reading: Crisscross, by F. Paul Wilson. Finished yesterday: Crash Diet. I didn’t particularly care for it.
This is Flossie. So named because she has markings like a Holstein cow. Yes, we thought of naming her “Bessie”, but I like “Flossie” better. It’s just lucky coincidence that this one ended up being the girl (at least so far as we can tell), because we really wanted to use a cow name. If she’d been a boy, I was thinking of naming her “Moo”, actually. Heh.
This is Peanut. The spud named him.
We haven’t definitely come up with names for the other ones, but we’re probably going to name one of them Oy. We briefly considered naming them Roland, Eddie, Jake, Oy, and Susannah (Fred got really excited when he came up with that. “It’s the perfect ka-tet!” he said.), but most of those names have been used before. We also thought of using Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer, but again – they’ve been used. Nance thought I should name them Elliot, Paco, Fred, and Rick. Heh.
We’re also probably going to name the one with the little speck on his nose – the one I was holding in yesterday’s entry – “Snoopy”, because that was Tubby’s “official” name. Also, we might name one “Edgar”!
Give me suggestions for names for the mother, would you? She doesn’t have a name, either, and I can’t come up with one that fits her. Fred suggested “Mrs. Boogers”, but as Mister Boogers has proven himself to be a chicken little pansy-ass when it comes down to it, I’m not sure that really fits her.
This one is the one that might be “Snoopy.”
So damn cute.
Snuggly kittens.
They’re always so damn hungry.
Poor long-suffering Momma.
You can see more pictures of them in Fred’s entry for yesterday, or over on my Flickr page. I’m sure I’ll be uploading pictures at Flickr for as long as we have the babies, so I’ll add a link in the sidebar at some point, hopefully this weekend.
This morning there was baby poop all over the damn place – all over the towel in the box they sleep in, all over the babies, and a tiny little baby turd on the floor. I replaced the towel with a clean one and picked up the poo on the floor, but left the babies for Momma to deal with. If they’re still dirty tonight, I’ll wipe ’em down with a damn cloth. God knows Momma must be tired to DEATH of licking up baby poo.
I also need to take a good look at each of the kittens and see how the hell I’m going to tell them apart. I’m okay with all of them except the two black and white ones. I’m sure their markings aren’t exactly the same, but I haven’t noticed any obvious difference yet.
Okay. Enough about the kittens.
“Ah shmells kittens…”
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That peanut-tongue picture, are those eyes doctored? Because they look nuts! 🙂
Heh – nope! That’s what he really looks like. 🙂
KITTEN TOES!!!!! I think they might be cuter than regular cat toes. Hee hee! =)
Some dog breeders use wild colored nail polish to tell them apart- they just put a speck of it on the forehead.
You could name them:
Heddy McLarge
Apple Blossom
Petunia Daylily
The ones with the tiger striped back and white legs look like me old baby “Tinker”. Please name one Tinker – his nick-name was Sticker Tinker.
Val
Oops the nick name was Stinker Tinker not Sticker.
Peanut sure does have the crazy eyes. You should name him Jennifer (like Jennifer Wilbanks, the runaway bride)!
I do not see the POINT of naming any of these cats, since you and Fred will immediately cease using the chosen name and think up some cat nickname like “Mr. Boogers.” I’m just sayin.
That having been said, can you please call the momma cat “Motherjugs”? Thanx.
Robyn, we DVR House every week — let me make sure the husband hasn’t deleted it yet, and we can burn a copy for Sabrina.
CUTE CUTE CUTE
Tracy thinks the little nose-speck (mustache) kitty should be Charlie, like Charlie Chaplin.
they are so adorable
We use Torrant (or is it Torrent) to download shows and movies. It’s kind of like Kaaza, but because it’s server to server, you can’t get in trouble.
Google it for more information if you’re interested.
It’s like having Tivo, only much cooler!
Have you watched Chaotic yet? I was wondering what you thought of it.
Jane: I’m thinking about naming her Nancy Jane SINCE SHE’S SO MEAN.
Christy: Not yet. I’ll probably watch it over the weekend. I’m afraid it’s going to bore me, though, if the reviews I’ve read in other blogs are anything to go by. 🙂
Jessica:
Do you mean BitTorrent?
BAAA HAAA! LOL!!! Fred FELL for it?! Fred actually believes you will ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GIVE THESE PRECIOUS BABIES AWAY?! 😉
I’m voting for Edgar. Also, I’d like to nominate the name Artemis. I can’t explain it, but I LOOOVE that name. I want someone to name one of their pets Artemis (since I can’t have more pets of my own), but none of my friends or family members will go for it.
P.S. I also like the Nancy Jane idea for one of the girls. 😉
I’m TOTALLY on board for the name Snoopy…..since my 6 year old beautifully perfect gray & white cat is named Snoopy and I looooooove her. Somehow the name “Snoopy” has morphed into me calling her Moo-Girl a lot of the time, too. Don’t know how to figure that one out…..
Hey Lauren..my friend names her Bassett Hound puppy Artemis..I agree it is a great name choice!!
But Robyyyyyyyyyn, what if one of them develops an ADORABLE personality that you CANNOT resist? And what about the Fredster? IS he strong enough? What if it attaches itself like a Bean Junior? Hmm? What then? LOL I know I would be PUTTY, MUSH, WORTHLESS!!!!!
I agree Peanut has crazy eyes, do you think he is going to have a vision problem? I have never seen a cat with eyes like that.
If I was in the market for a cat and felt like driving 600 miles to get one, Snoopy would be the one, so cute!
And Nancy Jane is a winner..I love it..also the Elliot, Paco, Fred and Rick. 🙂
Kittens = adorable. Names = all so cute.
Hey, I read Kay’s 3 day cancer walk page and saw that she also has to “fly 5,000 miles from Germany to Texas” before she begins the 60 mile walk. What an amazing woman.
Momma names: My three suggestions are …
Mrs. Grundy (“A person who is too much concerned with being proper, modest, or righteous”), Mrs. Badcrumble (Eddie Izzard’s name for the old lady who was the clarinet teacher, or the old lady down the street who yelled at the kids, etc.), or Mrs. Crabapple (pronounced “crob-apple” like in the Simpsons).
Robyn and Fred, I think it’s wonderful that you’re fostering. Enjoy them, the time goes so fast. I kept three feral mommies in my garage with their litters and was able to give all the kittens up when I found homes, which surprised the hell out of me. I still remember each and every one, 16 in all. My favorite time is when they are about 6 weeks old, so fat and sleek, but still teeny. Of course, I still miss them every so often, and was just thinking that maybe I would find a pregnant kittie cat soon again!
I also have a holstein cat — we call him Moo and he wears a tiny cowbell on his collar.
Okay, now that I’ve seen kitten pics from both you and Fred, here are my suggestions for names:
Sparkle
Whazzit
Gnawbly
Yes, they’re strange, but it’s practically guaranteed that those names will NOT be on the shelter’s name list already (at least, I’ll be suprised if they are). 🙂
Was I the only one who looked at the picture captioned ‘so damn cute’ and thought GIZMO!
How about Terence and Phillip!
That crazy-eye cat scares me a little. The rest of them are cute! But the crazy-eye kitty…bwuh.
How will you be able to part with any of them?
My pick for momma cat names:
Elsa
Eleanor
Belle
Portia
For baby cat names:
Fitzgerald
Elliot
Bernadette
Beowulf
Pearl
Ruby
Bertram
Lily
Olivia
When we bottle-fed our first set of puppies, they arrived on inauguration day and, since I was boycotting the inauguration, I named them for West Wing characters: Toby, Leo and Jed. It’s such fun having furry babies around, so hard to let them go, but we’ve now done it three times and it was a LITTLE (but not much) easier this last time. Your pix are absolutely adorable.
The little striped one (Peanut) may just be a girl. If that is a tortoise striped calico, and I think it is (I have 2), they are mostly all girls due to a genetic mutation.