Properly, I don’t have any precise conventions, however I’ve had various cats with varied causes for his or her names. I can be together with cats each previous and current.
Circe (died final June 28, on the age of 15.5) had been adopted from a rescue when she was 6.5 years outdated. She was a protracted hair dilute calico, and Circe had been her shelter title, and I didn’t change it (she’d been by means of sufficient in her life–she’d been by means of a failed adoption earlier than I bought her).
Autumn (died April 25 this yr on the approximate age of 12.5, perhaps 13) got here from the identical rescue. She was a calico, and this was her shelter title additionally however I don’t suppose there’s a extra excellent title for a calico cat who’s rescued in the course of the fall season. She had GI lymphoma, which shortened her life. It’s believed that she was the mom of the following two (they have been all rescued collectively and it seemed like a dump job as a result of location they have been rescued from).
Domino (died Sept 18 final yr on the approximate age of 11.5) had GI lymphoma and a coronary heart murmur that meant he couldn’t have the steroids often given to sluggish the illness. He was a black-and-white cow print DSH who was, as we stated, so candy they named a model of sugar after him (sure, Domino model sugar was referred to as that lengthy earlier than Domino the cat, however …) We additionally, if we felt like ordering from Domino’s for dinner would say “let’s have the feline chef put together dinner” and nonetheless will generally say “let’s have the ghost chef cook dinner tonight”.
TV, now the grand woman of the home, is roughly 12. She is a DSH black-and-white tuxie woman (sure, black-and-white TV).
Cosette (often simply referred to as Cosy) is roughly 9 years outdated. She rescued herself, exhibiting up in entrance of the home one chilly February night time, emaciated and sick. Regardless that I had 4 cats (see above) on the time, I introduced her in (stopping first within the storage till I bought her to the vet) and knew that the ravenous waif would develop into a gorgeous woman cat. She is a DSH dilute tortie (however the tortitude is full quantity), however is known as for the character in Les Miserables (no diacriticals on keyboard).
Somewhat over 4 years in the past, a trio of grey/principally grey cats confirmed up. Socks (grey tabby with white toes), Woman Jane (grey tabby whose face simply seems very aristocratic), and Callie (principally grey dilute calico). Between the three of them, they gave beginning to 9 kittens, of whom solely two survived. I did handle to TNR Socks and Woman Jane (who nonetheless present as much as eat, however stay untouchable), Callie disappeared across the time I began my TNR venture.
Jemmy-any-dots (often simply Jemmy, JemJem, or … yeah, you get the concept), who was born in all probability in Could 4 years in the past, is a DSH brown tabby with spots on his sides. So I modified his title from the character in Cats, Jenny-any-dots whose “coat is of the tabby form with tiger stripes and leopard spots”. I used to be in a position to lure him when he was 6mo outdated and bought him neutered and he has lived indoors with me ever since. He’s Socks’ son.
Leo is an orange tabby, additionally born across the identical time as Jemmy, from Callie. Leo simply gave the impression to be the correct title for him, and I trapped him and introduced him indoors similtaneously Jemmy. After they lived exterior, Jemmy and Leo have been bonded, and though they’re in all probability extra like cousins from the standpoint of biology (may very well be half-brothers), they continue to be a bonded pair who prefer to snuggle collectively.
Sadly, others within the neighborhood don’t appear to be susceptible to spay/neuter, so I had Char (DSH stable grey, was Charcoal till I used to be in a position to affirm feminine) present up and someday round final Could she gave beginning to a litter that included my final adoptee.
Pandora (sole survivor of Char’s litter), I captured and introduced indoors nearly precisely a yr in the past (July 17). She is form of the genetic lottery winner with a number of recessive traits–she is a DLH colorpoint (dilute tortie). After I introduced her in, she was very sick (higher respiratory an infection) and closely flea-infested, so she may not have made it if I hadn’t introduced her in after I did. She’s now completely spoiled rotten. I had considered going to mythology since she got here to me quickly after I’d misplaced Circe, and so I settled on Pandora for the pan-dorable woman.