The Naming of Cats is a Difficult Matter…….

For your pleasure and edification, this weekend’s blog is word for word an online conversation between Our Good Chef Kelley, Saint Beth the Vet, and me. Here’s the background: Our Good Chef Kelley likes to name some of the foster cats, and we told her next time they came around, she could do so. After being foster-free for 12 hours, we agreed to take in kittens from three different rescuers – a momma and three babies from the shelter immediately, and two sets of three feral kittens from two rescuers trying to trap them, as and when they managed to. Plus one male cat from a lady who was getting drop-offs at her house and couldn’t afford to neuter him amongst all her girl cat pets (not spayed). All of them were to go to Dr. Beth before coming here, to get checked out.

You can guess what happened, can’t you? No sooner had the shelter cats arrived than the feral trappers informed me they’d caught the kitties and the lady with the drop off dropped him off. Beth went from 0 to 9 Bookstore cats in the space of an hour. We can pick up the thread from there as Beth tries to talk Kelley through the naming process.

• Beth (2:38 pm): We have a Female torrid and Black male Grey who thinks he is badass

   That is tortie not torrid

   and an orange long hair male

  Then we have the sickly ones. Grey female Orange make and tortie female

  All need names

  And the little sick runt Erin has, that Wendy took this afternoon.

  Kelley (2:42 pm): Mom = Berenice Dilute tortie = Morella Orange male = Prospero Gray tabby = Montressor

  It is Edgar Allan Poe time smile emoticon

  I don’t wanna name the sick one till I know he is gonna make it

   Beth (2:43 pm): That’s the one I’m not sure of sex either

   

  Kelley (2:45 pm): Wait hang on. There is a black male too?

  Beth (2:45 pm): Yes

  Kelley (2:45 pm): So mama and five kittens?

  Beth : 6

  Kelley (2:46 pm): One mama, six kittens?

  Beth (2:46 pm): Plus the sick one

  Kelley (2:46 pm): So plus the sick one, 1 mama and seven babies?

  Beth (2:46 pm): Yes

   And orange boy

  Kelley (2;54): 1. Mom 2. Black male 3. Orange male 4. Dilute tortie 5. Gray male tabby 6. Gray male? tabby with Erin 7. ? 8. ?
• Beth (2;55 pm): Another tortie kitten and adult male orange and grey male solid

Kelley (2:55 pm): Ok so all of these do not belong to the mama?

• Beth (2:56 pm) : Nope

  Kelley (3:10 pm) : I’m so confused. Sorry. Are there 9 total?

  Beth (3:11 pm) : Yes if u count Erin’s

  I’m not helping. I’m brain dead

  Kelley (3:12 pm) : Ok gotcha

  Is OK Wendy didn’t tell me about all of the others

  Mom = Berenice Dilute tortie = Morella Orange male = Prospero Gray tabby = Montressor Black male = Pluto Tortie 2 = Annabel

  Who am I missing?

  Other than the sick one. I am missing 2

  Beth (3:15 pm) : Adult orange male and kitten orange male

   So which one is prospero

  Kelley (3:16 pm) : Is there a sickly orange kitten and a well orange kitten?

  Beth (3:17 pm) : Sick orange and healthy adult

  And grey bad ass

• Kelley (3:34 pm):

  Confused again. I named an orange kitten Prospero. Is there another orange kitten or just an adult orange?

  Beth (3:35 pm): Adult

  Kelley (3:36 pm) : Healthy adult orange = Luchesi (loo-kasey)

  Ok so that is everyone but badass gray?

  Is the solid gray male the badass?

  Beth (3:37 pm) : He certainly thinks so

  Kelley (3:38 pm): The only one I haven’t named is the solid gray

  Let’s call the badass Montressor and the tabby boy can be Valdemar

  And that should be everyone except sick baby. Right?

  Wendy (3:40 pm): Y’all are so cute

  Kelley (3:40 pm) : Ok cool. ROFL. Wendy I didn’t know there were so many! Hehehe

• Wendy (3:41 pm): Neither does Jack.

  They’re coming in groups of 3

  The rest are hanging with Auntie Beth awhile

   He’ll never know how many there are if they come in clumps.

  So now you know, gentle readers: neither the life nor the online presence of a rescuer is ever dull.