Calling all people with pets!

[blodeuedd]

Because I'm curious. :D

You people who have (or have had) pets: what kind of pet(s) do you have? What is (are) their name(s)? Do you actually use that name to speak to them, or does your conversation devolve into "Oh yes, you're the cutest little _____ ever, aren't you?" territory? Are you embarrassed if/when this happens in front of other people, or do you not care?

As for me, my cat (the gorgeous silver tabby American shorthair of whom I've posted pictures here and here), her name is Tabitha. And I do call her that, at least when I'm speaking to her in English. I also call her "furball", "silly beast", and "evil furball" when she's clawing at the wall.

When I speak to her in French, and this is the result of not having given her a bilingual name* she becomes Croquette (my mother's fault: she said, "Elle a une face de croquette!" and it's true, so it stuck.) And even Croquette degenerates in "ma petite croquette d'amour" and "la plus belle des croquettes".

I don't care if other people hear me baby-talking to Tabitha when I take her to the vet, because I figure that no one here understands me anyway, especially when I spent the whole bus ride trying to soothe her in French. The vet and his assistant only smiled, because I imagine they see the same thing day in and day out, and they were cooing, "II ko ja ne~~~" at her as well. XD

* Of course my cat is bilingual! Actually, she's quadrilingual. Her first family was Japanese, and I'm sure G's stupid cow (and possibly G as well) spoke to her in Chinese, so there you go. Not that a cat who understands four languages is any easier to manage than one who understands but one!

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[moeruze-burning.livejournal.com]

I have three cats and I've had a lot of cats for the span of my life, approximately 50 of them. XD;;

I coo my cats in way that I call them bastards in a sweet voice. I used to coo them all baby like but I didn't want them to be a bunch of pussies... *kicked*

I don't mind if anyone hears me. XD Usually if I have someone over they're cooing them worse than I am.

[tayles.livejournal.com]

I have two black cats - one old, grumpy, bony bitch called Tuppence, and one tubby, diabetic, dumb boy named Benji. Between them they easily have a dozen nicknames XDD

Benji gets the most, cos he's my 'bunny' and I love him. My usual greetings to him are 'hey handsome' or 'hey monster'. He also gets called 'puppy' a lot, because of his dog-like manner. His plumpness also leads to the nickname 'fatboy', which Mum is forever trying to tell me off for. Oh, and 'monkey' is the latest one XD His diabetes has also earned him the nickname 'sugarcat'.

Tuppence gets called 'psycho-bitch' (because she is), 'wonky legs' (cos she has them), 'moaning Minnie', 'gorgeous', 'furball' and 'spaz'. Yeah, she's not the most well-tempered of animals XDD

Benj is on my lap right now XDD I don't really baby-talk my cats, opting instead to hold entire one-sided conversations with them and interpreting their responses from facial expressions XDD I do kiss and cuddle my cats a lot, which a couple of friends find odd, but I've never cared XD I'm lucky Benji is so docile, cos he puts up with me doing stuff like harassing him and nagging him!

I talk to Benj is Japanese and Tuppence in French, on occassion. I just like to use them as practice, since no one else will talk to me in either language ><;;

[puzzlepiece.livejournal.com]

I currently have a cat and since I live with my mom right now, her dog can count for this as well. XD

My cat is eleven years old and named Bogues and while I do use that name, she also gets Pookie, Pookini, Peanut, Kitty Cat Girl, Pretty Kitty, and Bogitos. I'm sure she's extremely confused. XD; She answers to them all though! Oh yeah, my mom's friend renamed her to Urla as well. o_O Yeeeah, I don't know.

My mom's dog is Angel, short for the Countess Angelique. She's also eleven and is a yippy Bichon Frise. When she doesn't listen, we try speaking French to her but that doesn't work either. She just likes being difficult.

I've had two other cats while growing up. One when I was itty bitty named KiKi (apparently I named him when I was trying to say 'kitty' and said that instead) and he was an orange and white tomcat. In grade 6-8 I had a Persian named Oreo (his head and back end were black and had a white middle XD) he was a gift from my best friend. Her mom bred Persians and he was the runt of a litter that wouldn't sell.

[speadee.livejournal.com]

Sorry it's taken me forever to post this comment. School was so busy this quarter.

I have pictures of my past and present hamsters in this entry:
http://speadee.livejournal.com/39829.html

I call my hamsters by their names, but I also call them things like, "cutie little things."