Reply #12: Did you name him yet? [View All]

[imenja]

If not, is he fluffy or sleek? Lean or big? What color eyes? Do you prefer a sophisticated or an ordinary or cute name?

I have a Persian I found as a stray. It took me ages to think of a name for him. For one thing, I fed him for quite a while before I claimed him as my own. I used to call him fur ball, which wasn't quite dignified. Because he was a Persian, my mother suggested all sorts of elegant Persian names. Only this cat wasn't elegant. He was a mess. At that time he smelled badly and had all kinds of sticks and burs stuck to his fur. I ended up calling him Larry.
He's no longer a mess, but Larry still suits him. He comes when I call him by the name, so I consider it effective, even though most people laugh at the name. My vet apparently doesn't consider Larry sophisticated of enough name for him, so he calls him Lawrence. I had a Siamese I called Moses. I looked at his face and he just seemed like a Moses. He was much easier to name.