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Good morning everyone, hope your friday is going well! I just adopted an 8 week old kitten last weekend and I'm having trouble finding a good name for him, I was hoping you guys could help out! He's a light orange tabby with white feet, and he's your typical kitten. Likes play, runs around, and especially likes to pounce on things. He loves all the toys he has, and even some things that aren't his toys (his favorite thing is probably plastic bags!)
I'm in CT, he's a rescue from South Carolina. The shelter I got him from said he was in a kill shelter, a day or two away from being put down (I guess this is true, although hard to imagine; he wasn't as friendly as the foster cats the shelter had, but he's by no means feral, he loves to be pet and doesn't mind being picked up, I can't believe that there was no demand for him or his adorable siblings).
The shelter had named him O'Malley, which I'm not planning on keeping but I don't mind sticking with the Irish theme, he does look like a leprechaun! My boyfriend and I had thought of Jameson (Jameo for short, but like do we want to be the basic couple that names their cat Jameo lol), Finley (I think my favorite so far), and Pickles (I think it's cute but idk if he's silly enough for it, Pickles to me is a name for a cat that is over-the-top silly). I'm pretty picky about names, I obviously don't want names like Fuzzy or Cookie or something like that haha, and I'm not a big fan of human first names for animals.'
I also have a couple questions about his behavior. He seems to like me well enough, he is definitely more comfortable with me than with my boyfriend (I am home all day with him, boyfriend is at work most of the day). He asks me for attention and to play, he will climb into my lap to be pet and is comfortable being picked up and pet. He very clearly enjoys being pet and will actively seek me out to climb into my lap, he'll roll around and purr. But oftentimes, when I extend my hand to him, he sniffs it and backs away. He clearly doesn't like the smell of it, but I think he likes me? I'm just curious what this might be about, I don't think it's the hand soap I'm using, I've used multiple soaps over this time, unless he just doesn't like the smell of any soap at all but idk that seems a little strange haha.
Also, this might just be something that comes with time, but he is pretty scared of us walking around! He now has the run of the house while I'm there to supervise, but he runs back to his safe room when one of us walks by him. He has no problem approaching us if we're sitting on the ground with him, but when we're upright he's scared. I don't remember this happening with my other kittens, but I haven't had one in over 10 years now! Is this something he just has to learn to get used to?
Thank you guys so much for any help, I'll attach some pictures of the new boy to this thread! My favorite is the one of him crying on his scratching post on his first day home lmao
I'm in CT, he's a rescue from South Carolina. The shelter I got him from said he was in a kill shelter, a day or two away from being put down (I guess this is true, although hard to imagine; he wasn't as friendly as the foster cats the shelter had, but he's by no means feral, he loves to be pet and doesn't mind being picked up, I can't believe that there was no demand for him or his adorable siblings).
The shelter had named him O'Malley, which I'm not planning on keeping but I don't mind sticking with the Irish theme, he does look like a leprechaun! My boyfriend and I had thought of Jameson (Jameo for short, but like do we want to be the basic couple that names their cat Jameo lol), Finley (I think my favorite so far), and Pickles (I think it's cute but idk if he's silly enough for it, Pickles to me is a name for a cat that is over-the-top silly). I'm pretty picky about names, I obviously don't want names like Fuzzy or Cookie or something like that haha, and I'm not a big fan of human first names for animals.'
I also have a couple questions about his behavior. He seems to like me well enough, he is definitely more comfortable with me than with my boyfriend (I am home all day with him, boyfriend is at work most of the day). He asks me for attention and to play, he will climb into my lap to be pet and is comfortable being picked up and pet. He very clearly enjoys being pet and will actively seek me out to climb into my lap, he'll roll around and purr. But oftentimes, when I extend my hand to him, he sniffs it and backs away. He clearly doesn't like the smell of it, but I think he likes me? I'm just curious what this might be about, I don't think it's the hand soap I'm using, I've used multiple soaps over this time, unless he just doesn't like the smell of any soap at all but idk that seems a little strange haha.
Also, this might just be something that comes with time, but he is pretty scared of us walking around! He now has the run of the house while I'm there to supervise, but he runs back to his safe room when one of us walks by him. He has no problem approaching us if we're sitting on the ground with him, but when we're upright he's scared. I don't remember this happening with my other kittens, but I haven't had one in over 10 years now! Is this something he just has to learn to get used to?
Thank you guys so much for any help, I'll attach some pictures of the new boy to this thread! My favorite is the one of him crying on his scratching post on his first day home lmao