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...)