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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 01:35 PM Jun 2013

Kitten Sam and Kitten Beau went for their shots this morning...some interesting news about Beau

He's a she. I only checked once, the day I found her, and thought I saw something when I was cleaning her up...the next day she got a real bath at the clinic and I mentioned I thought Beau was a boy, and the people with me seemed to agree...the vet just really looked him over quick there and told me to continue with the antbiotics...today was her first full exam. New name? I may just sstay with Beau!

Sam weighed 10 ounces when I found her, and she's now a whopping two pounds and 6 ounces!

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Kitten Sam and Kitten Beau went for their shots this morning...some interesting news about Beau (Original Post) joeybee12 Jun 2013 OP
Adorable. MuseRider Jun 2013 #1
Thanks! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #5
Beau is a fine name for a girl kitty! cyberswede Jun 2013 #2
I know...She's been Beau for 3+ weeks now... joeybee12 Jun 2013 #6
Or just change the spelling to "Bo" in honor of Bo Derek Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2013 #47
NOOOOO! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #48
Awww. Cute sisters. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #3
Thanks! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #7
That happened to me with a cat once WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #4
Did Miles pass recently? joeybee12 Jun 2013 #8
About a year ago. WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #10
She sounds like it...23 years is a long time...my India is almost 19... joeybee12 Jun 2013 #11
Miles WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #14
I remember those photoso...great color on her! nt joeybee12 Jun 2013 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #13
Yeah, stick with Beau. Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #9
Thanks... joeybee12 Jun 2013 #12
well..... THEY TOLD US SALLY WAS A GIRL. trueblue2007 Jun 2013 #15
That is a very sweet face! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #17
We thought my Tabby was a girl tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #18
It seems to happen a lot..a friend's cat, Hilary, got changed to Hilaroy! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #21
Aww Sweet Freedom Jun 2013 #19
Or it could be short for BEAUtiful! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #20
awwwww! squishy soft kitties! They're so cute. Raffi Ella Jun 2013 #22
Thanks...I probably will! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #23
I don't understand Callmecrazy Jun 2013 #24
They usually don't, however, my cat Ashley definitely recognizes his name... joeybee12 Jun 2013 #27
My last cat was a Main Coon and he came when I called him by name. Callmecrazy Jun 2013 #29
They're very smart and very affectionate and good-natured... joeybee12 Jun 2013 #30
Umm...DUH! Callmecrazy Jun 2013 #31
All of ours have recognized their names. politicat Jun 2013 #45
cute kittens. and I think Sam and Beau works just fine for names, really. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #25
Yeah, I've used Beau for a few weeks now and it's kind of stuck! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #26
I got two boy cats with girl names. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #28
Ashley is a boy, because of Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind... joeybee12 Jun 2013 #33
Leslie Howard was such a cool dude!! Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #35
I didn't know that... joeybee12 Jun 2013 #39
You may be remembering Figaro, Geppetto's cute little kitty in Disney's Pinocchio. ;) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2013 #38
Actually I wasn't! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #40
That's why I named him Figaro! Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #43
my Luna was supposed to be a female lab cross magical thyme Jun 2013 #32
He sounds very cute! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #34
Let me tell you about a cat named Ben. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #36
Hee-hee joeybee12 Jun 2013 #42
Exact same thing happened to me when I rescued my cat from outdoors Rhiannon12866 Jun 2013 #37
Well, I didn't look at Sam when I got her, because she was so small and joeybee12 Jun 2013 #41
When Tiger was a kitten I couldn't tell, BarbaRosa Jun 2013 #44
Hee-hee! joeybee12 Jun 2013 #46
 

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
4. That happened to me with a cat once
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 02:22 PM
Jun 2013

We got this absolutely adorable Abyssinian kitten, and the vet told us it was a he, so I named him Miles...and then he had five kittens.



Wonderful cat. Lived 23 years.

P.S. Squeeeeee!

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
11. She sounds like it...23 years is a long time...my India is almost 19...
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 02:54 PM
Jun 2013

She went to the vet's today also, another urinary tract infection...it's her age, she gets one every 3 months or so...

Response to WilliamPitt (Reply #10)

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
9. Yeah, stick with Beau.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 02:51 PM
Jun 2013

Our Skittles had a litter four years ago, and being fans of "Grey's Anatomy," we named the kittens after characters. We named a dark tabby with white patches George, for George O'Malley. Then we learned he was a she. We didn't want a girl named George, so her name is O'Malley.

You are a fabulous person for adopting these kittens.

trueblue2007

(17,217 posts)
15. well..... THEY TOLD US SALLY WAS A GIRL.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 03:03 PM
Jun 2013

then one morning i saw SALLY on our bed licking her little wiener.


WE HAVE 4 GIRLS AND 1 BOY.
The boy is still named SALLY.


tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
18. We thought my Tabby was a girl
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 03:22 PM
Jun 2013

He was originally named Tabitha, and then the vet looked at him and said "You're going to be a big boy!" and my aunt and I looked at each other and said "boy?"

Tabitha was changed to Tabby, and usually he was just Tab.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
24. I don't understand
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 04:51 PM
Jun 2013

why people give their cats names. It's not like they come when you call them. I mean, most of the time they call you. I've always named my felines something like "Gato" (cat) or "MC" for My Cat.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
27. They usually don't, however, my cat Ashley definitely recognizes his name...
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 05:14 PM
Jun 2013

He's part Main Coon, I think, and that may have something to do with it.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
29. My last cat was a Main Coon and he came when I called him by name.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 05:27 PM
Jun 2013

But his name was Cumere. And you had to say it three times fast.
Like I said, I keep it simple.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
30. They're very smart and very affectionate and good-natured...
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 05:31 PM
Jun 2013

Never had one before...he was a 4-week rescue also, so I can't be sure of his background, but he does resemble one.

Oh edit, NOW I get it...I'm slow today!

politicat

(9,808 posts)
45. All of ours have recognized their names.
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:43 PM
Jun 2013

Whether they came when called was totally based on personality, but every cat I've ever had will at least respond to their names. (Either by turning their heads or perking up ears or something.)

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
28. I got two boy cats with girl names.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 05:20 PM
Jun 2013

Had 3 in one litter, named 'em Arabella (after the Strauss opera), Tosca (after the Puccini opera) and Faust (after the Gounod opera).

Turned out they are all boys. Arabella is now called "yellow kitty" and Tosca is now called "Light gray kitty".

Maybe we should change it to "Arabella Fonte"

At least their uncle Figaro (B&W) is a boy.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
33. Ashley is a boy, because of Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind...
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 07:29 PM
Jun 2013

However, now Ashley is mainly a girl's name...so people assume he's a she!

I like Figaro...that seems very appropriate for a cat's name.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
35. Leslie Howard was such a cool dude!!
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 08:00 PM
Jun 2013

Ashley was such a wimpy role, so it did not really show off his skills.

Didja know: After Leslie made The Petrified Forest, with Humphrey Bogart, he was such good friends with Bogart that Bogart named his daughter Leslie Howard Bogart??

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
43. That's why I named him Figaro!
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 12:09 PM
Jun 2013

Also, my ringtone is the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro.

I LOVE Mozart operas!! Don Giovanni is the best opera ever written.
The Marriage of Figaro is second and The Magic Flute is third.

Wagner, feh!! Small doses only.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
32. my Luna was supposed to be a female lab cross
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 07:12 PM
Jun 2013

I had her pulled by a rescuer from death row in a Georgia shelter.

The vet called me when he flipped her over to spay her, she was a he so he neutered him instead.
Luna was on all the paperwork and I'd been calling him Luna for weeks, so the name stuck.

Then he arrived, and he was a little wheaten colored dog with black mask and amber eyes, and a high-pitched shriek of a bay. Mostly rhodesian ridgeback


So I mostly call him Luna, but also Looney and Looney-tune. My vet up here still calls him "she."

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
36. Let me tell you about a cat named Ben.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 11:36 PM
Jun 2013

Ben had kittens.

So Ben became.................


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Ben Her.

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)
37. Exact same thing happened to me when I rescued my cat from outdoors
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 11:49 PM
Jun 2013

Everybody told me it must be a boy and a woman I consulted who works with ferals told me to pick a name and start using it. So I did, but it was a boys' name, didn't find out she was a spayed female until I was able to bring her inside and take her to the vet. Then I finally found out who she'd belonged to, a neighbor who moved, so was able to find out her name and age from her medical records. Poor kitty must have been mighty confused, especially since her original name was Isiah.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
41. Well, I didn't look at Sam when I got her, because she was so small and
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 11:51 AM
Jun 2013

I took her straight to the vet's and they asked for a name, assuming she was a he, I said Sam. Guess I got them both wrong!

BarbaRosa

(2,684 posts)
44. When Tiger was a kitten I couldn't tell,
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:24 PM
Jun 2013

so I asked the Vet when I took Tige in for shots. The Vet said I had a 'ball bearing mousetrap'.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
46. Hee-hee!
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 04:37 PM
Jun 2013

Kittens are tough to determine...usually, though, you think they're female, but they turn out male because their "equipment" is so small at that age!

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