I always call mine “bro” or “my son”. Rarely do I ever actually say his name lol.

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    Cthulhu gets called whatever name we currently feel she deserves - Lady Meowington, Catthulhu, Catto, Little Miss Muggins. We would only use her actual name to call her/scold her for being naughty

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    Harley was a 7 year old we brought home from the shelter, and she already knew her name so we didn’t have a lot of latitude to change it on the fly.

    However, she did respond just as well to “Barley”, so that became her new name, with the standard variety of variants like “Barles” (said like “Charles”), “Barlow” or “Barlikins”.

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    Both Mimi and her son Zigou respond to their names. Orange Zigou is not the brightest, so I value and use the fact the he did learn his own name.

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    My Pyrenees is my big baby. My Yorkie is my little man. My orange cat is “fat bad.” My other pets have names that are too fun, not to say. I got “bucket.” She’s a tabby named bucket. I got “meow san” because her automatic feeder came from Japan, and it had an audio feature that said, "meow-san. “Monkey” is meow-sans sister. My partner picked that name. Hearing her call her name makes me HAVE to call her monkey. They’re both too sweet.

    Dude, I think we have over 30 cats. It’s a farm, though. (Not the owner)

    Edit: “Hey butthole”

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    One of my cats chose her name, so we only address her by that. If we’re getting fancy we’ll append onto it, but never totally different names. We also have two brothers, one has many nicknames, but we still call him by his name about half the time. The other we call by his name most of the time.

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    13 hours ago

    I call the cat that shits on my floors any of the below

    • you fat removed
    • shitnugget
    • mcshits
    • turd factory
    • Darth Tater
    • lump
    • useless lump
    • dumbass
    • fuzzy removed
    • quazishitsomuch
    • turdfuckin
    • princess shits-alot
    • hello shitty
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    Sometimes, but usually I have nickmames for them, so Maggie is Maggs, Maggles, Magalicious, Maggalopolis, Maggapotamous, and my favorite name for her, Mama Bear.

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      Yes, call them by their names all the time, but also use a lot of nicknames, like stinky/stinkies when they’ve done their business but left the crime scene partially uncovered.

      Also use putty or puttyputty a lot lately.

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    Cheddar Biscuit has a lot of nicknames. Mr Biscuit. Lord Cheddington von Biscuit shorts. Little Baby Biscuit Boy. Master Biscuits. Cheds. Little Lad. Just a guy. Simply a fella.

    We have options :3

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    22 hours ago

    Yes, he knows his name and he comes running.

    He also knows the dogs name, and the dog knows his name. Can’t possibly miss out on any treats the other one might be getting.

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    My cat is named Loki, and it suits him perfectly cause he’s a bit of a fuckhead🤣

    He only answers to “Mr. Kitty,” and you have to say it like “Meeewster Kitty” or he will completely ignore you.

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    Absolutely, among other names. She’s usually Margot, sometimes Meemers, Marmar, or Margalos, and sometimes she’s Stop Screaming.