# Help us name our 3rd kitten! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027 "2007-06-22T17:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/21 "2007-06-23T16:24:34Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] They were tuna-trained - I opened a can of tuna and called them in to get some. Now they come when I call them in the hopes its tuna. And I get a two-fer, too - I get both when I call one, because there might be tuna. [/QUOTE] My baby niece is like this, but with Kraft Dinner. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/22 "2007-06-23T22:14:12Z")
I always wanted to get 5 cats and name them Pestilence, Famine, War, Plague, and Scooterpie. You could start working on that. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/23 "2007-06-23T23:50:53Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Well, you may hate cats, but you are the winner! Her name is River. [/QUOTE] Yay! River is a good name. But I really love YoSaffBridge! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/24 "2007-06-24T00:10:11Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Do they ever give you the ear twitch, **tom**? As in, yes, I hear you, and I know youā€™re talking to me, but this is me studiously ignoring you. [/QUOTE] Of course: theyā€™re cats. My only point was that they do appear to recognize their individual names. If I call one name to a clutter of three or four cats, only the one called will give the ear twitch, (and often the one called will actually get up and come over). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/25 "2015-02-14T04:39:52Z")
:bump: :update: Sad to tell you that 13 months ago, Inara died an early death from kidney failure. Very sad and she was just 7 years old. ā˜¹ River, however, is doing great. She was the cat this thread is titled for and she is doing great. Sheā€™s a chubby cat as a full grown cat, but has no health problems at this point and we thinks heā€™ll outlive us all. Kaylee ended up being male, much to everyoneā€™s surprise. We renamed him Cade(from Cade Foster on First Wave) and he is thin, healthy, and doing great. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/26 "2015-02-14T05:49:09Z")
Sorry Mahaloth. I hit that link and got nothing but a 404 error screen. On my smartphone. River? OK. šŸ™‚ We once had a male kitten with 6 toes on one front foot and 7 on the other. We named him Ripley. Poor little guy. After a few months we found him in the back yardā€“dead. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/27 "2015-02-14T19:45:46Z")
Yeah, kidney failure is a common cat problem, but it was awfully early at 7. My Mom is the one who noticed. Inara was cuddling with them and she usually only sat with my wife. She was a skinny girl, but I noticed her ribs were feelable and was concerned. She meowed quietly and we took her to an emergency vet. It was bad news. I called about an hour later and had the poor cutie put to sleep. Lots of tears, but it was wise. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/28 "2015-02-14T21:11:06Z")
Sorry for the loss of Inara. If itā€™s intentionally bumped itā€™s not a zombie. But youā€™ve been around here long enough to know the rules - bad links to critter pics is a flogable offense. :eek: What does River look like? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/29 "2022-02-08T21:29:36Z")
**:bump:** Iā€™m updating with some potentially sad news from the Mahaloth family. Our little cat that the first post called ā€œKayleeā€ now appears to be quite ill. I should tel you that Kaylee was male and we flipped his name to Cade. A wonderful cat, very calm and cuddly. Heā€™ll be 15 in April if he survives, but he is losing weight and the vet thinks odds look very bad. Probably lymphoma. Heā€™s not in pain and we are giving him medicine, but if he continues losing weight, weā€™re going to have to put the poor boy to sleep. Sorry for the sad update. Happier update: River, the ā€œ3rd kittenā€ this thread was about? Sheā€™s fine. Happy as a cat can be, though she is now almost 15 and can be a grumpy growly cat, especially since we added two more kittens to the family two years go. Anyway, please send prayers for Cade and for us as we navigate the best decision for him. We love him too much to allow him to emaciate away or experience any pain. Vet says no pain at this point and we are giving him his steroid, appetite medicine, and his tummy meds to see if we can help him get some food in him. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/30 "2022-02-08T22:17:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Her name is River. Looks like this was settled before I got here. ā€“ wait a minute. June 2007? This was settled before I ever heard of here! Iā€™m sorry about Cade. Iā€™ve had more than one purry, apparently quite happy, slowly emaciating away cats, who died very easily and comfortably at home. But you are the ones who are with him, and youā€™re the ones who can (in consultation with the vet) tell what he needs. Will hope in any case for something unexpectedly treatable; and am glad that River is doing well; and that you have now-two-year-olds to help keep you going. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/31 "2022-02-08T22:37:32Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Will hope in any case for something unexpectedly treatable; and am glad that River is doing well; and that you have now-two-year-olds to help keep you going. Weā€™ve pretty much committed to having younger cats around forever so we are never catless. When River and Cade have both died, weā€™re probably going to look for the right timing to grab another couple of moochers to move in. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/32 "2022-02-09T19:44:03Z")
Cade died today. He took a turn for the worse and my wife took him to the vet to be put to sleep. We treated him two weeks here and he was doing pretty well, but pain and everything hit him bad today and she realized Cade would not survive. Weā€™re really sad, but he was almost 15 and weā€™re also really thankful . Turns out our ā€œ3rd kittenā€ that needed a name has now outsurvived both of the others. River is still doing fine. šŸ˜¢ ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/33 "2022-02-09T19:52:45Z")
Iā€™m so sorry. Losses of pets is very hard, but you loved Cade well, and did your best for him when it was his time. Give River nose boops and head smooches, if sheā€™ll take them. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/34 "2022-02-09T20:08:47Z")
Iā€™m very sorry for your loss. Yes, as he was in pain then you did the right thing. Iā€™m glad you got those two weeks; and Iā€™m very glad that you and Cade got those 15 years. Give River a hug for me (also, presuming that she wants one.) ā€“ if itā€™s practical, show her the body, so she wonā€™t be looking for Cade. I know it isnā€™t always practical to do so. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/35 "2022-02-13T01:35:03Z")
Iā€™m so sorry about Cade. They certainly leave a hole in our hearts when they leave. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/36 "2022-02-14T00:54:04Z")
Dā€™Arnaud is a good cat name. As in ā€œWhere is that darn olā€™ cat?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/37 "2022-03-30T16:09:24Z")
Get this. My wife went out and began looking for a cat, our grieving for poor Cade finally somewhat easing. We brought home a cutie yesterday andā€¦named her Kaylee! That was Cadeā€™s original name back in 2007 before we found out he was male. Yes, we are sure that Kaylee is indeed female and she joined our family yesterday. Keeping her separated from the other cats until we get a vet checkup. Here she is. [[Album] Kaylee is a cutie ![](https://i.imgur.com/7GlDpQx.jpeg?fb "Kaylee is a cutie") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/plG0b99) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/38 "2022-03-30T17:34:43Z")
Youā€™re definitely right; sheā€™s a cutie. Kitty kitty kitty kitty kitten! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/39 "2022-06-16T00:30:55Z")
Sad news. We think Kaylee, our little newbie, is not going to survive to adulthood. Bad kidneys, possibly FIP. Waiting on test results and treating her as long as we can. Weā€™re really upset. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027/40 "2022-06-16T01:50:07Z")
I am so sorry! Hereā€™s hoping for unexpectedly good news. If the news continues bad, at least Iā€™m sure sheā€™s been having a very good time with you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027.md?page=3)