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Meet the two new additions to our household, courtesy of Animal Friends:
This fellow is 4 years old according to his previous owner and 6 years old according to the shelter's vet. He was surrendered due to an illness in the family (no details). He's been living in one of the multi-cat rooms at the shelter for a couple months. He's gentle and was pretty affectionate at the shelter, though he's currently hiding behind a radiator in my office. I understand these things can take a little while. The name he came with is "Beanie", though he shows no signs of knowing it (I asked) so changing it will do no harm.
And this fellow is 5 or 6 years old according to the shelter's vet. He was part of a rescue from a hoarder (approximately 25 cats living in terrible neglect) and has only been at the shelter a few days. He, too, was very affectionate (walked right into my lap and started purring). He is currently hiding behind some books on a bookcase in the TV room. The shelter issued him the holding name "Gumbo" and I can definitely change that. (Apparently when they get a hoard they give them grouped names. Gumbo is from the "G" hoard.)
Even though both have lived with other cats and we all spent some time together in one of their "cat meeting rooms" today, the counselor told me to separate them for at least a couple days, and definitely confine each to one room so they don't get overwhelmed. (Then, standard cat-introduction protocols.) So there will be a small delay before they're roaming the house freely, sitting in my lap in the living room and (perhaps) sleeping on the bed.
Better pictures will presumably come when they're more settled. It's hard to tell from these pictures, but "Beanie" is much larger than "Gumbo".
So, what should I name them? Suggestions very welcome!
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The creativity of shelter workers is constantly challenged to find more names. My late Kami was Jellybean when we got him; the shelter was on a candy kick at the time.
If you're a Bab 5 fan, how about Lennier or Sinclair for the gray one?
Since Gumbo was part of a hoard, how about Precious? (Naaaah, didn't think so.) Treasure? Gem? Loot? Or, Mage, Rogue or Paladin, etc.?
May the habituation process go well. An LJ friend of mine had it take about 3 months before 1 of the 4-month sibs she adopted was really comfortable, but they were both feral-born. An old cat hand like you should have no problems.
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Avoid sibilant names (so the cats don't think you are hissing at them when you call them).
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Thanks for the sibilance tip; I hadn't thought of that.
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The only time I had pets with paired names, they were Bagel and Lox.
But they were goldfish. :-)
So I'm afraid I'm hopeless on this one.
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We tried out a few "trio" names before settling on names for our gang. I have a feeling you'll know what to call them before long.
I'm so happy for you!
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