Why do we need to give our cats nicknames?\u00a0 Or… Why do we feel the need to give our cats more than one name?\u00a0 I have 8 and every single last one either has more than 1 name or a nickname.\u00a0 Now some of the names are just variations on the original name.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Take Irwin for example.\u00a0 He was named after The Crocodile Hunter.\u00a0 We call him Irwin, Win-Man, the Winster.<\/p>\n
Then we have Houdini.\u00a0 We call him, Houdini, Houd-Man, Houd-butt, Scraggle Butt (he is allergic to flea bites and licks all the fur off his butt in the summer – which we try to prevent), Scraggs, and Lao Tzu (his eyes slant and when he closes them and looks at you he looks very wise).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Or Steve.\u00a0 He’s also named after The Crocodile Hunter and he’s Win’s brother. Steve, Steve-O, Weavie Stevie (he’s got some brain damage from an illness and isn’t alway steady on his feet), The Weave Man.<\/p>\n
Sam.\u00a0 Samuel Q. Kitty, Sammy, Samster, Stinky Sam, Sexy Sam (he’s very sleek and silky), and Plough Kitty (we like Men In Trees).<\/p>\n
Earl.\u00a0I don’t think I’ve ever called her by her given name of Earl.\u00a0 Earl the Girl, Bubbies, Bubbles, Grubby Bumps (she doesn’t like the other kitties).<\/p>\n
So as you can see our kitties have a number of names each.\u00a0 Is it any wonder they don’t come when called?\u00a0 Ok, besides the fact that they are<\/em><\/strong> cats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why do we need to give our cats nicknames?\u00a0 Or… Why do we feel the need to give our cats more than one name?\u00a0 I have 8 and every single last one either has more than 1 name or a nickname.\u00a0 Now some of the names are just variations on the original name.\u00a0 Take Irwin …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[198,227],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-catskittens","7":"category-questions","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}