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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo you have nicknames for your pets?
Or am I just weird or both?
I have five cats and I rarely call them by their "official" name.
Dee Dee = Mrs. Kitty
Mischief = Mr. Kitty or My Chief
Nugget = Blackie or Flopper (He hasn't mastered laying down on someone gracefully, it's a flop)
Grendel = Grin Grin
Chatterbox = C-box or Fat Chat.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Dog:
Rocco = Rockstar
Cats:
Jiko = Mr. Jeeklesby
Boma = Botato
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)Hello, son! That's my customary greeting. Sometimes "little man".
I'll never be a father. My gene pool needs to be flushed with chlorine anyway. So I guess the pet experience is a substitute.
Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)Also, "Move Dammit! And, "Poop" and "Poopy Doopy Do", which stem from her first ride to the vet, where he almost asphyxiated me.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Our Richard would poop in the carrier every time we went to the vet. Poor kitty. And poor us -- we practically needed gas masks.
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)She was a kitten. The person who had rescued her is a dog person, and didn't really have much to feed her, so she had cheese for dinner. She also didn't get much of a chance to have her morning constitutional before I received her and took her to the vet. Cheese poop is stinks worse than anything.
I have been lucky. All of my kitties are or were really good in the carriers. The only exception was when my dearly-departed first kitty was becoming hyperthyroid. It was a long slog until her levels were to a point where she could get radioiodine therapy. Meanwhile, she was a giant pee factory with the occasional bladder infection. The thyroid problem made her drink a lot, so I learned to put a towel in her crate. Poor thing.
Remmah2
(3,291 posts)Yo sleepy, get up and feed me.
Yo stinky, quit blaming the dog.
Yo clumsy, I was on the floor first.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)they sort of have the same nicknames
Nikki is often Nikki-poo or Nikki-pooter
Lucy...Lucy-poo or Lucy-pooter
They are also "Pretty girls" and "Crazy pups".
Nikki is way smaller than Lucy, so she is "Shrimperd" (Shrimp + Shepherd)
Lucy is more timid than Nikki, so we often call her "Poodle-perd"
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)I call the cats Fuzzy Fuzzerton (real name: Fuzzball) and Lucky Luckerson (real name: Lucky), as well as a bunch of other non-specific cat nicknames (kitty, nitty, catness, etc).
I call the puppy (real name: Otis) Buddy, Buster, Little Buddy, Little Fella, Big Fella, stuff like that. My 11 year old son called him Oatbag for a while, but we kinda put a stop to that.
barbtries
(28,813 posts)but for my cats i just have their names, and the names they get when they make me irate. Lola got an instant middle name when i came home and discovered she'd taken a tree down in the living room: Lola Jean! what have you done?! and Luke, poor Luke who likes to park on my computer keyboard and knock things down all over the house may think by now that Lucas is his actual name.
woodsprite
(11,931 posts)Usually when I'm petting her and she's just soaking it up.
Oh, and we named one of her toys "Thingy". Hubby was getting on my daughter's and my case about how we use the word "Thingy" when we can't think of the proper name sometimes. Soooooo, now the other female in the house has a "thingy" too! It's her black kong stuffy. "Go get me your Thingy, Noelle!"
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)Sandy = Sandy Sue (and I sing to her Peggy Sue changed to Sandy Sue)
Daisy = Daisy Mae or Princess
Toby = BoBo
Cookie = Cook Cook
Mac1949
(389 posts)The name we call them, the name only other cats use, and the secret name only the cat himself knows. Anyway, we generally have nick-names for all of them:
Cyra - Kittycat
Loki - Beaker (because his squeaky meow was reminiscent of Beaker from the Muppet Show)
Beau - BoBo (or, when he's being bad, Darth BoBo)
Nissa - Fuzzybutt
Skillywidden - Skills
Cyra and Loki (our two oldest) sadly passed about six months ago, and I'm still not over it. The rest are popping along full steam, thanfully.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)and I'm not surprised you're not over it. I don't think I'll ever get over losing Harry, who died 11/6/10 at age 16.
I hope that your memories of Cyra and Loki can sustain you.
Mac1949
(389 posts)Taverner
(55,476 posts)Bockwurst Betty, because, well, she looks like a fricken' bockwurst!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)as she grew out of kittenhood, the ferret-like aspect became less and less pronounced, so we wrote down a few possibilities for more dignified names and put them on slips of paper, which we then put in a glass bowl in front of her. Yes, she really did pick one out; from that point on, she was "Elsa".
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)Max = Mad Max, Kittenus, Mr. K. Rottenus, The Blob (he weighs in at 20 pounds, but not really fat), Kittenus Maximus
Ruby = Duby Cat, Mreow-mreow, The Hall Monitor, Ruby Duby, Mrs. Beasley
Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)Most common is "Pooper". Both dogs respond to this. (and live up to it)
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)mia = fat cat or lardo
mira = dumbo or dingbat
both = turdbag
applegrove
(118,841 posts)marzipanni
(6,011 posts)I wanted to name her Sally after my mom's cousin (my West coast mom) who was a great advocate for animals.
To ease the transition to her new name I called her Sally Freckles, which morphed to Sally Fweckoes, Sally Huevos, and Huevos Rancheros. Also Puppy-girl, Wupster-girl, Sow'ry Pepboes or Wepoes. My husband calls her Smilin' Edwina, and son calls her Laughing Sal after she has been chasing a ball and she's panting.
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)livetohike
(22,165 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I admit that there's something seriously wrong with me because I have given similar names to all my pets. I notice that it all began in about 1969 while I was helping the Indians on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay when i was young. I used to bring food and water to the protesting Indians and one of them had a very playful dog on the island he named "Shitter". I found that so hilarious every time he called his dog that I guess it subconsciously affected me.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Cinammon = Pretty Boy, or Buddah.
??? = Tigger
That's because we didn't name these cats. They came to our home and stayed.
So we gave them new names.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)Hank the Cattle Dog doesn't have a nickname for some reason, but the rest are:
Ray (RIP) ... Bubba, Sweet Baboo
Max ... Snax, Snack Cracker, Bubbles
Porter .... P. Bear, Bear
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)nolabear
(41,995 posts)Tucker is Sparky
Merrily is Schmoopie (and Miss Thang)
Bunny the cat is B. or B. Rabbit
Pidge the parrot has no nicknames.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)glacierbay
(2,477 posts)we have 3 female cats named after the characters in the series Charmed
Our oldest is a common black house cat which is named Piper but we call her Pipper
Our second oldest is a seal point siamese named Phoebe but we call her Freebie
Our youngest is a Himalayan named Prudence but we call her Prudy.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)And, of course my sister calls my beautiful little Pit Bull "Orca".
mithnanthy
(1,725 posts)(to the tune of Frosty the Snowman)..Bussy the snowman...is a very happy fellow......he's got spots and big fat feet.....and eyes like LIMONCELLO....... and then there's his brother BINKENSTEIN (his friends call him Binky!
chknltl
(10,558 posts)I would get bood off a karoke stage if I sang around people but my dog loves our two songs. The first one is the 'feeding time' song which I totally made up. Our second song is my version of Clementine. It swaps out the word 'darling' for 'doggie' and Clementine for 'nose is blue'. Verse 1 ends with 'I love you', verse 2 ends with 'loves me too'. There are no other words to this song.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)snortugese (rhymes with Portugese) because I think she has a deviated septum or something.. she snorts.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)One is a Chihuahua and the other is a mini-Pin and Her nickname is "Damn Dog." No matter what I do I cannot get her housebroken. Every time I see that she has made a mess, I scream "Damn Dog."
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)or BeeBee Keety
Danmel
(4,932 posts)Our cat Loki is lokidoodles, or just doodles or if he's bad, lokinator.
My husband calls.our cat boo booella. I call her Lindsay cause she's a mean girl.
Our cat Chester is chess.
oftheforest
(45 posts)I have 3 dogs, one is a dachshund. His nickname is The Republican.
SalviaBlue
(2,918 posts)For my big lab pup.
Kaleva
(36,360 posts)I had a pet turtle for awhile and I bet no one here can guess what I named it.
KT2000
(20,591 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 25, 2012, 04:08 AM - Edit history (1)
Their nicknames just come out of the blue. For some reason my cat Fiona is Little P. ????
The neighbor's cat Conan is Buster Boy to me. He seems to like it.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)Our Jack Russell Lacey is usually Laylay
We have 2 outdoor cats who were born under the house, Hank (Hankers) and Bryn (Other Kitty).
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)His name is Buddy, but I call him:
Buzzy
Mr. Kitty
Silly Gato
Neko san
Fuzzball
Mr. Fuzzy Pajamas
Animal!
Mr. Smelly Belly
TheCruces
(224 posts)Charlie (girl dog...she came with the name)=Chuck, girl, dog, etc.
The cats are just Kerouac and Godric. No nicknames.
mwdem
(4,031 posts)Chloe....toe-toe. These are my grandkitties..
Rhiannon12866
(206,276 posts)One cat is "Sweetie" and the other is "Oh No!!!"
chknltl
(10,558 posts)The bestest blue nosed pit bulls ever! They know that they are the bestest because we tell them so all the time! They know that we don't lie about the important stuff.
sakabatou
(42,186 posts)My dad gave her nicknames like "The Incredible Bulk" due to her size after she was spaded.
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)Some have several!
Pretty normal situation for cat people. >^..^<
livetohike
(22,165 posts)Murphy (Australian Cattle Dog) - Murph the Smurf, Smurfy, Mirny, Mayor Murphy (this is how he got his name in the first place. The Mayor of Pgh, our hometown was Tom Murphy and the mayor of the town we were living in San Diego was also a Murphy.)
They have their own songs too .
kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)and they all have nicknames:
The over-arching nickname for all of them is Move Goddamnit.
The sub-divisions are:
Tennessee- Tenners, Tenney-Moo, Moose, Moo
Cadbury-Cadbug, Cadbuggy, Cadbuzzle, Tri-pod. She broke her femur when she was a kitten, so she limped around for awhile.
Jellybean-Jelly, Jellman, Jell. He's Cadbury's brother.
Ms. Crinkles-Mom, Momcat, Mommy. She's Cadbury and Jellybean's mom.
Vodka-Vod, Vodkee, Bub, Vlada Divas.
Sake-(Socky)-Sockits, Sock, Fatty. He's Vodka's brother.
Missus- The Wench. Sake and Vodka's mother
Khotyonek-Boo, Booman, Buh-Boo. Missus' brother, Sake and Vodka's uncle.
Awful-Ickle, Ickle-Bickle, Thing One.
And each of those names is said a different way, with different inflection. And they have a song. Yes I'm madder than a shit-house rat.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)I have ten cats . . .
rox63
(9,464 posts)Simon = Simon Baby-boy, Brat Boy or Orange Tornado
Princess = Princess Baby-girl or Little Squeak
Both of them together are either the Kids or the Kitteny-kids, as in "see you tonight, kids", as i'm leaving for work in the morning.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Shithead, macaw princess, GODDAMNITCAPTAINSHUTUP!
The cockatiels' given names suit them best: Spazz and Vern
libodem
(19,288 posts)Ralphie Cadalphie, Ra Ra, Squish, Squisher, Squishie, Squish Cat, Love Cat, variations of love and squish in combination and there are cat songs, too. You don't want to know. Believe me.
Pharlo
(1,818 posts)Corki: Corkibelle, Principessa, Pumperkins, Sunshine
Melia: Meliagirl, Mighty Melia
Cody: Big Boy, Cody Baby
Corki and Cody: The C's
Melia and Cody: The Big'uns
Melia and Corki: The Girls
All together: The Damn Mutts. Why, because when they were younger I would come home, the house would be trashed and the first words out of my mouth would be "What in HELL did you Damn Mutts do now?" Not that they ever answered me, just ran out of the house, their tails wagging...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)progressoid
(50,000 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)I don't think he gets the Godfather reference, tho. He just looks at me like I'm nuts.
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)My baby girl Daizie's nickname is Baby Girl.
Also Puppy Girl, Daizie Mae, Princess Daizie, Doggeleh, Daizeleh, Puppeleh, My Sweet Pibble.
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MADem
(135,425 posts)They often end up on mailing lists! They get many credit card offers, too.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)As in, "I think it's time to feed the furry little bastards. Every time I go out the door they stare at me like they expect to be fed."
(They're outdoor cats.)
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)My dog that died last summer I never once called by his given name. He was always either Boo or Boo-Boo from the first day he came home. I had to make a conscious effort to call him by his given name at the vet's office or talking to certain people about him that only knew him by his given name. Other than that I also called him a long list of other nick names... pookie bear, bear dog, dog bear, fuzzy butt, fuzzy bum bum, silly funny bunny pants (this seemed to be his favorite), dingus, monkey boy, monkey pants, boo-boo bear, etc. I know there were others but off the top of my head can't remember them.
The dog I have now I call divvy or dippy most often, but lately I've been calling him puppa wuppa even more because that's what the little girl next door christened him, and it's rubbing off on me... "who's a big puppa wuppaaaaa? yes, you are! oh, yes! yes you are!" I also refer to him as The Thundering Herd, but I don't actually call HIM that... just when I mention him sometimes.
My first dog I always called by his given name until he got to about age 5 when he started showing the symptoms of sebaceous addenitis which made him stink to high heaven. Ever after he was Stinky. Even after he didn't stink anymore the name seemed to suit him.
When I was a kid we had a cat that had a stroke and ever after she leaned to the left a bit and wasn't all that great at negotiating doorways if she was going too fast. Since the stroke we always called her Tilt. I thought it was much more cute then her real name (which was kind of a dumb one).