Ironic Namings
Gender
The first time it was Anthea - a darling orange tiger kitten with long fur who passed for female for the first 3 months of his life. He stayed Anthea, however, to the constant confusion of other people...Size
Then it was another orange tiger kitten - sh, this time - who hitched a ride with the human during a blizzard. On his first visit to the vetz, he sat on the counter squeaking while the paper work was done. When the receptionist said, What's his name, and he said, Squeak! the human said, Oh, call him Mouse. You see where this is going, right? 25 lbs, plump but never fat, and people seeing him for the first time would literally gasp. And of course he stayed Mouse.Temperament? Character?
And now there's that little dickens, Angel, who started out as "Angel" - the quotation marks were part of the "designation" which was supposed to be different from an actual name (this is Jennifer's terminology - Jennifer, professional kitten rescuer). When you said "Angel" you could also make the " " sign - another anti-bonding technique. Anyway, Jennifer was the one who designated him. Looking back over the blog, I see the " " disappeared sometime in June. (I should have known then that he'd be staying...)
3 Comments:
Speaking of names, how did you come up with the names for your beauties? I love the names Cloud and Banshee. Petunnia kind of looks like her name (?).
Just curious.
Warning note, for future OrangeKitten Adoptment: Fewer than ten percent of orange kitties are female. It has to do with inheriting the genes for red coloration (both X and Y are needed?). I really like AreToo, but must insist that the next one be named Wiki-Tiki-Tavi. (end shameless self-promotion).
I did not know that about orange cats! Sort of like almost all tri-colors being female...
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