What affects us affects cats
The Huffington Post tells us the popular cat names of 2019 but you should ignore them! You should put your stamp of authority on the selection of a name for your cat. It should be highly personalised. You don’t want to follow the crowd, do you? In any case, all the names are for …
Someone asked: Why did my boyfriend name our cat ‘Meow’? There is one clear winner for the reason. Your boyfriend has a sense of humour and he asked your cat what he’d like to be named. Your cat responded by meowing. End of discussion. Also your boyfriend may have thought there was a hidden …
According to the database of clients of the American Banfield Pet Hospital the most popular cat names of 2018 are, wait for it…. 1. Luna 2. Bella 3. Kitty 4. Oliver 5. Lucy 6. Charlie 7. Shadow 8. Max 9. Leo 10. Milo They all look very nice if slightly generic and unexciting. I’d …
There is a simple reason why mountain lions are called painters. ‘Painter’ is a local American name for the puma (Felis concolor). Many early white settlers to America referred to the puma as the American panther. The word ‘panther‘ was corrupted to ‘painter’. In many rural districts of the mid-western and eastern US this …
Why are snow leopards called ‘ounce’? It is quite a long and tortuous journey from Greek via Latin together with some ad hoc adjustments to the word and in my view a mispronunciation to end up with the word “ounce”.
Cats learn their name not in a way which means that they understand the name conceptually and its meaning but because it is a certain distinct sound which carries a reward. It is a sort of Pavlovian response in my view.
Maine Coon cats have solid characters. I don’t think they should have fancy names. They should be solid, traditional type names. I think a Maine Coon name should ideally have a connection to the state after which the cat breed is named. These are the first domestic cats of America and the first home …
The cheetah “derives its name from the Hindi word chita, meaning spotted or sprinkled”. Here is the online Google translation which interestingly shows the pronunciation “cheeta” of the Hindi word. The wonderful authors on the wild cats, Mel and Fiona Sunquist, go on to state that other animals have been partly named after the …
