I'll bet that love4animals' kitty is a female. I believe that tortise shell and calico cats only come in the female variety.

Now that you say that, I think you are correct. I think I heard that before. Thanks.:p

Yep, it's a girl :D

Speaking of tortise shell kitties, my cat gave birth to a tortise shell and others. The mom carried the kittens all over to keep them away from my German Shepherd (who loved cats). Apparently the skin on the back of the tortise shell's neck was broken from all of the trips in mom's jaws. Unnoticed by all, flies had laid eggs in the wound. When someone noticed fly larvae crawling in the wound they were promptly removed and dressing applied. Henceforth that cat was called "Wormy". Another cat who would stick her posterior in people's faces was called "Rosebud".

My favorite was "Kato", named after the man-servant in the Pink Panther films, because he would attack his master from hidden places. Kato was a black 1/2 Siamese, with the distinctive voice, who gave me 17 years of joy. He has been replaced by K-2 and Minh, sisters now about 3 years old, who are routinely abused by their 10 pound Yorkie named Charlie.

Critters give you more bang for the buck enjoyment than anything.

Agree 1000% I love my critters. They seem to make our troubles go away some days. ;)

Glad I saw this post on here and don't know why I didn't ask on here also.

I've been trying to think of a name for my new puppy since I've had him (about 4 weeks now). I just call him baby dog. I've been kind of calling him Samson from the cartoon The Venture Brothers... Brock samson, if anyone is even familiar with it.

I want him to have a strong name. Something that has meaning. That's why I have waited so long to choose a name I wanted something that would fit him. Him being a puppy though, the only thing that fits him at this stage is silly, just being a puppy. I LOVE how so many people have stories behind the names. I believe only one of my animals has a semi story - Athena.

He is a show dog so I need to think of one of those catchy long "official" names. He still isn't registered because I can't think of a name. He needs to get in the show ring already! I want "First" in the official name. If anyone has any ideas that would be awesome! I saw so many great names named. So go for it. :D
Here is the character for help.

My cat had kittens in July. My Mom took one and we wound up naming her C'mere, because she hides all the time so all we wind up saying to her is C'mere and she responds by meowiing.

How about storm? Lol