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My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?

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sam
max

Don't give him a name, just refer to him as "that cat".

Oh, an edit already. The mods are quick today.

Porthos

Damnit kitty.

Or, damnit for short... :D

Name him Ilie.

Wow, somebody didn't waste any time in changing my title! Oh well.

Don't give him a name, just refer to him as "that cat".

Not very imaginative, is it? I could call him That Hairy Cat and just call him THC for short. Still, I'd prefer to give him a decent name with the superstitious thought that if I don't he'll get hit by a car or something.

Satan's Little Minion is a good cat name.

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?
Purple Witch

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?
Odysseus.

Or Kairi. I like that name.

El gato diablo

Porthos


Actually, that would be where my son came up with the name Athol. He just finished reading The Three Musketeers.

Oreo
Oscar
Tomkat
Shadow
Revy
Toby

El gato diablo

I don't think I'd ever stick with the whole name. He'd end up being "El" for short. His mom's full name is Lillith and we just call her Lilly.

I don't think I'd ever stick with the whole name. He'd end up being "El" for short. His mom's full name is Lillith and we just call her Lilly.
El Gato Diablo....Lilith....I think there's a connection....
Even so, you should go with an old Latin name like Lucious or Tiberious (that's good for a cat).

Either Tybalt (King of cats) or Poe.

You can't go wrong with "Snickers"! :)

Oreo
Oscar
Tomkat
Shadow
Revy
Toby


I like Toby. It makes me think of Labrynth. That is the little baby's name, right? Heaven help me, I'd be flinging that little kitten in the air and singing "Dance Kitty Dance!" until it ran away from home.

Either Tybalt (King of cats) or Poe.

Tybalt, very Shakespeare even. I like it.

Not very imaginative, is it? I could call him That Hairy Cat and just call him THC for short. Still, I'd prefer to give him a decent name with the superstitious thought that if I don't he'll get hit by a car or something.

We never name our cats. It's like a religous thing. But each to their own.

We never name our cats. It's like a religous thing. But each to their own.

My family is known for doing that. We've had a "Dumb Puppy" and a "Nobody". I do thank you for the input. :)

Cedeba

My family is known for doing that. We've had a "Dumb Puppy" and a "Nobody". I do thank you for the input. :)

A bump is still a bump, eh?

A bump is still a bump, eh?

Exactamundo.

If you can't figure a good name out, call him whatever the other cats call him.

It'll save him the trouble of learning another name for himself.

im a fan of the name oscar
greg
peter

If you can't figure a good name out, call him whatever the other cats call him.

It'll save him the trouble of learning another name for himself.

Genius! Except that I'm not sure I could pronounce it. It's something like Meomermowmee. They just look at me like I'm an idiot when I try to speak their language.

Maggie (in tribute to my dead dog)
Cairo (Egypt <3 cats)
Kitten of Fortune

Yakineko... :D (Long story, but that's a long standing joke among some of my friends - it beans "burnt/fried cat" in Japanese.)

And I know of an expat living in Japan, who's daughter aquired a cat while back in the US at college, and named it "Neko" (cat in Japanese). She apparantly had some difficulty when she retuned to Japan and the cat had to go through quarentine - the quarentine officer of course had to ask the name, leading to a "Who's on first" sort of conversation.

Jerry

(Sorry in a bit of a down mood ... Jerry is the name of my cat who is dying right now. We have had him 13 years. Nothing quite like having your baby have seasures in your arms)

Yakineko... :D (Long story, but that's a long standing joke among some of my friends - it beans "burnt/fried cat" in Japanese.)

And I know of an expat living in Japan, who's daughter aquired a cat while back in the US at college, and named it "Neko" (cat in Japanese). She apparantly had some difficulty when she retuned to Japan and the cat had to go through quarentine - the quarentine officer of course had to ask the name, leading to a "Who's on first" sort of conversation.
LOL That's great. Oooo, you could go with Balthasor for whomever suggested Shakespearean names.

Yakineko... :D (Long story, but that's a long standing joke among some of my friends - it beans "burnt/fried cat" in Japanese.)

And I know of an expat living in Japan, who's daughter aquired a cat while back in the US at college, and named it "Neko" (cat in Japanese). She apparantly had some difficulty when she retuned to Japan and the cat had to go through quarentine - the quarentine officer of course had to ask the name, leading to a "Who's on first" sort of conversation.

The sadistic side of me really likes Yakineko and I could call him Neko for short!

Well, I'll take the list of names I have aquired from this thread home to the family and toss them around. Anything has got to be better than Athol or Niglet (my boyfriend has issues).

Jerry

(Sorry in a bit of a down mood ... Jerry is the name of my cat who is dying right now. We have had him 13 years. Nothing quite like having your baby have seasures in your arms)

Oh, that's horrible. I had a cat who died of flea poisoning because I couldn't afford to pay $600 for a blood transfusion at the emergency vet hospital. He was a little white kitty we had named Velcro because when I went to put him down he had stuck himself to my shirt and wouldn't let go. I tried to do everything I could for him and it was so sad when he didn't make it. I'm really sorry about your kitty. :(

The sadistic side of me really likes Yakineko and I could call him Neko for short!

Well, I'll take the list of names I have aquired from this thread home to the family and toss them around. Anything has got to be better than Athol or Niglet (my boyfriend has issues).
Go to then, lady. And don't forget Tiberius.

Georgie or Claudie. After French composers.

Well, if you were looking for a regal, unwieldy-sounding name, you could name the cat Incitatus, which was the name of Caligula's most prized horse.

That way, you could call him (her?) Inky for short.:D

Fillibuster, just so you can say everything that happens in your house has to work around Fillibuster. Besides which, you can call him Buster for short.

If you're feeling creul, the name Dog should provide some comic value.

Tybalt sounds good.

Well, if you were looking for a regal, unwieldy-sounding name, you could name the cat Incitatus, which was the name of Caligula's most prized horse.

That way, you could call him (her?) Inky for short.:D
In that case, why doesn't she just call it Boot-God?

Fillibuster, just so you can say everything that happens in your house has to work around Fillibuster. Besides which, you can call him Buster for short.

If you're feeling creul, the name Dog should provide some comic value.

My neighbors had a cat named bear, but that would only work if the cat was brown.

In that case, why doesn't she just call it Boot-God?

For the same reason you don't say you live in the meadows when you live in Las Vegas: it doesn't sound as good and people have no idea what you are talking about.

Neurosis, and if you get a female, Dementia.

greg
peterI see someone really likes The Brady Bunch.

We've had a couple of black-and-white feral cats in our yard. We named one Musashi and the other Caleb. I kind of like naming them after historical or fictional characters. We've had Bonnie and Clyde; Emma, Lady Hamilton; Persephone; Oscar the Grouch and so forth.

Don't give him a name, just refer to him as "that cat".

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Mine is "stupid cat."

Call it Shrewsberry

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?
Whitey!! :p

Whitey!! :p

Of course, if the cat claws up your favorite chair and you go running around the house screaming "I'm going to kill Whitey!", you could wind up with some very nervous neighbors.;)

Brown cats are suprisingly hard to find.

My family has had three cats; Jess, Buster, and Skimbleshanks (after the song "Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat", although we usually called her "Skimbles"). I know of cats named Pebbles, Biscuit, Max, and Flick - plus there's a pair of pretty-but-evil ginger cats which live nextdoor, and which I call Goering and Goebbels.

Of those, I think I rather like "biscuit", although I once thought of calling a kitten "Nergal" (after the Sumerian god of war), and if I ever get a Russian Blue he will be called Ivan or Trotsky. What about "Muffin"?

There's something about cats that invites them to be named after confectionery, it seems. Gateaux? Marshmallow? I'm being silly now, I know.

"Augustine", perhaps? You could call him "Gus" for short.

Macavity

Scratchy, Destroyer of Furniture and Curtains.

Upward Thrust, my heart goes out to you and your fur friend. I lost my muchly loved Mr. Soft As Silk less than a month ago.

http://www.atddm.com/frodo2.jpg

Tuxedo cats have always been my favorites. So formal, they look like little ring bearers at a wedding

and of course The Ring Bearer is ...Frodo...

how about that for a name?

How about you call it "Dinner"?

Upward Thrust, my heart goes out to you and your fur friend. I lost my muchly loved Mr. Soft As Silk less than a month ago.

http://www.atddm.com/frodo2.jpg

Tuxedo cats have always been my favorites. So formal, they look like little ring bearers at a wedding

and of course The Ring Bearer is ...Frodo...

how about that for a name?
This is mine (the background)
http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/fedora.jpg

^^ Jerry looks so comfortable there amid the computer parts. SaS hated my computer - If I was on it I wasn't paying attention to him. And as one of "my three sons" - I have...had three tuxedos - Poot and Monster Paws miss him too- he felt he never got enough.

It hurts so at first, but the joy the memories bring wipe the pain away. I know it doesn't seem so now but it does. Our twelve years was not enough, but thats my selfishness crying out. I held him as the vet gave him the injection, it was the greatest gift I could give him. One we can't give the two leggeds that we love when they are in such desperate straights; but have the ability to give our four footed family - a blessing in return for the unconditional love they give us?

Sorry babbled enough.

Grainne Ni Malley, may you and your newest family member have many, many wonderful years together.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/Windcat2/Bonnie1.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/Windcat2/Clyde1.jpg

These are my tuxedo cats.

His physical description sounds like a cat that I had once, he was an alleycat and always ended up in fights. His name was Simba, he died, but in honor of him I named my current cat Strife.

EDIT: By the way, those of you who posted pictures, you're cats are all adorable.

On behalf of my stunningly beautiful cats "Thank You"

I've been involved in cat rescue for nearly thirty years - all of mine are special needs / unadoptable and they fill my life with such laughter.

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?
Aw, kittens. I think we need a picture before we can be much help with a name.

If you insist on naming it, I suggest the name Stavros.

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?

Nobody's suggested: Domino ( considering what the cat looks like )

"Christ-Killer"

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?
Buster after the black & white cat in the old possums book of cats :)
thats what we named ours - it was especially apt for us seeing how our family name is Jones and the full name in the book is Bustopher Jones :P

you just have to make sure he's nice and fat :D

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?
Martin Puss

or

Burnt Marshmallow

Apart my dislike for cats ... so some names are out.

What about Penguin?

or

Aterlacteus? (Latin for Black and White stuck together)

Newsprint

or

Skull Kitty.

:)

Thanks for all of the wonderful suggestions! We went with Yakineko. I call him Neko for short because he gives a little squinty eyed look that implies, "Just wait until you fall asleep you foul human" every time I call him Yakineko. Anytime I can incorporate a foreign language into my daily life, I jump at the opportunity.

I gave my son the options of Tybalt, Toby and Oreo as well (unfortunately I didn't see some of the other cute names like Domino or Penguin until today) and once I told him what Yakineko meant, he immediately voted for that himself. What can I say? My whole family is morbid. Although a friend suggested I find out how to say "dead kitty" in Japanese because I accidentally sat on him last night. HE'S OK... just flatter.

You named the cat "cooked cat" in Japanese? Um...ok...

You named the cat "cooked cat" in Japanese? Um...ok...

Yep. And I did so knowingly.

"bob" would have been a good choice...

Yep. And I did so knowingly.

Yeah, I just read through the thread. Your choice is suprisingly similar to the "dinner" option. :p

Its a nice name, although I personally like the name Chibi(small, tiny) for Japapnese cat names. He was one of my family's cats when I was growing up, and grew to be large and fat. Now I miss my cats...

Well, I hope you and yakineko have a good, long future together.

spilk

(short for spilled milk, it sounds like he looks like a black cat who waded through a milk puddle)

Thanks for all of the wonderful suggestions! We went with Yakineko. I call him Neko for short because he gives a little squinty eyed look that implies, "Just wait until you fall asleep you foul human" every time I call him Yakineko. Anytime I can incorporate a foreign language into my daily life, I jump at the opportunity.

I gave my son the options of Tybalt, Toby and Oreo as well (unfortunately I didn't see some of the other cute names like Domino or Penguin until today) and once I told him what Yakineko meant, he immediately voted for that himself. What can I say? My whole family is morbid. Although a friend suggested I find out how to say "dead kitty" in Japanese because I accidentally sat on him last night. HE'S OK... just flatter.

:D Yea!

And "Dead Cat" would be 死んだ猫 (if you can read that) or "shindaneko". :D

Yep. And I did so knowingly.

I still think you should have named him "Christ-Killer"

astrophe
erpillar
nap
alogue
scan
burglar
atonic

p.s. if you don't get it, add "cat" to the beginning of each word:)

Sea-Furr (ie. 'C' for cat)

Salem

If it hasn't been mentioned already, I'd go with Rainbow Meow!!

Zira. For those of who who might be having a WTF? moment right about now, it was the name of Roddy McDowell's simian wife in the first three Planet of the Apes movies. I had always just liked it as a name for a cat, for some reason. It was certainly unique, and decidedly catchy.

Rumpleteazer? Griddlebone? Jennyanydots? Mungo Jerry?

Name it Yoshi, or Cloud, or Izzy!

Clint.

For the same reason you don't say you live in the meadows when you live in Las Vegas: it doesn't sound as good and people have no idea what you are talking about.
Are you saying you have no idea what I'm talking about?

Of course, if the cat claws up your favorite chair and you go running around the house screaming "I'm going to kill Whitey!", you could wind up with some very nervous neighbors.;)
It's decided then!;)

I say... name it....

QUEEN OF ATHENS?!

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?


He's mostly black? Name him "Sambucca". You could call him Sam for short.

Name him Ilie.
ROFLMAO!! For reasons which will become obvious later? :D

I say... name it....

QUEEN OF ATHENS?!
Or CAITLIN, which means "pure beauty" or something like that.

Mittens. Mittens! Call it Mittens!

Xenu in honor of L. Ron. Hubbard

Schrodinger (don't know how to do the umlauts/dots/thingies over the O)...he was the one who had the half-alive-half-dead cat-in the box experiment,

Alderos, perhaps?

Nugget
Golgoth the Devourer of Worlds
Juggernaut the Destroyer
Meow Zedong
Super Kitty Fantastico
Jag
Felinious
Skeletor
Edmund

Schrodinger (don't know how to do the umlauts/dots/thingies over the O)...he was the one who had the half-alive-half-dead cat-in the box experiment,
no, not half anything, there were two possibilities so two cats, a live cat and a dead one. :rolleyes:

By All That Is Fluffy, here are a couple of suggestions... (they, of cource, are holy, having been made by the Fluffalizer himself according to the maniacal principles of Divine Fluffinessism)

Evil
Fluffevil
Fluff-off
Garglefluff
Holyfluff
Whollyholy
Holyevil

Winsinc (short for Windowed Sinc, a kind of FIR lowpass/highpass filter)
Brickwall
Overshoot

he's black and white?

call him Holstein (HOLE-steen)

I say you name him: Mandu

Then you can announce his name to people by saying "This is my cat Mandu"

alternatively you might like calling him: Peve - "This is my pet Peve"

I had a huge 23 pound black and white cat named NYLES ( recently deceased:( ) Tuxedo cats seem to get larger than other cats and after I saw how huge Nyles got, I swore I would name my next one BRANDO.

So:

Nyles
Brando
Churchill
Buckles ( after Fatty Arbuckle ! :p )

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?

how about 'slinky malinky'? i'm pretty sure he was a black cat with similar markings. might have been just black but it's a cool name anyway. :)

we used to have two black and white cats, 'minty' and 'dill'. dill was closer in coat pattern to yours. we also had a black siamese cross called 'rafal' or 'raphal'. never been clear on the spelling of that one.

or how about 'horse' like the cat out of 'footrot flats'?

no, not half anything, there were two possibilities so two cats, a live cat and a dead one. :rolleyes:


true, true. my bad. still a good name for a cat. just trying to convince my husband to name our next cat schrodinger.

he wanted to name the two kittens we got about a year ago Hema and Roid (mother and son cats) but they already had names from the humane society (thank god)

We fostered kittens last summer, and gave them temporary names: Princess, Lois (to go with,) Clark, Magellan (he liked exploring) and Maria (becuase as far as I was concerned, her's was a virgin birth). All these were grey tabbies without much remarkable marking. We decided to keep Magellan, becuase I fell in love with him, and got another orange/white kitten. Him, we named Pounce deLeon. We usually just call him Pounce.

So....

Princess (or Prince, or Prints)
Magellan
Pounce
Lily
YinYang
Cow (hehe)

or just wait a bit and see what his temprament is like. Looks are only half the battle of naming, and you can't name a sweet little lap-cat Killer, and you can't name a hunter/explorer cat SweetPea.

Just don't wait too long or you'll end up with "kitty".

Lastly, my all time favorite - really it's for an all black cat, but you could name it...

Inkling

Lastly, my all time favorite - really it's for an all black cat, but you could name it...

Inkling


You should try the never fail method of naming cats
Walk in living room with cat in your arms..... turn on TV, first person named on the TV will become your cat's name

First cat I had was called Boris Yeltsin the cat ( a blue cat aquired in 1990 )now sadly buried at the bottom of my garden.:(
And my current cat is called Sir Arthur Wellesley the cat or "stop clawing the f***ing sofa you f***ing stupid animal!!!!":gundge:

My cats also have their own IRC nicks of "Mr Kitty".:p

Name the cat...

Meow, or
Mxyzptlk, or
Kltpzyxm, or
Opus, or
Pol Pot.

Felix, it's wonderful name for a wonderful wonderful cat.

Felix, it's wonderful name for a wonderful wonderful cat.
Fritz would be better

We do some sailing here in Puget Sound on a Hobi Cat. So my wife
named our cat...Hobi.
I think his name must be, Get Down, cuz he always answers to that when i tell him to get down off the table.
:)

"Dammit."

Since he won't come when you call anyway, might as well get some mileage out of it.

I thought we'd settled on Georgie or Claudie.

I thought we'd settled on Georgie or Claudie.
No, no, no. His name is Yakineko and that's final. Well, sometimes it's Nakiyeko when my boyfriend's trying to remember how to pronounce it.

No, no, no. His name is Yakineko and that's final. Well, sometimes it's Nakiyeko when my boyfriend's trying to remember how to pronounce it.
...you didn't choose Kairi? :(

...you didn't choose Kairi? :(

My name is Carrie and, even though I liked Kairi, I thought that might get a little confusing. Sorry. :(

come on... I coulda swore that Mandu was teh best name for a cat EVER! :( :p :D

My name is Carrie and, even though I liked Kairi, I thought that might get a little confusing. Sorry. :(
Oh. S'okay. Considering the number of names posted, it wasn't all that likely my suggestion would have been picked anyway. =/

come on... I coulda swore that Mandu was teh best name for a cat EVER! :( :p :D

As in Kathmandu? That would have been cool, too. However, with my kitty's name I can jokingly tell everyone his name means "Hot Pussy". It's not exact, but I can warp the words around to be my little pervert self. Truth be told, how could I pass up "Fried Cat"?

As in Kathmandu? That would have been cool, too. However, with my kitty's name I can jokingly tell everyone his name means "Hot Pussy". It's not exact, but I can warp the words around to be my little pervert self. Truth be told, how could I pass up "Fried Cat"?


Yeah so you could tell people "This is my cat, Mandu"
In what language does it mean Fried Cat?

oh my other suggestion was Peve: "This is my pet Peve"

but yer right, naughtyness always wins :cool:

In what language does it mean Fried Cat?
Japanese.

oh my other suggestion was Peve: "This is my pet Peve"

That would've been great, too! Darn my impatience to name my kitty. I could have waited a second day to get a bigger list of names, but I do like the one we gave him.

No, no, no. His name is Yakineko and that's final. Well, sometimes it's Nakiyeko when my boyfriend's trying to remember how to pronounce it.

Even your boyfriend's mispronunciation fits into it - "naki" can mean either "in tears" or "deceased". The closest Japanese comes to "yeko" is "ekou", meaning "a memorial service". That fits right into your friends suggestion of "dead cat".

Yeah so you could tell people "This is my cat, Mandu"
In what language does it mean Fried Cat?

Right question, wrong name. Yakineko is the one that means "fried cat". ;)

Japanese.



That would've been great, too! Darn my impatience to name my kitty. I could have waited a second day to get a bigger list of names, but I do like the one we gave him.


yay - at least you liked it - I try not to take on pets (our cat was my wifes before we got together) but I thought of the name Peve a logn time ago so I keep tellign others to give the name to their pets. Noone has yet.

Right question, wrong name. Yakineko is the one that means "fried cat". ;)


Actually it was the right name, but poorly constructed as I was referring to the Yakineko name, which I just didn't mention because I'm lazy and figured she knew what I meant.

Actually it was the right name, but poorly constructed as I was referring to the Yakineko name, which I just didn't mention because I'm lazy and figured she knew what I meant.

Hehe. As she did. :D

So, my kitty's been named and I thought I'd share a picture of my adorable kitty. He's an extremely fun, playful little guy who has slightly vampiric tendencies and razor-sharp claws that love to redecorate my house and my family. He also has the ability to fly across a a room, especially when he thinks that a hand moving underneath a blanket is prey. All in all, he is a delightful addition to our zoo.

Here is my Yakineko:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/cfig0669/151f5c16e2911.jpg

Awwww....

It's almost as cute as you. :fluffle:

My cat had kittens and we've decided to keep one. He is black with a white belly, white paws and a little white mark on his chin. I can't think of a name for him and the ones that my other family members have been calling him are completely unacceptable. My son, for example, has been calling him Athol. Ideas please?

Call him Holstein.

Kitty mreow mreow!:fluffle:

Scarnicci

HEY YOU!

Belisarius

Fluffernutter

Puff

Kamineko

Awwww....

It's almost as cute as you. :fluffle:

You flatter me so. My cheeks are even burning. Admit it, you just want a colon cleansing really, really bad. :fluffle:

Scarnicci

HEY YOU!

Belisarius

Fluffernutter

Puff

Kamineko

And I thought Yakineko was bad. Fluffernutter made me laugh out loud, though. All of my coworkers are staring at me. What does Kamineko mean?

Also, the cat's already been named. I just wanted to share his picture for everyone who participated in the thread, but thanks! :)

So, my kitty's been named and I thought I'd share a picture of my adorable kitty. He's an extremely fun, playful little guy who has slightly vampiric tendencies and razor-sharp claws that love to redecorate my house and my family. He also has the ability to fly across a a room, especially when he thinks that a hand moving underneath a blanket is prey. All in all, he is a delightful addition to our zoo.

Here is my Yakineko:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/cfig0669/151f5c16e2911.jpg
why do I get the impression that this kitty will be a handfull...

guess it's the eyes....

why do I get the impression that this kitty will be a handfull...

guess it's the eyes....

Can you see the demonic mischief? It's definitely there. He has a slightly possessed look about him. As for being a handful, he tried to eat my Calla last night so your intuitive judgement is dead on.

Can you see the demonic mischief? It's definitely there. He has a slightly possessed look about him. As for being a handful, he tried to eat my Calla last night so your intuitive judgement is dead on.
get her trained... or else (http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/20/lewis.lives.ap/). <-- clicky

Lewis the cat gets home detention
Judge spares accused serial-scratcher, owner on probation
Wednesday, June 21, 2006; Posted: 12:43 p.m. EDT (16:43 GMT)
Ruth Cisero holds her cat, Lewis, who was sentenced to the feline version of home detention.

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) -- A Connecticut judge on Tuesday spared the life of alleged serial-scratcher Lewis the cat, whom even Prozac could not tame, but ordered that the felonious feline remain inside his owner's home at all times.

"There are no exceptions. None," said Judge Patrick Carroll, who also granted accelerated rehabilitation to Lewis' owner, Ruth Cisero of Fairfield, Connecticut.

That means her record will be expunged if she successfully completes two years of probation.

Cisero had faced a charge of reckless endangerment. Neighbors complained that the cat's long claws and stealth have allowed it to attack at least a half-dozen people and ambush the Avon cosmetics lady as she got out of her car on her neighborhood rounds. (Watch why Lewis is grounded for the rest of his 9 lives -- 1:57)

Cisero had rejected a previous offer of accelerated rehabilitation if she agreed to euthanize Lewis.

Carroll said Lewis cannot leave the house, even if he gets out accidentally. He said the case is not about a cat, but about people having the right to live in safety in their neighborhoods.

Janet Kettman, one of Lewis" victims, has previously said she and her neighbors on Sunset Circle are always looking over their shoulders in fear the stalker will strike again.

"He attacks from the back," Kettman said. "You never see it coming. He has six toes on every foot, which constitutes a very formidable weapon."

"He will not retreat," Kettman said. "His mouth is open and his tail is swishing."

"Also, he gives out mixed signals," Kettman continued. "He would sidle against you and purr. You bend down to pet him and he'd attack you."

The case drew national attention. Lewis has appeared in People magazine and his own page on the social networking site MySpace.com.

But Cisero said Tuesday she would prefer to have never had the attention.

"I never thought it would come to this," she said. "It's been an absolute nightmare. It's ruined my life."

Lewis was put on the antidepressant Prozac, but his owner was worried and took him off it because he became too sleepy.

Steve the cat.

*shrugs* Name after your favorite anime/manga.

Give your cat the name "Dawg".