# Uh-Oh...Another Kitty At Kasa Kalhoun **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136 "2006-11-20T12:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/21 "2006-11-20T18:57:14Z")
Adopting strays gets one major Karma goodness. Someday when your soul is being weighed by Anubis against a feather, don’t be suprised if Bast sneaks a paw in to turn the scales in your favor. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/22 "2006-11-20T20:30:45Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] strong, vocal, gray, or a survivor. Any ideas?? [/QUOTE] Steele ? ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/23 "2006-11-20T21:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I went out there and looked again…she/he is very shy but I’m leaning toward female. I typed “turkey” into the language translator and the Spanish translation is “Pavo”. Kind of has a nice ring to it! [/QUOTE] Pavo makes me think of Parvo ☹ What about Paloma? Dove is like a fancy turkey! She is so beautiful and gray, my folks had a kitty named Gray Malkin (from Shakespeare). Extra bonus points for being the name of the street for Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Anything with silver (Silverbells? it’s near Christmas too) or argent would be a huge plus! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/24 "2006-11-20T21:45:00Z")
[QUOTE=Glory] Pavo makes me think of Parvo ☹ What about Paloma? Dove is like a fancy turkey! She is so beautiful and gray, my folks had a kitty named Gray Malkin (from Shakespeare). Extra bonus points for being the name of the street for Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Anything with silver (Silverbells? it’s near Christmas too) or argent would be a huge plus! [/QUOTE] You’re right. Pavo is out. I really like Paloma though! Ahhhh…so many kitties, so little time. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/25 "2006-11-20T21:53:29Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I’m thinking this kitty needs a name that identifies it as strong, vocal, gray, or a survivor. Any ideas?? [/QUOTE] Based on those criteria, your kitty should be named Gloria Gaynor. She belted out the song, “I Will Survive.” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/26 "2006-11-20T22:08:37Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] Based on those criteria, your kitty should be named Gloria Gaynor. She belted out the song, “I Will Survive.” [/QUOTE] Ooooh! I like that one, too! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/27 "2006-11-22T16:50:56Z")
Update: She’s in the house since the vet gave her a clean bill of health, velcro’d to the carpeting under my bed. Little Miss Bitchypants is stalking her like paparazzi on Heather Mills. You could cut the kitty tension with a knife! We might name her Graycie. Kinda cute, no? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/28 "2006-11-22T17:08:03Z")
But Little Miss Bitchypants has already named the new kitty “Bait”! Graycie works too. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/29 "2006-11-22T17:47:21Z")
I like Graycie! It has such an urban feel to it all. If that fails, LaQwerty could do. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/30 "2006-11-22T18:51:54Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Update: She’s in the house since the vet gave her a clean bill of health, velcro’d to the carpeting under my bed. Little Miss Bitchypants is stalking her like paparazzi on Heather Mills. You could cut the kitty tension with a knife! We might name her Graycie. Kinda cute, no? [/QUOTE] That’s what I would have named Smokey if I’d waited long enough for her to show me her personality How about Graysington Steele? ('cause I kinda like Steele given the circumstances) [QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] If that fails, LaQwerty could do. [/QUOTE] But has she walked across \*\*Kalhoun’s \*\* keyboard yet? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/31 "2006-11-22T19:50:34Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I kind of checked her out…I think she’s a girl. She’s not real comfortable with being picked up yet, so I couldn’t get a real good look. I’ve never had a boy kidden. Are their little nadlettes readily visible at 12 weeks? [/QUOTE] Hold kitten in inverted position with tail toward you. Gently pull tail down exposing private areas. When viewed from that perspective, boys display a colon while girls display an exclamation point. ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/32 "2006-11-23T02:08:48Z")
Kalhoun, your foundling looks like a [Russian Blue](http://www.russianblue.org/). Does it have green eyes? We got our first 2 cats from the animal shelter (RSPCA for the locals), and then the Blue from a vet. One of the shelter kittens was the smartest kitten ever, the other was, um, challenged. The Blue had been handed in to the vet as a stray. He was just the most characterful animal. If it is a Blue, I suggest Rasputin for a boy (Raspy) or Svetlana for a girl (Lana). And, WELL DONE. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/33 "2006-11-27T16:44:59Z")
She is definitely a “she.” She has amber eyes and she’s all legs…looks more like a colt than a kitten at this point. The name “Graycie” isn’t cutting it so much with Mr. K. He wants something more inventive. So for the time being, she’s “Extremely skinny little gray girl kitty.” She’s starting to warm up to the other kitties. She shared a nose-kiss with Fats Domino and didn’t back down from Ms. Bitchypants during a recent Hissy Fit. And she hasn’t actually typed yet, but she’s up on the desk for the first time. The typing will commence soon! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/34 "2006-11-27T18:04:44Z")
How about Ulu? It’s a cute little gray steel cutting implement and it’s fun to say. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/35 "2006-11-27T21:01:45Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] How about Ulu? It’s a cute little gray steel cutting implement and it’s fun to say. [/QUOTE] Is that YOO-LOO or OO-LOO? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/36 "2006-11-27T21:05:53Z")
I looked it up, but no matter…it didn’t make Mr. K whoop or hollar. I kinda liked it! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/37 "2006-11-27T21:06:57Z")
I come back with “Destiny”, which could be shortened to “Dessa” or “Des”, or “You Stupid Little Fucking Cat Stop Complaining And Using My Goddamned Calves as Scratching Posts, You’re Not A Lion On The Fucking Serengeti, So Get OVER It!” I think that last one has a nice ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/38 "2006-11-27T21:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I come back with “Destiny”, which could be shortened to “Dessa” or “Des”, or **“You Stupid Little Fucking Cat Stop Complaining And Using My Goddamned Calves as Scratching Posts, You’re Not A Lion On The Fucking Serengeti, So Get OVER It!”** I think that last one has a nice ring to it. [/QUOTE] That’s our pet name for her. We need something more formal! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/39 "2006-11-27T22:06:18Z")
I just looked at her picture again and how about **Norrin Radd** , aka the Silver Surfer? She’s quite silver and I bet she’ll be near you helping you surf the net. Plus it’s a cool name that doesn’t sound too masculine. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136/40 "2006-11-29T16:02:55Z")
Well, mommy’s little darling caught her first mouse (and killed it dead, thankuverymuch). She’s definitely a keeper! We’re thinkin’ “Scout.” I’m liking it more and more. Still not locked in, so any suggestions are still under consideration. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-another-kitty-at-kasa-kalhoun/381136.md?page=3)