back when we had cats
we always like to see if we could really screw them up by giving them crap names.
it worked once, my mom used to have a cat that had been orphaned, and then raised by a dog. they called it spot. it used to go around trying to bark (merowf), and at one point her husband trained it to ring doorbells so they would know when to let it in, so it would ring peoples door bells and go nosing around their houses.
(Mynd, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:48, Reply)

I like Bond movies
So our cats were called M and Q, M got run over by an evil villan-type car thing.

Now there's only Q?!
(stuicey, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:47, Reply)

rob
i dont know why i named him that but eventually i had to let him go, he created a website for gay pictures if i remember correctly
(hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:44, Reply)

if I could rename my dog
it would be, Oiu.

As you could shout it when your drunk at someone, and if they turn out to be hard, you can say your calling your dog.
(Eywood, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:42, Reply)

A few years ago, I bought my ex hubby
a couple of pet rats for his birthday (he wasn't my ex at the time) and had a little birthday card made up saying the rats names were Snake Food & Cat Food.

Then both his parents were called Lynne (& Linn) so they called their dog Lin

Now though, we have 2 cats which are 10 years old. One is named Kramer after that guy off Frasier. He's evil.
But cute black one - my boyfriend is a HUGE gun fan and has lots of them, his favourite being the Ruger - black cats name!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:37, Reply)

If I had a dog
I would call it "Why don't you just fuck off you self-righteous cunt"

no reason.
( .spanky is singing "PEANUTS!", Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:32, Reply)

poor cat..
We used to have a cat called Jess, which was named by myself back in the day when you couldn't prise me away from the tv if Postman Pat was on. (he was black and white too). When he eventually got old, a fair few of his teeth fell out, so my dad and me took to calling him Gummy, though we realised that it responded to any name said at a high pitch. To top it all off, a squirrel attacked him, killed his tail and had to have that chopped off. So once again, in honour of our tradition, my dad and me renamed him to Stumpy (a popular choice of name, by the looks of it).
He wasn't a looker when he died. (i know, i know, not many dead things generally are lookers... you know what i mean)

Just noting the number of answers i've posted, i think the RSPCA may be onto our family after this...
(clothtoucher, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:31, Reply)

I have a cockatiel
called Dave, the funny thing is she's a she
(Cockfosters!, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:29, Reply)

My first pet was a green and gold budgie when I was six.
For some reason I named him Lloyd-George, and consequently have never had a decent porn star name.

My uncle's next door neighbour has two huskies called Paul and Eric.
( Cromagnon Don't waste my motherfucking time!, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:25, Reply)

Lazarus
My brother had a goldfish that lived for 8 years, we kept finding him floating in his bowl, seemingly dead and my mother would revive him by putting him in salt water and tickling him. He was brought back from the verge of death at least 4 times, hence renaming him Lazarus.
(Halin, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:24, Reply)

my cat...
..is called Kooter after the cool mechanic from the Dukes. I need to get her a little cap with an extremely bent visor - any ideas?

Kooter was a runt, and is prone to bouts of severe madness. In which case I call her Twat.

Friend of mine had a grey fluffy cat called Fudge Tunnel, sadly now dead.
(haf, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:19, Reply)

Another one...
When I was a baby, we had a cat named Spotty. Spotty eventually ran away from home. One day, my mom was out for a walk and she found Spotty, who had found a new home. While my mom was reuniting with our cat, some old lady comes outside and yells "Get in the house, Chauncy!"
My mom came home and cried to my dad, "They named my cat Chauncy!"
(pk, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:15, Reply)

we had a pair of mice
"Pixie" and "Dixie"

when Pixie died, we got another one.. "Pixie Revisited"

We've also had a "Zippy" (who wasnt), and a "Zippy version 2.0" (who did appear to be a newer version, given it had some sort of speed)
( MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:11, Reply)

Turtles
I had a pet turtle named Speedy, and my sister had one named Lassie (as in the dog from the old TV show).
(pk, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:08, Reply)

Pet Names
Hey Everybody!

I had a pair of cats called Lucas (named after George) and Kiefer (named after Mr Sutherland).

I had a chinchilla called Sonic (after the hedgehog).

My brother had a cat called Excalibur (don't know why, though).

We also had a pair of pet ducks once (Donald and Daffy).

And lastly my Mum used to have a put Pug called Paddington Maximillian Pug.
(Usagi Yojimbo, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:06, Reply)

Not our cats, but...
A friend has three cats, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Great when booking them in at the vet:

- "So, vaccinations. I'd like to book Monday on Wednesday, Wednesday on Tuesday, and Friday on Monday."

-"Eh?"

Our cats were called Bonnie and Clyde, although they were very nearly Rape and Pillage.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:05, Reply)

Due to my days of being an evil child
I have been allowed no pets ... other than goldfish. There's been Brian May, Freddie, Tinky Winky, Neil (which, by the way, is the best pet name ever), Starsky and Kurty... so there.
(Vic - If I Forget This Name I'm Fucked, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 18:05, Reply)

My dwarf rabbit was named "Hasenpfeffer"
but he answered to "hassie". He lived to be 7.
(auntiesmedley, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:55, Reply)

We have 2 evil cats
That are so old, no one in the house can actually remember their names.

So we call the Youngest "kitty" and the oldest "catty"

We're evil parents really, now we know where kitty and catty got it from.
( Snorty McBumhole YouTube.com/MinistryOfGeeks, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:54, Reply)

Pet Names
My brother always wanted a chainsaw for Xmas when he was a boy (he's turned out all right now, fear not, he's not demented) so mother brought home a ginger tom and named him Chainsaw, needless to say brother was less than chuffed.
(Foxy McClumpha, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:45, Reply)

The Irish branch
of my family in Donegal had a black cat named Snowy.
Fact!
(Fu5i0n, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:41, Reply)

My cat is called
Stumpy, due to its short legs. This has caused him to be stressed, and therefore his ass-glands to swell (why? i dont know) until it gets to the point where we have to take him to the vet to 'unswell' him. Urgh.
(Attention Whore, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:40, Reply)

I called my cat Stoofer.
because every time you look at his face u get the impression that he stoofs on a regular basis!!!! U can hear it in his meow as well. He's the wingiest damm cat I've ever met in my whole life. He even puts on a limp so u'll pick him up because he doesn't wanna have to walk far!
(Manatee Fondler, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:35, Reply)

My cousin's cat
was called "Ting" which sounds nice and all, but they called it that after the Norwegian word for "Nothing".

We briefly had a baby dwarf rabbit called "Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North".

And before that I had a transexual budgie that kept switching from male to female (colourings) and when it finally settled on male we named it Jeff, only for it to change back to female and stop. It died some years later after landing in a coffee cup.
( NomDePlume fo shizzle my nizzle old bean, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:29, Reply)

we had a big black cat named Karl.
Karl disappeared. we figured he'd gotten in a duel to the death with one of the other rock hard tomcats in the neighborhood. then weeks later we found Karl in the basement next to the dryer with a batch of little black kittens. "oh Karl! you're a chick! excuse the mix-up, dude."
from then on, his... I mean her name was Karla.
( zog why change it now?, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:21, Reply)

Weebl inspired
I've named my two pet rats "Kuala" and "Lumpar" in homage of the Scampi cartoon from www.weebls-stuff.com/

And it's not just renamed them, we got them after then :)

I think they're vengeful about it though, they nip us quite a bit. Poor buggers.
( Barry Chuckle III - the troll with a soul., Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:20, Reply)

Had a cat...
called Oscar. Not very funny. Next was called Bafta. Brilliant. Not sure the next one'll be called Golden Globe however.
(Spicer, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:13, Reply)

we had five
kittens when i was younger and aftwr a year of thinking we couldnt think of any names so the vet names them for us
black cat
grey cay
tabby
puss
little grey cat
(BigBobbyh, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:10, Reply)

Fish are rubbish
A friend of mine had been pestering his mum for a pet dog for ages but she wasn't having any of it. In compromise - and to shut him up - she bought him a goldfish. My mate, less than impressed with this gesture, called the goldfish 'Shithead'.

It eventually died when, after being pestered to clean the bowl out because of the smell, my mate sprayed anti-perspirant in the bowl suffocating poor Shithead.

In other animal name related news - the best cat name ever is David Baddiel's - Chairman Meow.
(R. Jimlad twitter.com/sirmarkymark, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 17:08, Reply)