Lucy’s sweet babies have been sexed and named, so come meet the kittens who will be referred to, collectively, as “The Fools.”
Dramatic little tuxie is a girl, and her name is Gilda.
Brown and white tabby is a girl, and her name is Roseanne.
Brown tabby is a boy, and his name is Belushi.
Orange tabby is a boy, and his name is Louis (pronounced “Louie”).
Orange and white tabby is a boy, and his name is Rickles.
Buff tabby with a reddish tone to his fur is a boy, and his name is Skelton.
And buff tabby with a creamy tone to his fur is a boy, and his name is Shecky.
That’s right – we have five boys and two girls. I can tell the orange and buff boys apart with no problem when they’re near each other, but – especially Skelton and Shecky – I have a really hard time telling who’s who in pictures. So I expect that until they get older and develop more defining characteristics, I’ll be confusing them pretty regularly. Louis and Rickles are easier to tell apart, because Rickles has a lot of white on his body (including white feet).
Thank you all for your name suggestions; I’ve filed away a lot of them for future use! I ended up simply using a mishmash of names that I liked the sound of (Shecky as a kitten name cracks me UP, though I couldn’t pick Shecky Greene out of a lineup if you paid me a million dollars to do so) and that hadn’t been used in the past.
Snoozin’ Roseanne.
Snoozin’… um.. Skelton? I think.
Skelton and Roseanne (who is thinking about hissing, I can just tell.)
The two buff boys – you can see the difference in their coloring here. Skelton is the one under the piece of bedding, and he’s got much more red than Shecky does.
Belushi on the left, Roseanne on the right.
Sweet sleepin’ Gilda.
Louis in the front, Gilda in the middle, and Rickles’ white feet and stripey tail in the back.
Belushi has a snooze.
See? When Skelton and Shecky are next to each other, I have no problem telling them apart. Also, these kittens are HUGE (I’m going to weigh them later this morning).
The pink toes in the air have killed me dead.
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Video! These kittens with the hissing and spitting – such drama!
Please note that I had not touched them AT ALL. Lucy was about two feet away, eating, and was completely unconcerned about the dramatics.
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“Lady, I am concerned about your kitten huffing. I’m starting to think you have a problem.”
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Previously
2014: No entry.
2013: “Um. Is kinda boring in here, lady.”
2012: “Dat was yummy.”
2011: “Tastes like chicken.”
2010: FAKING IT THE ENTIRE TIME.
2009: No entry.
2008: No entry.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.