and 40 are kind of bizarre, particularly when we are having a conversation about naming our pussycats!
Yes, they really ARE 3 weeks old! Give or take a couple days.
Oh! And their names ended up being: The runt is named P.C (for Presidents Choice, ahahaha) and than there is Patch, Fluffy, and Spot. I know I know, some typical names, but I didn’t get to name them!
Now now now people—my tuxedo kitty, former runt of the litter who weighed in at 19+ lbs when full grown (a portly pussycat, as my sis would say) was named Niles, after one of the Crane brothers on Frasier. He was always formally attired, made me laugh out loud, and was a trifle neurotic. Bless his little kitty soul. I miss him still. Anyway, from runt, he just HAD to live up to his name and formalwear!
I can;t stands it. When they’re in the blue-eyes-and-tipped-over-ears stage, my heart is putty in their paws.
@skippymom
“Katrina, Skippy had a stupid name that I won’t bother to mention when he lived with the neighbors down the street. After he moved in with me (and it took me a while to figure out that he had) I cast about for a suitable name in vain for some time.”
Same thing happened to me with my most recent kitty. She’s a 20-lb. Maine Coon tuxie girl with extra tos, and came with the name “Missy.” I couldn’t imagine such an elaborate cat having such a plain name, so I lengthened it to “Mississippi.”
Anyway, as T.S> Eliot said,
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.
It’s absolutely true. “Runt” may end up being his everyday name, but I’m sure he’ll acquire two more as he goes along.
“Missy” is Missy’s everyday name, “Mississippi” is her name for formal occasions (which she’s always dressed for), and “Fluffy” (or “Mrs. Fluffymuffins”) is her snuggletime-kitten name. She knows them all.
How about a name that’s wrong for the species, aginiliree? Like “Fido” for a cat? Although I must say, being quite contrary, I’d do it deliberately (my brother called his cat “Bello”, so it runs in the family).
I always call cow cats “Mutant Millies,” since Millie was the first cow cat I had, and their markings all seem like variations of hers.
EYE BOOGIES!!!! *wipe*
You look so sad Mr. McKittykins… I will hugs you…
I am embarrassed to admit that my cats are named Kitty and Other Kitty. It wasn’t intentional. We weren’t going to keep them. We just referred to the one that we actually saw sometimes as “the kitty” and the one that hid perpetually behind the filing cabinet as “the other kitty”. Once we acknowledged that we couldn’t handle the guilt of taking them to the Humane Society, we gave them real names, but they just never stuck. Our vet feels bad for the Other Kitty, and insists on calling her “OK”, but, embarrassed as I am by the cats’ names, I’d be more embarrassed about changing them just to protect their little feline feelings.
My cat’s name is also Kitty. XD Nothing else seemed to fit her.
Also: YANNG
I want to squeeze them until they squeek!
Where can I find a moo-meow?
I agree with T.U.M. and T.S. Eliot — cats should indeed have at least 3 names.
I have a large orange-and-white Maine Coon who, in his twelfth year of life, is the dignified lord of the manorhouse, occupier of the cushiest cushions, first at the dinner bowl, etc. — definitely Top Cat among all the brood. But his name is Tigger — named as a kitten by a two-year-old, in whose house he lived before he came to live with me. He may have been a Tigger in his youth, but he most definitely is not now.
I currently have a foster cat named Rover (blame the boyfriend), but she came to us named “Buttons,” which wasn’t appropriate at all. And we tend to call our foster kittens “Kitten” when talking to them, although they have names. We use their names when talking about them.
All this makes me want a kitty, partly just to have the fun of naming it.
I think we need mo news from moo mews
My “Ruler of Unruly”; my orange kitter’s real name is Persimmon, but he’s called Percy, or Perk, or Perk-A-Lurk, or Mr. Long-Legs-Floor-Flopper, or Badcat.
(Side note: I think AKC registered dog names are fascinating)
@Kibblenibble, except when the nosies are black, which are adorable in a different way. Observe Dante:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2773461310054217802TSmDft
And Mimi:
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1203810491054217802iBNZxa
For a precious pink nose, here’s the aforementioned Stinky:
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1202230253054217802tyFxoF
My Shadow came from the Humane Society as “Raughty”. Silly by itself, hence the change, but more sensible when paired with his partner “Notten”. Someone had a sense of humor…
I am the queen of anthropomorphization (yee gadds, the misspelling!!), so my furry roommates always have people names. I have/had dogs named Henry, Ty, Jake, and, as a bow to my current obsession with Lost, Hurley. My kids have kept the tradition with Rosie the poodle, and Kia and Mac (short for McLovin) the akitas.
@ Trabb’s Boy- HA! That is too funny.. My boyfriend calls my cats by “cat” and “other cat” lol… Not sure which is which in his world though lol
@Meliss, Niles Crane FTW!! Reminded me of the episode where the local zoo named a crane Frasier Crane, and the crane bit Frasier in the a$$ at the naming ceremony.
skippymom, unlike some of us, uhum,
I can recite James James Morrison Morrison from heart.
James James Morrison Morrison Wetherby George DuPree took very good care of his mother, although he was only three.
“Mother” he said, said he,
“You must never go down to end of town without consulting me”.
I hope skippy is as attentive. Theo- I implore you to re-read you Winnie the Pooh, young man. *snerk*
[Winnie the Pooh was read to us, when my sister & I were little. It's been a while. - Ed.]
….1: I was considering whining about the use of the full term B****** (“Couldn’t the editors at least abBREViate the term, for those of us corny people who don’t enjoy using the term & would rather not …”)…but since someone else felt that would be considered nuffing…guess I’ll try to “let it go” (whimper)
…2: I thought I was being at least a bit literate, to name my formally attired feline companion, “Salinger” …but unfortunately, all the ne plus ultra ….kept assuming, & asking, why I had named him, after the Canadian Prime Minister (Pierre S.)…(sigh.).
…3: Trabb’s Boy: one of my very favorite things ever read here, in about 2 yrs of “subscribing” to C/Overload !!! Thanks fer sharin’ …
Peace…
oops — forgot one item (sorry)
anyone up, for attaching the “Cute or Sad” tag to these photos? Or have The Amazing Editors, already seen fit to do so????????
Peace …
Awwwww, so sweet!!!! Head as big as his whole body… holstein coloring…. the blue blue eyes… the pinky nose…. littleness of haunch and foot…. you got the qte thing down little fella.
Oh noes!
Hovertexts in the comments?! It’s insanity, I tell ya!
{but plz dun stop, I lof deem}
James James Morrison’s mother
Put on a golden gown.
You can not pin a name on a cat that it will not like, cause bad names won’t stick.
So say Gus, Cazzie la boo bah, Noodle, Blanca and Maisie Mae.
(Now then, very softly)
J. J.
M. M.
W. G. Du P.
Took great
C/o his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J. J.
Said to his M*****
“M*****,” he said, said he:
“You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-if-you-don’t-go-down-with ME!”
by the way, she hasn’t been heard of since.
King John said he was sorry, so did the queen and prince.
well, they would.
*squeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!* Aww, dey loox liek my Domino when I founded her a year ago!!! *smootch smootch smootch*
Let’s see names I have had for cats in my life:
Cinderella
Teresa (a boy cat)
Smokey Jo
Bandit
Opus No 7 The Baby Sister
Jerry
I love hovertext as it makeds comments look shorter!
Awww…these babies are so cute!!
I put alot of thought into naming an animal. I like to look through baby naming books and websites too. That’s where i found the name for my black cat, Brenna. It is Celtic for “raven maiden or dark haired one”. Although, it doesn’t always work. I also have a Burmese mix that is white with light brown points. His name is Toast because he looks like a slightly toasted marshmallow
Little glossy, poorly focused eyes… (*heart melts*)
@Skippymom, yes, the whole song has been going through my head since I first saw James James mentioned. Yes, people, I said SONG done by the Chad Mitchell Trio. It’s delightful. As for the naming of cats, I generally use “people” names although made an exception for my Shadow who got his name from following at my heels everywhere, not from being all black. (And his full name was truly My Shadow.) Kelly came to me as “Cali” for “calico” but she wasn’t a calico, she was a tortoiseshell, so I had to change her name. She kind of responded to “Cali” so I just swerved it a bit and “Kelly” she became. And of course, there was Harold, who responded to her name with 4 kittens to prove she was not really a Harold.
How many mews must a moomew make if a moomew must make mews?
I shall dub thee Sir Percy Bartholomew Leopold Codwolloper III
I have a moo kitty! my manx tomcat…
Fearietail Cosmo Comet of Auragold! (he has a tail and a pedigree)
Cosmo (as in “No no Cosmo, leave the girls alone”)
Bunny (as in “come here for a snuggle, Bunny”)
My girls are still refered to as “the kittens” even though they are about to have some themselves. I am hoping for moomews in black and white and silver.
The bebbeh in the top pic looks way too much like my bad boy, Charlie, who was also the runt. You can just tell this Runt is a little trouble maker, though sweet as can be. Prepare yourself: Charlie stayed a bad boy his entire 22 years, and I’ll betcha this Runt stays a bad boy for life, too. He’s got the `tude.
Cute Cats. “MIU MIU” is the sporty line for Prada. Those cats seem super sporty.
Aoife–Charlie had 22 years! That’s great. Skippy is twelve, and I am in complete denial as to his mortality. I tell people that we have a special deal and that he is never leaving me. I really don’t know how to even think about the prospect of life without him as we are such soul mates.
I’d love to hear how many others here had cats that lived for a very many years?
Check out the bunny and piglet who have fallen in love
http://andfinally.tv/2009/04/piglet-and-rabbit-fall-in-love/#more-37
The submissions page is such a hassle, so here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL6hXGpKJjk
4 orphans baby kitties in Palo Alto… so cute!!! And just about the same age as this little guy.
He’s so expressive! Obv. a natural model.
Boston terrier kitties
Lisa is that one gigantic hercules rabbit or whut??
I had cow cats that were grey and white, the runt was named George. Such a clown he was.
skippymom, right now I have two cats who are both 15. One (who got his name of “Buddy Boy” when he came up to the cage door at the city shelter, looked straight at me, and clearly told me he’d be my buddy) is slowing down a bit, but the other (who got his name of “Sweet Pea” because when I went to PetSmart and saw him as a kitten he reached out his paw and touched me ever so softly — sans claws) is still going strong, often playing just like a kitten.
Both cats started out as inside/outside, as all my other cats had been (several pairs), but I converted them to inside-only when they were 3-4. No other cats lived past 8 years. I think the inside-only has had lots to do with their life span (and I do like knowing where they are).
I, too, am in denial about their mortality. When I think of what we’ve been through in the last 15 years, and what great company they are, I can’t imagine being without them. But I’m not having to cross that bridge yet…
BTW, both of my boys are B&W kitties, too, and tres cute, if I do say so myself!
My 15 year old cat Fee Fee is a tuxedo. She has white on her muzzle and a little black spot near her nose like a beauty mark. However she has never mooed.
I want to adopt a pair of grey and orange tabbies this spring, and name them either Mulder and Scully, or Bishop and Olivia.
Ah, the names that cats have that aren’t their names! Here are mine, shamelessly shared.
Gabby–Gabbers, Gibby (don’t ask), Gabita, Gabbenstein, Gabby-girl, Gabgab, Gabberts
Oscar–no special names, I just like to say his name in a silly voice: “Osh-karr”
Niko–Neeks, Neekers, Niko-Freako, Nikos, Niko-boo, Foofy Butt
Murphy–Murph, Moif, Murphy-moo, Murf-murf
Philo–Kitten-pants, Philo-pants, Pukey-pants (he went through a period of unexplained vomiting, but this name was only used in affection), Stinky-butt (it isn’t, but he likes to stick it in your face all the same, as if to show off the quality of his grooming), Skinny Britches
I have a petite female tuxie who is pretty vocal; the most understandable thing she says is (?): “Mama!!”…..so of course I say “Mama!!” back to her…..and so we go on, back and forth…
(If anybody would ever overhear our witty repartee, they would swear that our house is inhabited by loonies….. Hmmmm: then again, mebbee it is…… 
)
Skippy: Skippykip, Skippito, Scoopoogoopoo, Skipperdeeskipperdoodle
Edward: Eddy, Eduardo, Ed Wood, Bearcub
Francesco: Franny, Francois, Francine, Frankie, Frangipani, Frangelico
plus many more spur-of-the-moment ones, but these are the most common
My fiance and I don’t have any cats (he is allergic!), but we are slowly adopting the older kitty that lives next door, Green Eyes. She is an old “lady” who is a little overwhelmed by the commotion of kids and a dog in her house, so she comes over to our place for some peace and quiet (and my fiance can tolerate her for short periods! Yay!).
Why mention this? Well, Green Eyes is a holstein cat. One of our friends cleverly described her as a “kitty cow” rather than a kitty cat. Heh. Kitty cow!
Aww! They even have the little pink noses to make them perfect little cows! MOOOOO!!!! 3:(:)
@Skippymom, my Siamese cat was 19 when she died, My Shadow was 17 but he did kind of have a rough start, and my current cat will be 19 in October and other than going deaf and therefore, very LOUD, she seems to be in pretty good shape. I’m expecting/hoping for a few more years. They were all indoor/outdoor except the last few years .. about 10 when converted.. which I think helps especially as they age and slow down. I pretty much assume it’s a 20 year (give or take) commitment to take on a bebeh kitteh. Which is why my next ones will be middle aged to start with (and tuxies, I hope) even though I do love the bebehs. Like this one. Love heeem
I have an 18 yr old moo-cat. I feel bad for her, because she tries to go all stealth/ninja-y, but, with black and white coloring, there’s always a give away. During the day, the black stands out. At night, the white catches light. Poor cat!
These kitties are going to be stuck with the same affliction! No sneakiness for them. A lifetime of being obvious. *wipes away a tear*
On the subject of names, my moo-cat is named Baby, which is short for “Cry Baby”. Not very creative, I admit, but it fit her because all she did was cry/meow at us when she was little (and again now that she’s old). Also, when she was little, she was very little and could lay on the back of my hand while I did homework.
I love the first picture of “Runt” with the flowers in the background. He’s all
“Can haz cookie anyway?” I would bake cookies for you and your pals.
@mom2twinzz
I had a girl cat named Steve. Maybe she was your boy Teresa’s cousin!
She was a stray, and by the time I started getting close enough to her to see her girlness, “Steve” had already stuck. She was registered at the vet’s as “Stephanie,” but she knew she was really Steve.
Theresa, thanks for sharing your kitty pics…they are all adorable.
My family also has a tradition that cats must have acceptable names for people – Matthew, Norman, Lily & Rose (sisters), Troy, Robin.
In my individual cat-owning years, I’ve even gone so far as to bestow middle names:
Megumi Bunny [surname] (Megumi is Japanese for treasure, she just gets called Meg)
Pearl Kim [surname] (she was called Princess Pearl at the SPCA so I stripped her of her royal title and some time later decided that she just LOOKED LIKE her middle name was Kim – actually I think it’s a ‘maiden name’ and she’s Korean, not that I can explain how a cat can look Korean)
Pet-names include Fluffybum, Fartypants, Puss-puss, Gung-gung, Little Girl, Meggie/Pearlie, Dumb-arse.
I think these cowttens are absolutely excellent and want to make them little headbands with soft, blunt felt horns.
Some years ago, the Countess Von Zeppelin and I adopted a shelter kitten, a lovely calico tabby. After peering under the kitty’s tail for a while, we made our best guess that the cat was male, and, after watching the little critter make a thorough search of our house, named it Captain Spaulding the African Explorer. After the first vet visit, we discovered that Captain was female. We tried out a few other names for a while, but finally decided that Captain Spaulding was a good name for her. A year later she was joined by a male gray tab named Tash, after the vulture-god in C.S. Lewis’ Narnia tale, “The Last Battle.”
In the third photo i don’t think hes sad, i think he’s disapproving.
Dumb-arse is so wrong, mainly because it’s “ass”, as in “donkey”.
I have been known to call our kitty “dimwit” and other such derogatory terms. He’s not the sharpest tool in the box.
As I foster cats (and can’t afford to get too attached to them because they go away to be re-homed) I end up giving them descriptive names, i.e
Mostly Black
Mostly White
Stripey Tail
Stripey
Tabby
Friendly
The Middle One
Shame! Still, they all seem put up with their uninspiring names so long as the catnip and kitten food keep rolling….
Kittens I have had an their names and nicknames. There are MANY!
Current Cats
Puff Puff (who is 17 years old and acts like a kitten!) – Puff, Pufferbutt, Miss Puff and we sing the song “My little Buttercup” but replace Buttercup with Pufferbutt.
Beatrice (7 yr old Maine Coon) – Bea, Beebarino, Beebalicious, Bucket, Fuzzy Butt (or the creole Foozy Bootay), Miss Bea, Beebaroony, Fuzz Bucket and many more that are improvised on the spot.
Former Cats
Tesseract (lived to be 19.5 years old!) – Tess, Tessie, Freak, Tessie the Barbarian, Tessmonster, Miss Tessmacher (from the superman movie), Tess Mess (followed by singing “instant cocoa….yode-lay-hee-hooooooooo!), Froot Loop.
Our cow-kitty is Trivet Norton, a.k.a. Trivay, T No, T-Note, Trivalicious, Mr. Cleveland, M. Blanc-et-Noir, Piebald Cat, Katsy Pussenwald, Old Man. I have often referred to him as the Niles Crane of kitties, for the same reasons Meliss cites, although Trivet is more of a mask-and-mantle kitteh than a tux.
I think all of our cats have at least half a dozen names each.
On an unrelated note, I once met a cat named Rin Tin Tin.
I’ve almost always named my cats “people” names. One exception was Squeaky, a blue-gray girl that I acquired as a kitten, given to me by a friend. She had a squeaky meow, and my friend started calling her that. I said I wasn’t going to name her Squeaky, and he challenged me to come up with something better. Oddly, I couldn’t, and Squeaky it stayed.
Although I am responsible for naming a lynx-point Siamese mix “Smudge,” because as a baby her markings looked like a smudged thumbprint on her forehead.
[Is that so?? - Ed.]
I used to live in a deficiency apartment in the basement of my parents’ home. They had a cat (I am a dog person, sorry!) who decided it was way too much trouble to use the litter box, so she started “going” on the top side of my dropped ceiling. After a period of time, the ceiling did indeed DROP–on my head, in the middle of the night! The next cat allowed into the house, when possible names were being suggested, wound up being called “DC” for “Dead Cat,” since that is what I promised them would happen if she copied her predecessor! DC lived a long and happy life, and I got new ceiling tiles.
Skippymom, when I took Charlie to the vet for the first time, he was about 8 weeks old and the vet said, “Don’t expect him to live very long. He’s got a serious heart murmur.” During his kittenhood, he was quite ill several times. Again, I was told not to expect him to live very long, he’s got a lot of health problems. After a year or two, even though he still had the heart murmur and would his entire life, the other problems ceased, and he proved the vets wrong.
Hooray for Charlie! Our old vet diagnosed Skippy with severe asthma about five years ago, had him on medications and wanted to see him every six weeks. After a while of this, I said that I would only be bringing him in any more if there seemed to be a problem. He’s been off the meds for a couple of years now and doing just fine, thank you very much. As far as our current doctor is concerned, he’s not considered asthmatic.
A friend of my brother had a black and white female cat he called “Patches”
It was “Miss P.” when she got snarly 
All of our 3 kitties have middle names
Smokey “Badly Spoiled” (lite tortie girl), Badger “Badly Spoiled” (dark tortie girl) and Dooley “Houdini” “Badly Spoiled” (our black and white boy) 
Dooley is the only one with a second middle name due to his ability to get out of the house like “Houdini” 
aww so young still has blue eyes >_<
the third group, top kitty with the flattened blue eyes looks EXACTLY like my mean ole stepmother, no kidding…
One of my favorite names for one of many cats I have had over the years
was Highway, full name, “My Way Or The Highway Kitty”. Named by my
boyfriend at the time, he who was exasperated by my bringing home an
endless number of strays! What he never noticed was the neon sign on
the roof, proclaiming ” Eat Here!”
My sweet kitty cow was Oreo. Black on the sides, white in the middle.Pink nose and paws.
Always an inside dweller. She lived a long, healthy life.
@Teresa
Missisippi’s middle name is “Yoknapatawpha.”
I love the scond pic.
I would trade my cat for that kitteh.
There is nothing in the world more awesome than cat paws. The little pink pads with tufts of soft white fluff between them. Awesomeness! ! ! !
Skippysmom – your gorgeous gorgeous cat looks so much like our late Taffy I can’t believe it. <3 <3
Blech! Cat foot!
@snorglepup: Had a friend with a cow kitty named Oreo. Oreo got so fat that the kids started calling him Doublestuff! LOL
At the last photo, he looks so sad:( what’s wrong?? He is adorable though:D