So last week Victor and Hailey and I went to socialize feral shelter kittens and the kittens were all like, “fuck you guys” and hid but there was this lanky, black teenage cat who was like, “PICK ME UP. LOVE ME. LET ME CRAWL INSIDE YOUR CARDIGAN.” I’ve never had a black cat before so I’m not sure if this is typical black cat behavior, but he insisted that we not leave and then literally jumped into an adoption box by himself and stared at us, like “What is taking you so long? PITTER PATTER LET’S GET AT ‘ER.”
We immediately took him to the vet and then he immediately broke several things in the vets office and then he was ours. Purrsy and Dorothy Barker are tentatively welcoming. The black cat is so laid back and doofy he didn’t even seem to notice there were other animals in the house. Or maybe he’s just used to lots of animals in the shelter? He is the definition of nonchalant.
I cannot take a good picture of him because he is a void and my camera insists it needs more light.
Why is his leg out like that? No one knows. But he’s purring like a motherfucker and has made himself at home.
And so now we have a new cat (HOW DID THIS HAPPEN) and we need a name. We haven’t entirely decided on one yet, but below is our most recent conversation:
me: Should we do pun name so he matches Purrsy Bysshe Shelley?
Victor: He looks like a Jinx. Because he’s full of hijinks.
Hailey: How about Midnight?
Victor: Too plain.
me: Johnny Cash!
Hailey: How is that a pun?
me: Because he’s “the man in black.”
Victor: That’s a very long way to go for a joke. How about…Azreal?
me: Oh, I like that.
Hailey: Who?
me: The black cat that Gargamel had on the Smurfs?
Hailey: Azreal was orange.
me and Victor: Absolutely not.
Hailey: Yeah he was. Look him up.
Victor: Wtf? Is this a Mandela Effect thing?
me: It has to be.
Victor: Weren’t you going to make me a shirt with Gargamel on the front and “Everyday I’m Wizarding” on on the back?
me: Ran into copyright issues. How about Noche?
Victor: They’re delicious.
me: Not gnocchi. “Noche”…like the Spanish word for night.
Victor: That’s not even close to how you pronounce that word.
me: Walter Walnuts!
Hailey: What?
me: It’s just fun to say. “Walter Walnuts.”
Victor: That’s a ridiculous name. You might as well call him “The Jonas Brothers.”
me: How about…Moonshadow?
Victor: I don’t hate it.
me: AND Moonshadow was a song by Cat Stevens. Get it? CAT Stevens?
Victor: So why don’t we just call him Cat Stevens?
me: So his first name is “Cat”? Absolutely not.
Hailey: Didn’t you want to name a cat “Mr. President”?
me: 12 years ago I did. It’s since lost its charm.
Hailey: Are you naming him Moonshadow after the cat in the Warrior Cat books? Feels very millennial-coded.
me: Oh, I forgot about those books.
Victor: I think we need to figure out what kind of cat he is to name him. Like, is he a menace, a familiar, a superhero?
me: How about Professor Midnight.”
Hailey: Hmm.
me: Because that sounds like a detective or a villain or a spooky friend…it’s very open-ended and mysterious.
Victor: I like it. Professor Midnight. He’s an academic. Not a medical doctor.
Hailey: Clearly.
This is an excellent thing for many reasons, least of which is that Purrsey will do so much better for having a buddy. Also, void kitties are awesome! I wish you many happy years with both new(ish) furballs.
LOVE Midnight…what a great addition to your family!
I had a cat names Hijinks because his brother’s name was Capers, and we called him Jinx.
He is adorable. How could you not take him home? I’m happy Purrsey has a kitten friend.
How about “peeve”? (Pet peeve)?
Freaking adorable. 🖤
Thank you for allowing me to enjoy your cat through my screen since I am so allergic. What will his nickname be? Proffy? Midi?
He is so beautiful! We have three black cats and they are my favorite even though they DGAF about any of us. (They are barn cats)
Welcome to the world of black cats! They’re quite addictive. Since my parents got their first one they’ve had one in their house ever since. I had a wonderful, mischievous one named Loki that I’m still rather heartbroken over. Still totally worth it. Enjoy the void!
Black animals are the absolute best. I love the fun you could have with Professor Midnight. “Let’s ask the Professor…” I’m sure he’ll have the answer for quite a few of the problems in the universe.
Welcome to owning a black cat! I’ve had many over the years, one named Jinx as a matter of fact…Congrats, he’s lovely. Professor is good, he could pass for a Sherlock, Columbo…Jessica Fletcher…
Black goes with everything! Enjoy your new void kitty.
Cosmo
Love the voids. Ours is Luna Moonshadow. Didn’t even use it for any other reason than it suited her though I’m being followed by a moon shadow is accurate.
I couldn’t think of a name for my cat, so I called him Cat for a week. Then I decided to call him CatStevens because he was used to being called Cat!
That last picture is *exactly* how I looked after a day of teaching academically at a college. EXACTLY.
Welcome to your new home, Void!
If Professor Midnight doesn’t work out, try Azriel the Shadowsinger from the ACOTAR book series. It’s my version of making Azreal work for a black cat, because I’m invested now.
My husband isn’t a cat person, but before him I wanted a black cat named Pestilence, Tilly for short.
Welcome to Professor Midnight. Or whatever his name ends up being. 💗
I’ve never had a void cat before (always wanted one), but had the opposite of a void, a pure white cat. His name was Misty, and he was wonderful. He loved water, wanted to get into any bath or shower that was running. He hid in the birdfeeder to try to catch birds, knew how to ring the doorbell to be let in, and loved car rides. We had to check our vehicles before we went out in case he was inside. He also wasn’t deaf, contrary to popular myth.
The two cats that we had consecutively in between Misty and our current spotted tabby cat, Chick were both named Kitty. Mostly due to my brother and I, and then our kids not being able to agree on names. So they were both Miss Kitty at our vet’s offices.
Congrats!!! I had a cat like him once, that I named Oberon. Many black short-haired cats have Siamese genes in their makeup (mine did), & it looks like yours does too – hence the friendliness.
Maybe its the camera angle, but the last shot makes it looks like the Professor has HUGE paws. So maybe expect the Professor to get to be quite large?
THE Shadow! “Shady” for short.
He could not be more puuurfect whatever his name is.
I love cats that choose you – they are the best (I’ve had two do it).
Pococurante – nicknamed, Poco.
Freaking adorable!!! The PAWS!
I named my black kitten Stellaluna like the bat in the children’s book.
We had one of these and ours was called Jinx (aka Jinxy Kitty aka Jinxtypuss aka The Jinxiest). And she was. The Jinxiest. Best of kitties. This story has made me enormously happy.
Gotta say I’m team #CatStevens. 😻
Awww, now you have a miniature house panther! I miss my own miniature house panther, Penny, who passed earlier this year. Black cats are aware of their reputation, I think, which is why they try harder to be loving cats. People don’t realize that black cats are actually GOOD luck!
We have always had black cats. And they have all been very lovely.
Black cats be doing all the things that your little void does.
Second derpiest type of cat, ever.
I still stand by the list of names, that I posted, when Purrsy adopted you.
Lando Catrissian
Ben Catleck
Bing Clawsby
Catpurrnicus (I will admit that I am fond of this one.)
Harrison Furred
Leonard Nemeow
Meowses (But I am pretty sure that you didn’t find him floating, downriver, in a reed basket.)
Mewlius Caesar
Furcules
Barack Obameow (Another that gets my fondness.)
Mr. Meowgi
And, you have already discounted Cat Stevens.
So many great names. Edgar Allen Purr popped in my head, but I know you will find the best fitting one!
Professor HiJinx Midnight, Jinx for a nickname. It’s an awesome name for a cat. I used to have a half Siamese, half tiger stripe cat named Jinx.
My former veterinarian always said black cats are the most friendly and nicest of cats. My family has had two black cats over the years and they were super friendly and sociable with everyone.
How wonderful for Percy Shelley! Two cats of approximately the same age, and they will become best buddies.
And how perfect just in time for Halloween that you have an orange striped cat and a black cat! May you have many happy years together.
Shadow Fax
Seems like Hailey waited you guys out and won her “Midnight”
What a lucky kitty!
Professor Midnight – great name! Well done! What about those huge paws! Never have I ever. Hope he and Purrsy become buddies. Have fun with your new sweetheart. Lots of love to you and your beautiful family. ♥️🥰
Sir Purr-fessor Dark-mode
I have been seeing the pics on Facebook and was wondering when you were going to say you had adopted him. 😄
As for names…Thackery Binx, like the cat in Hocus Pocus? Or Salem, from Sabrina the Teenage Witch? Or Raven? Raven Nevermore?
I’ve always liked Vesper, but I think he may be too doofily cool for that.
He’s a beauty.
Just as all dogs I don’t know get called “Puppy Face”, all cats get called “PuddyTat”.
I have a little black cat. They are contractually obligated to push anything on a surface off the surface, scratch up everything they can find, and then come sit in your lap and purr to defuse your anger!
If I were to get a black cat, I’d name him Sirius Black.
To go with Purrsy, you could all him Purrfessor Midnight. Or just name him Lord Byron. He’s dark, but not especially brooding, so I don’t know. We have a male black cat, too, who’s very derpy but also the biggest love bug I’ve ever met. We named him Onyx. 🙂
Professor Midnight sounds like a prestigious academic by day and super villain/detective by night and I *love him* already. He will fit right in I’m sure he’s so cute!!
This is why I avoid cat shelters…there’s no way I’d go to one and not come home with a cat! I wish you all much joy with your newest addition.
You said Professor and my mind jumped to Moriarty. But I’m a Sherlock Holmes fanatic.
THOSE PAWS in the last photo! Love it and love him….meant to be.
You have the dream. A ginger AND a void.
I really really love that you did this ❤️😘 He knew that he belongs to you and that’s why he chose you ❤️ ❤️❤️
I love that Victor has decided that ridiculous names are off the board in a house filled with pets with ridiculous names. 🙂
How about Bagheera? The kind and protective black panther in The Jungle Book who traded with the wolves so that they would raise Mowgli as a wolf cub.
I had a black cat (looked exactly just like yours)named Dickens, because he was a dickens, and we loved the author. We also had a ginger named Dash, who was fast, but his name was short for Dash Rendar. My son was a Star Wars fanatic! Both came from the animal shelter and we loved the both! I know you’ll love your black and ginger as much as we loved ours. Congratulations! 🎈
Threat Level Midnight! After the Michael Scarn movie.
I like Johnny Cash but to keep the pun name trend going you could name ho. Pawney Cash and just call him Cash 😂
How about Nandor from What We Do in the Shadows?
I’m the worst at naming cats. Last pair I adopted were a brother (tuxedo with white paws) and sister (void, but with one very lonely white hair right on her chest). He was already named Boots thanks to the white feet, so it stuck. She was named Tiny, because she was the runt of the litter, but by the time I got her around age 2, she was huuuuge. So Tiny was dropped as a name and in came Raven. I’m so not creative.
Yay Void Kitty!! Over the summer we adopted a pair of 2-year-old longtime shelter cats, one of which is a Void. His shelter name was Monroe (they name the cats after the street they were found on), and we figured that wasn’t his real name but he has yet to introduce himself as anyone else, so Monroe he remains! He is still rather skittish, but is on his way to becoming a quite satisfactory chonker. May your new Void give you many years of shadowy love!!
How about “Binx” after the black cat in Hocus Pocus?
It takes me WEEKS to come up with the appropriate name for a new pet. They have to live with me and give me a feel for who they are before their name speaks to me and feels right. And yeah, it is not easy to get great photos of a black kitty! Oliver, my black kitty (black olive?) shows his deep brown, minky stripes in the sunlight, so that part’s fun! Have fun with Hijinx, Prof. Moonshadow Midnight. Or Moonnight, or Midshadow.
We called one of our cats KC which was short for Kitty Cat. Or it could be KC and the Fun time Band of Cats
Love him already! He was meant to be your cat. Black cats are awesome (but very hard to photograph). I had one growing up named Cinder. Have fun welcoming your new family member!
Midnight Hijinx Lawson is my choice. Black cats are super chill, but count on some occasional midnight hijynx. 🙂
We named ours Black Jack Kerouac. Jack for short, because we got tired.
Johnny Cash
I would name him Nocturne
Black cats are the friendliest cats ever, so social and loving but headstrong as well. I have a 16lb void named Bagheera (after the panther in the Jungle Book). He knows no strangers and if he could crawl under my skin to get closer to me, he would. They are the best!
And the cat distribution system strikes again…💜
Our void was named “Dusty” because she showed every bit of white fluff in the house. She never deigned to sit on our laps until our baby was born. She had a rival and decided we were OK. She lived 19 years before developing sinus cancer and was the best gurl ever.
I am bad at puns, so no suggestion there, but LOVE the Letterkenny reference.
Keeping with the poet theme: Boris Pawsternak, Ezra Pawnd, Alexander Purrshkin (or Pusshkin), Robert Purrns, William Shakespurr, Edgar Allen Paw, Pawscar Wilde.
MW
His leg was either injured or he was born that way. I want to feed him, he’s so thin.
Glad you got a second.
“We went to socialize foster…”
Hahaha haha, whom are you trying to convince?
Happy for you.
That’s a lot of paw to grow into. Void cats are blessings. Mine have been darlings. Well, Kylo is learning to be a darling. Samwise and Leo were my sweethearts.
Congratulations on your new void. Black cats are my favorite. First black cat was Shakespeare, then we had Bianca. Our current black cat is Salem.
All hail Professor Midnight.
He’s an absolute dote.
Long may ye mind each other.
The new cat is beautiful! A large black cat (who looked like a panther) adopted our house when I lived in Honolulu. We called him Jinx. However, I think Professor Midnight is perfect!
Prof. M. Night Paw-malan
Well, if you want to go with the theme related to Purrsy, you could name him “John Pawlidori” after one of the other attendees at the famous Villa Diodati attendees. (If you can come up with a good pun for Lord Byron, that would probably work even better, but I don’t have anything good there.)
Arigato
He is adorable. I have had several black cats, and they have all been a riot. I like Professor Midnight. We had one named pumpkin (not too original, but my daughter was 11 and some kind —— aaargh! —- neighbor gave him to her instead of candy on Halloween. We said it was temporary until we could find him a home. He stayed for 16 years and passed peacefully.
Purrfessor Midnight
What happened to The President as your cat’s name? No political undercurrent. Just loved that idea for a name in your book! I have a black cat and he is crookshands (Harry Potter) but we call him Mr Shanks, Shanksie,
Crooks. I love all your ideas!
I like Professor Midnight because then you can have The Adventures of Purrsy and The Professor, which sounds like a good book series
My friends rescued a cat that was hiding in a pile of leaves next to their campsite. Named him Rustle…
I had a little ink blot, his name was Rorschach. One of my favorite cats of all time.
Just be careful!! Black cats will trip you and scare you in the dark because you don’t see them coming and for some reason it is always at a door or the top of the stairs!!!!! Enjoy your new void filler!!
I love that he basically adopted himself. So cute and great for Purrsy to have a pal.
LOVE Professor Midnight. Because you can call him Midnight (or Nite-Nite, as we call ours) when you talk to him, but you can refer to him as “the Professor” to others — as in, “Purrsy and the Professor are up to no good today, y’all.”
Aaron Purr, sir.
If you also get a chocolate point Himalayan and a grey marble/stripe American shorthair, we would be name twins AND cat twins! 😃
So my void kitty was picked up for my lonely tabby girl. I have to say it was hard to pick him because I sat down in a room of black kitties and they ALL ran over to me! Even surprised the shelter staff. But Drake (his shelter name) was a smidge shy and yet cuddly so we brought him home and he and Cassie (tabby) were the best friends!
And as an aside my current cat Frankie has a nickname (one of many) of Frankie Walnuts. Mainly because he loves to eat the bag our walnuts come in. But it makes him sound more badass.
So any name will be great, and void kitties are amazing.
I wanted to name our black Aussie Prince because he was a little black man.
My study abroad roommate lost her black cat recently. He was with her from high school through her Masters and was named Midnight (aka Professor Midnight once she started student teaching). She made matching regalia for him, which he wore in her graduation photos.
If I had a black cat, I’d name it Pōwehi (poe VAY hee) after the first black hole ever to have its event horizon photographed. Pōwehi means “embellished dark source of unending creation” and is from an 18th-century Hawaiian chant. Since the cat is a void, he’d be named after one. And I would call him Poe, for short, as a nod to one of my favorite authors.
I like Jinx….and by the way, he’s adorable. Give him some time, his name will evolve and become obvious.
How about a combo? Professor Moonshadow!
I still think you should have named him Mr President….maybe in honor of Jimmy Carter?
Ooh, by not naming him Cat you missed a golden opportunity to run down alleys in the rain like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany’s yelling, “CAAAAAAAAT!”
As black cats are often referred to as voids, I would argue that with their physical properties, they are actually more akin to vacuums. Therefore, I wish to recommend Hoover, Dyson, or Bissell…Electrolux just seems a bit overmuch. Or maybe it’s perfect? 😎
Pantero Bonito. He is breathtakingly gorgeous.
Professor Midnight is purrrfect. He sounds like an old time radio show villain, straight out of Flash Gordon!
Harry Potter….
He is the very definition of perfection! I also have black cats, and good luck ever getting a good photo! Xxx
My oldest corgi is Humphrey Bonegart (Bogie). My corgi who passed was Cormac McBarky (aka Cormac the destroyer, king of the derps, agent of chaos, Prince of poop). My current youngest corgi is Beep the Meep the Starbeast. He’s more ginger cat or ADHD squirrel on crack than a corgi. At one point there was an overlap with the first two corgis and a Yorkshire terrorist named Dashiell Hammutt (Dash.) I’ve never had a cat, so I don’t know much about the naming of them.
Here are my suggestions
Edgar Allen paw
Lucipurrr
Neko (Japanese for cat)
Catticus fintch
Parker or Elliot (just because I like the show Leverage)
Johnny Ca(t)sh but the t is silent
We had a wonderful black cat called Kali ..after the goddess of destruction
Lord Byron, as a literary companion for Purrsy Bysshe Shelley and because he’s already causing chaos!
We adopted our void, where his previous oppressors called him.. Rip. I didn’t feel it. And technically my adult child chose him while I of course chose my orange baby, Harley. Harley worked for him. The void previously known as Rip, finally presented his true self. Mischief is what he was born to be. Loki, arise and see all that you can terrorize!
I used to have a grey tabby that would stick one leg out. I called it his ‘chicken leg’.
Wait!! Azreal was orange??
Byron as in George Gordon, Lord Byron, “She walks in beauty like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies…” That’s my name. My favorite ever baby cat was a void named Vincent, a.k.a. Vinny. He passed in 1998 and I still miss him so much.
I love reading your conversations with your family, it’s so entertaining! The little void is extremely cute and I love how he just knew you were the ones!
May I suggest Rufus Xavier Sarsapurrilla (shoutout to Schoolhouse Rock 📣), or just (Black) Licorice? 🖤 And also, hello from my bestie Violet Meowregarde 👋🐈⬛
He looks like Jiji- Kiki’s Delivery Service.
Congrats! He looks like he is fitting right in!
And thanks for the out loud laugh this morning!
Hailey: Didn’t you want to name a cat “Mr. President”?
me: 12 years ago I did. It’s since lost its charm.
I named my black cat Moonshadow! My boyfriend didn’t think Stevens was a good name…because, you know, “Cat” Stevens…so I said fine, we’ll just name him after a Cat Stevens song then! He goes by Moonshie, though, unless he’s in trouble.
PAWS
Love your family banter. All of my black cats have been incredibly doofy. Tons of personality. Somehow they always seem to be upside down. They fall off things. Their legs stick out weird. They are proud and regal and then go completely derp. They are affectionate. They can be hard to name.
I once had a black cat named Johnny Cash because the man in black seemed obvious to me. He was a lover, not a fighter. He got cozy with a bobcat and I never saw him again. This sounds like lyrics to a country song, but it’s true.
He’s black. The people love hm already.
Nox populi?
Perfect professor midnight in France professeur minuit. His subject of study; humans behavior towards us ;supérieur being CATS!!! 50 credits towards complications of study.PS: no cell phones in class but threats would be appreciated.
Lloyd? (the void) He is gorgeous.
WELCOME TO THE BLACK CAT CLUB
THE PAWS!!!!! He’s definitely behaving like a black cat. It’s like having an orange cat but with more attempts to kill you (not intentionally!). They are the BEST!!! My soul kitty was a black cat named Ebony (“Ebby”) and even 24 years after losing her, I think of her often.
Also… what about naming him Slim Shady? Nickname M&M. 🙂
Does it make me old that I knew exactly why you said Johnny Cash?
If you don’t name him just Stevens, I’m taking it. You rock! If people don’t know him you can say, “That’s my cat, Stevens.” Also, I may be coming to San Antonio from CT. To see the bookshop obviously (browse, drink things) and MEET YOU because you are my hero! So, stay tuned. 🙂
Our charming void is called Tetra after a small tropical fish. This is what happens when you let children name their own pets! Still, she is the darkest sunshine in my every day. And she likes to sleep in full face plant which is hilarious.
I also love your big stretch pun names. Never quit! I once had a cat that was named Freaky Sneakers in a sideways homage to the cat in Bedknobs and Broomsticks who was called Cosmic Creepers.
May Professor Midnight cast his charm spell on all he meets!
Professor Moonshadow is my choice. Congrats. I love black cats.
I had a black kitty named Voodoo. She was anything but nonchalant, but I thought I’d suggest the name. We mainly called her Voo. I’m thinking that the shelter puts one socialized kitten in with the unsocialized ones so that the one seems extra sweet and goes home with the volunteers. Win-win!
Copernicus, after the early astronomer.
Arlo and Frankie, our little black cats, congratulate Professor Midnight on falling into the jam.
Cosmic Creepers from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, perfect for a magical mischief familiar 🖤
Vloidimir
We have a black cat with similar nonchalance. She’s a freaking delight. When we got her, we named her Summit after the University of Tennessee great, Pat Head Summit. This is her legal name on documents. However, we call her Tina “science” Turner. We found her on the day that Tina Turner died and we believe in science. Our neighbors coined that and it fits her perfectly so she goes by Teem, Teenie, Tina, TT and our teenage son calls her Cletus.
She’s absolutely ridiculous and likes to do things like bring live bats, snakes, and birds into the house. She weighs just under 7 pounds and is an absolute celebrity in our neighborhood. I wish I could post a picture here. Very similar vibes to your boi. Same eyecolor. Etc. I hope he is as exceptional as Teen.
Our void is Nightshade. The Deadly Nightshade if we’re being formal.
I love him!
Personally, I like Cat “Moonshadow” Stevens, known as Moonshadow. Apologies if this is a repeat suggestion. The comment section was
just too long to read all the way through!
Our house panther is Elvira.
I remember reading that black cats tend to be quite friendly.
He’s absolutely stunning 😍
Aw.
Lucipurr is the best name.
Whatever name you decide on, see how it sounds/looks with your last name, since that’s how it’ll be listed on vet records. For example, Midnight Lawson.
Black cats are awesome, and so laid back! My black cat would go to the vet, without being in a cat carrier. He’d let me carry him into the lobby, then sit in one of the chairs until it was time for his appointment. If another animal approached, he’d just gently tap them with his paw, and they’d leave him alone. He also instinctively knew visitors who hated cats, and would march into their laps and love them up, rendering each and every one a cat lover thereafter. Probably the funniest thing he did was to seek out smelly shoes, the stinkier the better. He’d roll all over them, drooling uncontrollably. Miss him greatly!
Sorry to report that Azreal was in fact orange but still love the name for a cat
Y’all are the softest touches and then some. But it’s wonderful.
How come ppl looking for cat names don’t simply ask the cat‽
Since you’re building your own Mod Squad
May I suggest “S’Linc”
What a handsome void you have there. ♥️
This was a great post Jenny. I laughed several times, you guys have hut on some good names. Johnny Cash the cat in black really made me laugh. I wonder if Eddy Poe or EA Poe would fit? He is beautiful! I’m a fan of the voids, cat or dog. Have both. There is something so special when they pick you.
All my current pets came with their names. Grace Lee (black, tiny female) had a hard start, trapped as a feral kitten and then spent 6 months in a small cage in a hoarder home. I brought her home thinking I’d socialize her a bit and get her a position as a barn cat. When I started finding mouse parts in my garage she became the ‘Garage Cat’. Sleeps in the house most nights, her litter and food are in the garage. Gus, or Sir Gus, (orange, huge, male) I brought home to bottle raise from 22 hours old. He still sleeps with me, his litter and food are in the master bath. Those every two hours including through the night feedings were brutal, never again. He became Sir Adorable Augustus Disgusting Digestibles because the formula gave him horrendous gas. So I have two cats who don’t know how to be cats. They chase each other around and wrestle all over the house without actually ever touching each other. I’m not even sure how that works, maybe reverse magnets or something. The dogs (Kazoo and Georgia) and cockatoo (Sofia, my second cockatoo adopted with the name Sofia) aren’t part of this story. I used to feed a feral and monstrously huge pitch black tomcat the neighbors called Natas (read it backwards). After many months of feeding he’d let me pet him exactly once as I put down the food then swipe at me. When he turned up sick (apparently had an abcess under his testicles all the while I’d been feeding him but I didn’t know til his tail stopped working) I trapped him and took him to my vet. She said he was the meanest, most aggressive cat she’d ever met. I had to keep him contained in a large rabbit cage in the house for 10 days for antibiotics after his surgery and he stared at me murderously the entire time. I was literally at risk every time I fed him and serviced his litterbox. When I released him he took a few steps, turned around and hissed at me then stalked off and never let me within 30 feet of him again. Able to hunt and scavenge again he also never came to me again for food. Such gratitude for saving his life.
Welcome home, Professor Midnight!
You had me at Moonshadow. Hi, it’s been what? 10 years? I moved to Oregon after life knocked the hell out of me. Excellent kitten names are gold. Because I work in cat rescue, we can’t have 10 Lunas or 12 Midnights. Wgen we have 250 cats and kittens, original names are a must. Recently we had kittens dumped in my neighborhood, I rescued them but a neighbor thought she might be interested in possibly adopting them, as long as I paid for everything and delivered them freshly bathed and wrapped in a bow. She already had a cat named “Queenie”, but that was when she got the cat and was sure “Queenie” was a girl. 4 months later, the Vet shattered that assumption by pointing out Queenie’s testicles. One neuter later, he became “Queenie with the Weenie”. I had a plan to make it impossible for my neighbor to not adopt these two dumped male kittens. So I presented her with a short list of possible names.
Tilly with the Willy
Dawn with the Schlong
Venus with the Penis
Adoption papers were signed yesterday. I am so damn good at my job.
=^..^=
Professor Midnight…educated yet edgy. I love it. And if he grows into those paws you will have one large cat. Good luck!