I always call mine “bro” or “my son”. Rarely do I ever actually say his name lol.
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I have many names for them, though, only one it’s the official name. Nevertheless, I call them by their nicknames, which are numerous.
I usually just shonen anime fight scene scream ‘caaaAAAaaat’ from accross the room to get their attention.
Harley was a 7 year old we brought home from the shelter, and she already knew her name so we didn’t have a lot of latitude to change it on the fly.
However, she did respond just as well to “Barley”, so that became her new name, with the standard variety of variants like “Barles” (said like “Charles”), “Barlow” or “Barlikins”.
Barlikins 😂
Both Mimi and her son Zigou respond to their names. Orange Zigou is not the brightest, so I value and use the fact the he did learn his own name.
Nope, he gets called Meow Meows or Kitties.
Cthulhu gets called whatever name we currently feel she deserves - Lady Meowington, Catthulhu, Catto, Little Miss Muggins. We would only use her actual name to call her/scold her for being naughty
…i do but i frequently riff on a host of nicknames when i’m calling them…
One of my cats chose her name, so we only address her by that. If we’re getting fancy we’ll append onto it, but never totally different names. We also have two brothers, one has many nicknames, but we still call him by his name about half the time. The other we call by his name most of the time.
I think you know the question that no doubt is on everyone’s mind ;)
cat tax?
How cat choose own name?
So when she first showed up some other people in my house called her “Bristles” and I was like oh no, not that. I compiled a list of names and just would try addressing her by a name off the list a few times a day. She was napping when I got to her name, but I said it and she lifted her head, looked at me and did that little mrrr? so it’s her name.
Nice. Might try that next time I get a cat.
It worked out well for us. She clearly responds to her name; even if it is just to shut her eyes tighter when she wants to ignore us.
My Pyrenees is my big baby. My Yorkie is my little man. My orange cat is “fat bad.” My other pets have names that are too fun, not to say. I got “bucket.” She’s a tabby named bucket. I got “meow san” because her automatic feeder came from Japan, and it had an audio feature that said, "meow-san. “Monkey” is meow-sans sister. My partner picked that name. Hearing her call her name makes me HAVE to call her monkey. They’re both too sweet.
Dude, I think we have over 30 cats. It’s a farm, though. (Not the owner)
Edit: “Hey butthole”
Yes, having multiple cats, they clearly understand their name.
I call mine 貓貓 (maau¹ maau¹)
I will always be amazed by how well-written that character was. From backstory to hobbies and internal dialogue.
hobbies
I’m not a drug addict, I have a hobby!
I call the cat that shits on my floors any of the below
- you fat bitch
- shitnugget
- mcshits
- turd factory
- Darth Tater
- lump
- useless lump
- dumbass
- fuzzy bitch
- quazishitsomuch
- turdfuckin
- princess shits-alot
- hello shitty
Sometimes, but usually I have nickmames for them, so Maggie is Maggs, Maggles, Magalicious, Maggalopolis, Maggapotamous, and my favorite name for her, Mama Bear.
Yes, call them by their names all the time, but also use a lot of nicknames, like stinky/stinkies when they’ve done their business but left the crime scene partially uncovered.
Also use putty or puttyputty a lot lately.
Cheddar Biscuit has a lot of nicknames. Mr Biscuit. Lord Cheddington von Biscuit shorts. Little Baby Biscuit Boy. Master Biscuits. Cheds. Little Lad. Just a guy. Simply a fella.
We have options :3
Yes, he knows his name and he comes running.
He also knows the dogs name, and the dog knows his name. Can’t possibly miss out on any treats the other one might be getting.
My cats only come running when they hear the other cat’s name get called. They only respond to FOMO.
