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Unusual, domestic animals' names

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Indigo8 Mon 11-Nov-24 19:07:05

This is a light hearted thread. Light relief from some of the more serious, but necessary themes, I hope.

My animals, mostly cats, have had rather ordinary names like George, Jenny and Jinx. My DD called one of her rabbits Romeo but her hamsters were called Brian and Keith.

Neighbours had cats called Anthony and Cleopatra and the old man down the road had a Labrador called Darnley. We also knew of a pair of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels called
Buckingham and Rockingham or Bucky and Rocky to their friends.

Whingey Wed 20-Nov-24 17:40:22

My grandma had a cat never washed. Put butter on his paws and he wouldn't touch it

Lydie45 Mon 18-Nov-24 22:11:26

My son had two dogs called Scampi and Chips

Allira Sat 16-Nov-24 23:17:47

agnurse

I once met a beautiful black cat - an absolutely gorgeous mini-panther if ever there was one. You would tend to think he would be named Blackie, or Coal, or Bagheera or something.

Nope. He was called Jason grin

Was he an explorer?

MissAdventure Sat 16-Nov-24 23:04:18

smile
Fishpaste.

absent Sat 16-Nov-24 05:47:39

I adopted a kitten and tried to introduce her to the house cats by spreading a little bit of food on the back of her head to encourage the others to lick it off. It was not helpful and she ended up being called Fishpaste because she was a bit smelly. She later gave birth to four kittens in my home office. They were named Dingbat, Helvetica (Semi-bold), Bodoni and Frutiger (Light Condensed). Several of the adult kittens emigrated to New Zealand with me.

agnurse Fri 15-Nov-24 21:11:25

I once met a beautiful black cat - an absolutely gorgeous mini-panther if ever there was one. You would tend to think he would be named Blackie, or Coal, or Bagheera or something.

Nope. He was called Jason grin

Madmeg Fri 15-Nov-24 20:10:46

Another friend's DD was a vet nurse and often brought home "unwanted" animals. My friend's' DH called the 3-legged cat "Tripod".

Madmeg Fri 15-Nov-24 20:09:21

One cat we had was called Tenzing by the Cats Protection Rescue Centre that my DD worked at during her Duke of Edinburgh Award word. She fell in love with him so he came to live with us. On his first journey outside he shot up the first tree he encountered - and had no problem getting down again!

A friend of mine had two cat brothers whom she named Reggie and Ronnie.

gulligranny Fri 15-Nov-24 19:43:39

Our lovely, much lamented cat was called Crinkle, she had a curled-over ear.

In the vet's waiting room once, room full of various kinds of pets, "Goliath" was called - he was a budgie ..

Tonysarahjackson Fri 15-Nov-24 16:30:19

My son's had goldfish called eggs,bacon, sausage,beans, tomatoes and toast lol ..not sure which was which though 😅

MaggsMcG Fri 15-Nov-24 15:10:00

I had two cats called Pepsi and Max

LovesBach Thu 14-Nov-24 22:55:12

Our handsome black cat was called Nimrod; it seemed so appropriate as the meaning is 'Stealthy Hunter'. Nimrod was also a Mesopotamian King, also fitting as Nim thought he was royalty.

Llamas99 Thu 14-Nov-24 21:02:49

Last cat was called Harley Catfish, neighbor dogs called Mopey and Wimpey!

MissAdventure Thu 14-Nov-24 18:53:43

I had a Guinea pig called Bumble.

boheminan Thu 14-Nov-24 18:45:48

My daughter had two black hamsters, one was bumble and the other bogey

Indigo8 Thu 14-Nov-24 18:36:45

AskAlice Reminds me of couple of dogs I knew called Mark one and Mark two.

AskAlice Thu 14-Nov-24 18:07:47

One of my colleagues had two cats called Colin and Not Colin!

Cid24 Thu 14-Nov-24 10:45:17

I met a very shaggy black poodle the other day called Brian, after Brian May!! 😂

CanadianGran Thu 14-Nov-24 00:34:05

Growing up our family had the most unimaginative names for pets...Puppy, Puss, Bubby (for bunny). I think our parents didn't name them at all, and their names evolved from us being toddlers.

Mentioning names being called out, at work (longshore industry), everyone has nicknames. One day one of the men heard me phoning to make an appointment for Friskie Jones, and had a good laugh. I had to threaten to call HR if he tried to pin it on me! Last name changed to protect the innocent.

Gin Thu 14-Nov-24 00:07:45

As a child I used to find Gerry’s dogs in ‘My Family and Other Animals ‘ hilarious, they were called widdle and puke.

My son had goldfish called Lenin and Trot(sky). They lived to a ripe old age in a small bowl until I took pity on them and released them into our pond and they promptly died.

Rusume Wed 13-Nov-24 23:19:50

I had a cat called Stan as well!

MiniMoon Wed 13-Nov-24 22:48:22

A friend of mine had a cat she called Mrs Taylor.
I have grand kitties named Selainie, Nux and Ra.
We had a black toy poodle called Coco and a cockatiel called Magic.

Dizzyribs Wed 13-Nov-24 22:31:24

Our neighbourhood hosts many cats including Tera (as in terabytes ) Pawlean, and Mr Thomas.

Dizzyribs Wed 13-Nov-24 22:28:33

@ Whingey. Meet Cleo, our ginger queen.

Childofthe60s Wed 13-Nov-24 21:43:15

Two of our Jack Russells we named Cow and Chicken