# Name my baby kitty, win a prize... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715 "2004-05-05T21:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/61 "2004-05-07T22:59:50Z")
Marmalade 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/62 "2004-05-08T01:08:52Z")
Everyone should have a cat named Schrodinger. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/63 "2004-05-08T01:18:44Z")
I thought of Marmalade, but the Mr. doesn’t like it > [@Dangerosa](#): > > Everyone should have a cat named Schrodinger. If I If babykitty were a boy, it would work well, but not for a girl plus I am not _that_ in to physics- heh heh 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/64 "2004-05-08T02:05:20Z")
My teenage kitty says you can have her name for your baby if you like. When we found her, it was late fall, and she was lying very still, didn’t even move when nudged, previously she’d run away from you. We picked her up, and brought her inside unresisting. She was covered in fleas, her white fur was blackened with fleas! We HAD to bathe her, so we did with a mixture of a gentle unscented shampoo and alcohol since she was far too young for pesticidal shampoo. (My husband’s mother worked for the local vet, and this was a method he’d recommended to her.) Anyway, later on after she was snuggling in a warm fuzzy blanket, I asked her her name. “Rhiow” was all she’d say, so that’s the name she got. It suits her very well. She has a good deal of some Oriental breed in her (and the nuerosis to prove it) her looks show it, and so does her voice. That’s how she meows. Though now she “rhows” or “murls” at us since she considers us cats too. It’s also taken from the book “The Book of Night With Moon” by Diane Duane, one of the main characters is a black cat with the name “Rhiow”. It’s a favorite of mine. [“The Book of Night With Moon”](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446606332/104-0487407-1191952) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/65 "2004-05-08T02:15:53Z")
How sure are you that babykitty is a girl. I knew a Princess who had the cutest little kitty nads once. ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/66 "2004-05-08T03:35:06Z")
Torties and calicos are always female. It’s a genetics thing. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/67 "2004-05-08T03:48:41Z")
Isn’t it still “almost always” female with that? A tortiseshell could have 3 chromosomes, if it were male. It would mean problems, besides being sterile IIRC though. ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/68 "2004-05-08T07:08:08Z")
Yeah, that’s right. Silly me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/69 "2004-05-08T08:07:33Z")
Yep she is definitly a girl, no nuts except for the ones in her head 😃 . In her liiter of six there are 3 boys and 3 girls. My other cats [Scooter](http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/neolith76/detail?.dir=/new+kitty+pics&.dnm=Scooter+in+kitchen.jpg) (girl) & [Denali](http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/neolith76/detail?.dir=/90fe&.dnm=denali---1---1.jpg) (boy) were so fuzzy when they were little, we couldn’t tell. Scooter was supposed to be a boy… and Denali a girl… oh well I love them just as much even after 4 years! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/70 "2004-05-08T11:06:56Z")
I’ve always been partial to mythological names. I think if she’s got spirit to her, you should name her Pele after the Hawaian volcano goddess. If she’s more peaceful, call her Nirvana. Of course Spot always works well too. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/71 "2004-05-25T21:49:18Z")
Hey **LVgeogeek**! What did you name the kitty? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/72 "2004-05-25T22:04:22Z")
I have been meaning to get back to this thread. :o but since I am a slacker… Anyways, we decided to name her Topolino (little mouse). **Tortuga** was our first choice, but she wouldn’t even repond to it. **Gabbro** was the second choice and would have been chosen, but we already have a cat with a “G” name (Guinness). Since these were our top picks from the SDMB suggestions, I will award prizes for that 🙂 if they would be wanted by… um… who suggested them…lemme look at the list… **RainGrowsBrite** & **LilyoftheValley** 😃 Topolino had her first vet appointment this past Saturday… she weighed a whole 2.13 lbs & I have more pictures of her but I need to upload them to the computer. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/73 "2004-05-28T02:40:44Z")
Topolino is a very cute name! I just hope you don’t expect her to be a mouse-catcher! :eek: > [@LVgeogeek](#): > > Since these were our top picks from the SDMB suggestions, I will award prizes for that 🙂 if they would be wanted by… um… who suggested them…lemme look at the list… **RainGrowsBrite** & **LilyoftheValley** 😃 Woot! I knew there was a reason I bumped this thread. How about a rock from Nevada? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/74 "2004-05-28T06:16:43Z")
Crouton! > **[Should I kill my pet snail? :/](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258151)** > > I have a pet water snail named Crouton. Last night after I got home from work I found him on the floor and he was half out of his shell. He was completely unresponsive when I picked him up. I was sure he was dead, but didn’t feel like burrying him... ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/75 "2004-05-28T16:01:15Z")
**LilyoftheValley** , sure I can send you a _cool_ rock from Nevada 🙂 . My email is in my profile. Send me your info and I will put it in the post. Oh, and the only mice she catches are those technicolored toy mice 😃 ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715/76 "2004-05-28T16:05:51Z")
Based on the size of the eyes in the picture I’d say Goggles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby-kitty-win-a-prize/243715.md?page=3)