New Cat

[Aggie_Ama]

I love how we have decided the cat's name will be Murt. It is actually a pretty fun name if you want my opinion, which you probably don't.

[Zen]

I wanted to name one of my cats after a dog in this Laurel and Hardy film but I misheard the correct name, so that cat became known as Lappin Gravy.

[wildhawk]

My cat was just three weeks old when we found him abandoned at work - my co-workers thought he was a she, but because he was so young it was hard for my vet to determine gender right away. We found out that his mom had been adopted by someone on dayshift and they did not know she had more kittens and that the litter had been born on July 4th. So I named what I thought was a girl kitty Little Miss Independence. After a few weeks my vet said I might want to reconsider the Little Miss part of his name and that he was indeed a boy kitty. So we shortened his name to Indy. Most folks assume we named him after Nascar or Indiana Jones.

[jesvetmed]

Maybe I'm lacking sleep, but your story brought tears to my eyes.
I'm so happy you have found such a sweet thing to share your time and home with. ENJOY Murt, or whatever you name her!

[teawoman]

Awww. That "Mrrt!" is my fave noise of all the noises kitties make.

[carpaltunnel]

Thanks Zen for the idea, and everyone who seconded, Murt is her name! We had tried out several names, but nothing seemed to fit. She's so lavish with all those kitty-words, Murt - or Mrrt - makes purrfect sense.

I'll get a picture uploaded tomorrow night. That will force me to do some computer housekeeping I've been procrastinating.

I do still tear up when I think of losing my dear old Tuffy (Who like Wildhawk's cat knew her name by the time we discovered he was really a she), but it's lovely and healing to have a kitty in the house again.