# Introducing new cat Molly. Um...Milo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409 "2025-10-30T01:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/1 "2025-10-30T01:16:15Z")
Saturday I picked up a stray cat from a rescuer. Molly is a very sweet and cuddly Siamese mix. Today was her first vet visit for a check up, scan for a chip, FIV & FLeuk tests, vax and deworming. And to see if they could spot a spay tattoo, or did I need to make an appointment for a spay. The vet came out and told me Molly was skinny but healthy, oh, by the way, he’s now Milo. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/WtqNIOy.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/WtqNIOy) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/2 "2025-10-30T01:27:22Z")
“Don’t force me into your heteronormative gender identity structure, food-man! Now, get me some tuna!” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/3 "2025-10-30T01:39:50Z")
Ummm. Bearer of bad news, and all: THAT’S MY CAT! I mean, yes I lost my sweet floofy kitty. She[He] just wandered off. Incidentally his name is Geoffry. 😊 (Seriously, adorbs!!) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/4 "2025-10-30T01:44:26Z")
I see nothing wrong with calling a male cat Molly. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/5 "2025-10-30T18:24:18Z")
As long as you call them for dinner. Do I correctly gather that Milo doesn’t need a neutering appointment? @Beckdawrek, did you really just lose a cat? Or am I missing a reference? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/6 "2025-10-30T18:28:50Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I see nothing wrong with calling a male cat Molly. I have a female cat named Angus. She hasn’t complained yet, neither has her sister Goose. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/7 "2025-10-30T18:30:14Z")
No, just joking. My Siamese are safe, causing chaos as usual. We just recently had a meezer/glitter _cat_astrophic meet up. Sparklies are still allover the house 4 days later, after that moment of thoughtlessness of my Bear cat. (Oh, heck what am I sayin’? He planned it) ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/8 "2025-10-30T19:01:13Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > nothing wrong with calling a male cat Molly. Especially if you spell it Maul-y ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/9 "2025-10-30T19:13:39Z")
Beautiful animal. Wishing you many happy years together! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/10 "2025-10-30T19:25:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > (Oh, heck what am I sayin’? He planned it) Cat planning things, you say? [![](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/082405-towork.png) ](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/082405-towork.png) [![](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/090205-naumf.png) ](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/090205-naumf.png) The result: [![](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/092705-undiebear.png) ](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/092705-undiebear.png) [![](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/112205-rehab.png) ](https://www.doemain.com/strips/2005/112205-rehab.png) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/11 "2025-10-30T19:31:28Z")
Very nice! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/12 "2025-10-30T19:44:25Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > The vet came out and told me Molly was skinny but healthy, oh, by the way, he’s now Milo. Vets performing sex changing surgery without asking the owner is going to upset some [**rednecks**](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-children-surgeries-school/), I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/13 "2025-10-31T00:42:32Z")
We found a tiny all white kitten, very fluffy, left by it’s mother (who we fed) on our back porch. Quite sick, so we took “Princess” to the vet, After the staff finished cooing over it- super cute and precious- and giving it some medicine and special food (to take home), we found that Princess was a boy cat, then we named him Charming. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/14 "2025-10-31T01:16:40Z")
I would name an all white cat Blackie. A black cat-Snowball ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/15 "2025-10-31T01:49:53Z")
The orange ones should always be named “… And Jelly”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/16 "2025-10-31T02:57:01Z")
One of the cats I adopted from my favorite shelter was a skinny old B&W tuxie who’d been surrendered to them with the name Greybeard. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreidz3bx7ajfazemurak6sdvv2veklysatub62a2k3ltj7qq5uslz6i@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreidz3bx7ajfazemurak6sdvv2veklysatub62a2k3ltj7qq5uslz6i@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/17 "2025-10-31T03:00:59Z")
Today for the first time, Milo jumped up on my lap. He’s been affectionate since the beginning, rubbing on my and trying to dash in front of me and kill me. But today he jumped up and started rubbing his face on mine. He also walked out into the larger part of the house amongst the dogs, until one starting barking. It’s all coming along. StG ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/18 "2025-10-31T03:20:27Z")
Sexual ambiguity among cats seems to be quite common. I had a girl cat once that I named Orange Blossom that turned out to be a boy cat. I had to immediately rename him “OB”. A nice, masculine name with no particular meaning! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/19 "2025-10-31T05:18:05Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > very sweet and cuddly Siamese mix Very beautiful … erm, handsome. Wishing you and Molly/Milo many happy years of snuggling together. (In my experience, cats acquire multiple names, so Milo may still answer to Molly. Or ignore you entirely.) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409/20 "2025-10-31T06:54:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Princess was a boy cat, then we named him Charming. This is the best cat-naming story ever told! 🐱 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-new-cat-molly-um-milo/1024409.md?page=2)