Lesley Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Whenever we had new hens my grandchildren were allowed to name one each - until my grandson decided to call one Ploppy! We call her Poppy in polite company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I guess that technically one of my girls is named after a celebrity. Priscilla and her brother, Elvis were named because they rocked n' rolled as eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Our first cat is called Kirby (named after a Nintendo character), followed by Samus (another Nintendo character) and then Link (another character...get the idea? ) Our guinea pigs were called Jingle and Belle (they were Christmas presents!) and our two hamsters were called Bowser (another character) and Biscuit (just because he was the same colour as a chocolate biscuit!) Our girls are named after precious stones, Opal (RIP), Pearl (RIP), Ruby, Crystal and Hemmy (short for Hematite). Phew think I've covered everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Working in a vets we dont keep a list but I love all the fancy names - from the sublime to the riciculous really. When you meet the people in the supermarket you are supposed to remember their cats names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllieP Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 We used to have a pair of rescue dogs, both Westies. The people who gave them to the rescue centre got the girl one first, and named her Theresa, or Tesa or short. When they got the boy a year later, some fool decided to call him Pep, as Tesa and Pep are both types of ISA. We called them Tessy and Peppy, but my uncle always used to joke that if we ever got another dog, we would have to call it Isa for posterity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 My vet thought Little Chicken was a description not a name . She started out as Rhiannon, but would never acknowledge that and came running if you called her Little Chicken, so it stuck. Tozi the cat has an extra toe(sy) on each foot and Puddy was mentally thought of as "the clever puddy-cat that could get to the hedgehog food that other puddy-cats couldn't". Once she decided to move in, it got abbreviated very quickly . When Loki was handed in to the shelter, he had the unfortunate name of Kitty. No way was I having a Puddy and a Kitty in one household, so that had to be changed too. Cleo is probably always glad she kept her shelter name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
