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This is our little foster-kitty. An owl killed & ate her mother and got away with her rear right foot. She needs a name...Suggestions?

This is our little foster-kitty. An owl killed & ate her mother and got away with her rear right foot. She needs a name...Suggestions?

Posted Nov 12, 2009, 12:16 AM UTC

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ptacekattack•

This. Definitely.

And whenever you call her you have to do it like Forrest.

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cryogen•

LOO teyunant DAYunnnn

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LOO teyunant DAYunnnn, Ice cream!

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willp•

Lieutenant Dan was always telling us to "Get down, shut up."

Get down, shut up!

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reddebOP•

Which is my oldest son's name...

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robdag2•

I GOT NO LEGS!!!

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slkjfdhsd•
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Cooptwentysix•

win

/thread

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[deleted]•

I change my vote from Batman to this.

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metalbrain•

Magic legs.

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Mah-gic laygs!

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Lt. Dan would be brilliant for a 2-legged kitty.

My vote is: "Hobbles"

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ajsmoothcrow•

Im with Stumpy

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heyrey•

YES!

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AppleJuiceKing•

Beautiful.

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Zandt88•

Nice, definitely nice!

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[deleted]•

Have another orangered arrow. Brilliant.

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Delslayer•

I was supposed to have died on the battlefield!

... On second thought that might not be appropriate for a cat that they saved from an owl.

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nauree•

Fuck. I was just going to say name the cat Reddit. I know everyone here secretly wants that.

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spriteburn•

YES! That other suggestion, Waltz? It sucks compared to this.

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[deleted]•

It's a girl folks....so how about Lt. Danielle?

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bvanmidd•

Dude, it's a cat.

They won't come when you call them.

Even if you use a gender-proper name.

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[deleted]•

Duh, I know. I have 2 myself.

But respect the Vag man!

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StarsAndStuff•

So, first off I suggest Waltz because she's now in 3/4.

But, I'm going to take this as an opportunity to try and tell the world about Nine Lives Foundation. They're a no-kill cat shelter in Redwood City, CA where my wife and I got our two little cats from. Both of them are tripods and both would have been euthanized had they ended up at any other shelters. Instead of putting these adorable little cats to sleep, Dr. Thompson who runs the place did surgery on them for free to save their lives - but they each lost a leg in the process - and then put them up for adoption and cared for them until they found good homes.

Check Nine Lives out if you're in the San Francisco area and you're looking for a cat. http://www.ninelivesfoundation.org/

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sisko2k5•

Waltz - Thats brilliant!

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reddebOP•

Awesome! We're in Los Angeles, but who knew tripod kitties were so common?

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StarsAndStuff•

Our one kitty, Avis, was found in the parking lot of an Avis car rental. She had a tumor in her left rear leg that had obliterated the bone. So it was removed entirely. Our other cat, Mimsy (whom we named after Lewis Carrol's Jabberwocky poem), had been hit by a car. When she came into the shelter, her front left leg had been crushed beyond repair and her abdomen was split open and her insides spilling out. Any other shelter would have just instantly put them both to sleep. But they're both healthy, happy, and thriving now.

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Shaper_pmp•

Mimsy

Amusingly enough, this is obscure English slang for vagina. How appropriate a name for a pussy. ;-)

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StarsAndStuff•

Yeah, we unfortunately discovered this after naming her.

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realillusion•

An amazing story, no doubt. How does the shelter handle bills? Serious procedures like these can get expensive, and since there is no pet health insurance I know of (is there?) I bet many people simply can't afford to save their best friends when they need help like this.

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Hixie•

Pet insurance is available.

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behavedave•

Not in LA but my cat is 'tripoidal' as her mother reared her in the shed and kitteh got her rear right leg trapped in a spring loaded deck-chair. Well she's 14 now and can still run faster than people and surprisingly she can still climb trees but getting down, well most domestic cats can't do that anyway. She can't jump so high though 4-5 foot fences tops not the 6-7 foot ones I see next doors cat getting on.

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songkran•

There are owls in Los Angeles!? I'm in LA and I did not know this.

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reddebOP•

I'm right in the middle of the asphalt jungle, a block from Wilshire near LACMA. Last week I caught 2 raccoons in my rear garden around 10pm. I've also seen a falcon extremely close up.

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artimas2•

I live in Phoenix, AZ, next to a large open desert area, and we have big brown Squirrels running all over the place. Those bastards are constantly terrorizing my garden, along with the rabbits. You wouldn't think you would see squirrels in this hot desert area but they are all over the place.

Edit: cute kitty, my daughter would be jealous :)

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loganis•

Because most people who see them, like this cat's mother and foot, are eaten by them...

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barc0001•

We had a tripod cat when I was growing up. Her name was Sam, and she had gotten her front paw caught in a fence somehow, and by the time my sister had gone looking for her and found her, the circulation was cut off enough that the limb was gangrenous, so she had to have it amputated. She lived to be 18 (16 years as a tripod), and it never slowed her down at all. She had a great life, even sans a leg.

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Tigrael•

I go to this cat shelter Pet Pride (watch out for the MIDIs) down in Palms every other day and just hang with the cats. Most of the cats are happy and healthy, but 300+ cage-free cats means you can't really feed any other way than food being available at all times. It's amazing that only one or two are very fat. Both Fat Eddie and Miss Jessica are loving and affectionate, but need to go on a diet! If you or anyone else is interested in fostering them, let me know.

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livinglogic•

lol to tripod kitties

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trpcicm•

Cat's with 2 legs and enormous penises are very common in the LA region.

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reddebOP•

Well this happens to be a she feline. And I happen to be a LA Lady that prefers average in my choice of penai.

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chemistry_teacher•

This is far better than "Lt. Dan", IMO.

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[deleted]•

I'm an amateur ballroom dancer, and I've got to say Waltz has never made me feel masculine.

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Qu3B411•

I agree. I don't really get a masculine vibe from waltzing.

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youngturk•

Reffering to Walter

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Apoplexy•

Maybe it's short for Waltzing Matilda?

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bikko•

Ballad? (Ballads are also in 3/4 time.)

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petawb•

Isn't it a weird dilemma though -

Do you get your cat from the shelters that do kill the cats to save them from it? Or do you get your cat from a no kill shelter to support what they're doing and ease the load?

I'd probably go with the first option. Though I do like waltz.

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rooktakesqueen•

Both of them are tripods and both would have been euthanized had they ended up at any other shelters. Instead of putting these adorable little cats to sleep, Dr. Thompson who runs the place did surgery on them for free to save their lives - but they each lost a leg in the process - and then put them up for adoption and cared for them until they found good homes.

Question for you then:

  • How long did it take each of these "tripods" to be adopted out?

  • How long does it take the average four-footed cat to be adopted out?

  • In the extra time spent by these cats in the cages, how many cats were turned away for lack of shelter space?

  • Would it be justified to save the lives of these two three-footed cats when in their place the lives of three, four, five intact cats could have been saved instead?

Your area might be the exception, but in most cases a community only has so much room for animals in no-kill shelters plus traditional shelters plus foster care, and the number of animals in need of that space is greater than the space available. And by law in most jurisdictions, if an animal is surrendered or captured and it can't be housed in said shelters or foster homes, it must be euthanized.

Unless your no-kill shelter accepts every single animal delivered or surrendered to it, it's not really a "no-kill" shelter: it's just deferring the killing of the ones that get turned away to somebody else.

I admire your dedication to your local shelter, but the "no-kill shelter" thing is a pet peeve of mine. There's no such thing as a no-kill shelter, and describing some shelters that way denigrates the important and sometimes heartbreaking work that goes on at others. Nobody wants to work at a "kill shelter," but if not for "kill shelters" to pick up the overflow, "no-kill shelters" couldn't exist.

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[deleted]•

TRAP, NEUTER, and RELEASE!

http://fixourferals.org/home/

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rooktakesqueen•

Agreed! (Though that is only really valid for cats. The "kill/no-kill" debate involves dogs too, and there's no TNR for feral dogs; it's shelter, adoption, or euthanasia.)

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StarsAndStuff•

Well, as I understand it, the vast majority of the cats that they take in are cats that they rescue from other shelters. They travel to the various SPCAs around the SF area, look at which cats are on the list to be euthanized, and then rescue those that are completely fine except for issues like a cracked tooth, or having stayed at the SPCA for too long, etc. These cats then get saved from death row, essentially, and taken to the no-kill shelter where they wait for a home.

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rooktakesqueen•

The San Francisco SPCA has been no-kill for more than a decade. Presumably, then, this other shelter takes the animals that even the SF/SPCA considers unadoptable?

And that really doesn't change the numbers. If this facility has, say, 500 cages for "troubled" animals that will wait a long time for a home, those are 500 cages that could serve animals that would quickly find a home--and then be open for the next needful animal.

As long as the rate of needful animals in an area (relinquishments and feral captures) exceeds the rate of permanent adoption of those animals, then the area will never be "no-kill," no matter what any individual shelter does. All the space for the animals will be inevitably filled, and the excess will be euthanized, or abandoned or killed by their owners.

As long as the rate of needful animals entering the system is lower than or equal to the rate of permanent adoptions, then even a traditional shelter has no need to euthanize any adoptable animals.

It's a problem of numbers, and in both of those cases, no-kill shelters don't alter the numbers, they just shift them.

And the sad decision you have to make, when you're a shelter supervisor faced with an area where supply is higher than demand, is... "Do I give this treatable but marginally-adoptable animal a chance to find a home, or do I give that chance to an animal that I know will be adopted quickly?" And the truth is, the higher the turnaround, the more animals are saved, and to maximize turnaround, you keep the animals you think can be adopted quickly and euthanize the ones you don't.

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hyperfat•

<3 <3 Nine lives is awesome. I play with their kitties when my friend fosters them.

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Gadfly222•

Inigo Montoya.

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MrFurious0•

Hai. Mai name Inigo Montoya. You eatted my mommeh. Prepare do dai.

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clausy•

I started laughing at Hai. It's been a long day, but thanks

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MrFurious0•

hah - you are very welcome. ;)

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biffbobsen•

Here, I'll help.

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[deleted]•

Yes. And teach it to fence and wear poofy shirts.

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[deleted]•

"...But I dont WANNA be a pirate!"

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[deleted]•

Forever searching for a six-fingered owl.

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livinglogic•

Are ye the owl that ate ma mah?

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sanfranman•

Yeah, Inigo el gato.

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erynthenerd•

Or Mandy.

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Delslayer•

My name is Inigo Montoya

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[deleted]•

One day there will be an owl on the front doorstep. The owner will have forgotten, but the cat will be extra-purry that night.

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Aviator•

"You killed my mom"?

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[deleted]•

I'd name an anime character that...

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alexbear•

Eileen.

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charliedayman•

Dover. Eileen Dover.

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jfredett•

That is so awesome I cannot quantify it in terms of upvotes...

and I'm a mathematician!

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vitaminrad•

What's 1,000 times 0?

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bvanmidd•

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ohawk1•

Well if she's asian...Irene

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alexbear•

Siamese?

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rfdavid•

Damn you, I broke my mouse upvoting you too hard.

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chemistry_teacher•

I think you're exaggerating...

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rfdavid•
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ireneh•

sigh

Person: "So, your name is just, like, the Asian pronunciation of Eileen...right?"

Me: "..."

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reddebOP•

Ok. That is hysterical.

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alexbear•

been saving that joke since third grade!

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d07c0m•

At least it won't get insulted.

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locklin•

This is un-original, but my 3-legged Great Dane is named Tripod.

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nubbinator•

My three legged dog is named Quadruped.

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hacman•

I had a pup who lost her left rear leg. we named her Tripod as well.

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jessyraptor•

We named our three legged dog Pogo.

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happywaffle•

Come on.

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[deleted]•

At this moment, you mean everything.

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Hinph•

Well, that song isn't going to leave my head for a few days now...

TOORA LOORA TOORA LOOOOOOOOO-RYEEEE-AAAAAAYYYYYYYYE

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jooes•

I don't get it.

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HeavyPetter•

It took me a minute too. Eileen = I lean. Due to the missing foot.

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Urban_Savage•

The new joke explainer?

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charliedayman•

You see, jooes, the lack of the fourth foot makes one off-balance. When one is off-balance, one leans. Taken from the personal perspective, this would be stated "I lean." This also happens to sound like the name "Eileen." The double-meaning taps into classic humorous confusion. Hence, naming the cat "Eileen" would be quite funny.

FTFY

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annekat•

You are no joke_explainer. But thank you for the effort. We'll call you.

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NumberThirtyFour•

FTFY???

What the shit did you fix?

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jooes•

HeavyPetter summed it up pretty well. Thanks anyway.

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ropers•

Ohh. Took me far too many seconds till the penny finally dropped.

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Thumperings•

and Eileen had a dog with no hind legs and stainless steel testicles. we called him Sparky.

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fuckbuddy•

Came here to say that. This is the one.

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ppcpunk•

I love how no one explain why this is funny.

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guriboysf•

Too bad she doesn't have a brother. You could name him Ben.

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EnderofDragon•

Win.

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[deleted]•

Come one... Eileen?

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madcowga•

Pi. Has a little over 3 legs left.

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9966•

Three points, once four.

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chemistry_teacher•

Wow. Wit is yours today; that was brilliant.

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[deleted]•

Kitty Pi?

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klohkwherk•

Cut of part of another leg and call it e?

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dengh•

Footloose.

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mystimel•

I was gonna suggest "Fancy" for the same reason.

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feline_toejam•

There is a bright side to this.... Ever have a cat step into the results of dropping some kids off at the gravel pit? This kitten has half the chance of developing disturbing collections between the toes

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catsfive•

F**kihng logged in to say THAT. Not a word of a lie.

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TiggerOni•

I created an account to vote for this.... don't be embarrassed.

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catsfive•

Ha. Scary but great to see. Don't know why I'm getting downmodded into hell with it, but there you go.

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PhanTom74•

Trinity

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reddebOP•

That's actually very nice...made the short list, thanks!

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annekat•

DARN you for making me see the adorable kitty and feel sadness because her footy is ate. DARN. YOU.

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reddebOP•

Well if it make you feel any better now that it's completely healed she runs all over the place just fine! I'd say just her climbing skills seem affected. And it is so damn adorable when she lies on her back and catches her stubby leg with her front paws like she's just caught her tail, so cute!

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[deleted]•

One of my cats has slightly deformed back legs that held him back when he jumps. (He sort of leaps then crash land.) He's a year and a half old and finally figured out how to jump 4 feet tall. (My other cat taunts him with her jumping abilities so he's been trying and failing for a long time. They still like each other.)

Sometimes I catch him gnawing on his hind legs in frustration. You could tell he's slightly pissed and he gets both legs close then bites them.

Just so you know.

Hopefully your cat won't have self esteem issues like mine.

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PhanTom74•

Your welcome. Your kitty deserves a good name.

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mkrfctr•

Yes, the same one as a serial killer on the TV Show Dexter.

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PhanTom74•

And the same one as one of the main characters in the Matrix Trilogy.

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4Chan_Ambassador•

Chairman Meow.

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Lazarus5214•

WANTED: For Crimes Against Fur-manity

Sadaam Puss-ein, de-clawing Persians in the Middle East

Adolf Whisker, the invasion of Paw-land

Fidel Catsro, bring Com-meow-nism to Cuba

Vladimir Purrrton, shady paw-litical actions

Meow Tse Tung, cat-ural revolution

Benito Meowsollini, being so damn adorable

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rm999•

George W Pussy - making me question de-meow-cracy in this country

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[deleted]•

That and a whole shit ton of war crimes.

Err... I mean meow crimes?

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moddestmouse•

this is magical

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[deleted]•

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realmadrid2727•

I've always been partial to saying "Benito Pussolini" and "Adolf Kitler." Also, there's:

Henry Kittenger

Margaret Catcher (or Meowgaret Thatcher)

Gerhard Schrodinger (after Gerhard Schroeder, play on Schrodinger's cat... OK, maybe this one is a little too esoteric)

Catlexander the Great

Genghis Cat

And my favorite...

P Kitty.

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bikko•

Got a cat named Pai Pai. We call her P. Kitty often, as well as Chicken Pot Pai Pai.

But the name P. Kitty was especially popular when she was peeing everywhere.

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Urban_Savage•

I wasn't thrilled with your post until Benito Meowsollni... that one got you an upvote.

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Tommix11•

Meowsef Stalin

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heyrey•

Meow-Tse Tung?

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ticklecricket•

Franklin Delano Meowsevelt.

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heyrey•

Approved!

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[deleted]•

Tripod?

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MrSnoobs•
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I was going to suggest "Tri-Force" but this works too.

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[deleted]•

I actually like Triforce better. Tripod seems too obvious.

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Wilshire3030•

how is green?????

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edit: mine is green toooooooo!!!!!

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Sunk•

▲

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Edit: WTF, why can't i do it.

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superiority•
Four spaces.
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MrSnoobs•

I wondered that too. I thought maybe it was Reddit validating our efforts.

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superiority•

r/pics custom CSS.

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jfredett•

"Trip" for short? that's a good name...

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Spavid•

The neighbors across the street from my dad's house when I was growing up had a three-legged dog named Trip - short for Tripod. An eight-year-old named that dog, but I still thought it was a decent name. That sweet dog was a boxer. But our four-legged Boxer, Buddy, used to bolt out the front door (when it was younger) and try to jump over Trip, for whatever reason. Unfortunately, he was always unable to clear him and instead would smash into him, knocking his three-legged body to the ground. I'm so sorry. I laughed my ass off every time.

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jfredett•

While we're on funny dog stories. I had a Golden Retriever (he recently (as in, several years ago) died) named Randy. Now, I loved this dog, but he was as dumb as a box of rocks. We were playing fetch out in the backyard, our backyard has a in-ground pool, which is surrounded by a chain-link fence which isn't rooted to the ground -- standard fare for a chain-link fence. So I'm on the one side and I retrieve a toy or stick or whatever for Randy, who is poised and ready to go, to catch. I've propped the gate open and while I'm not standing right next to it, I imagine that the silly pup will get the picture and run through the gate to retrieve the stick.

Not so.

My dog, upon seeing the now-airborne plaything, in a fit of equal parts excitement and idiocy plows through -- or moreso into -- the chain-link fence, and is repulsed. With curious gusto the dog regained his footing, squared off, and charged again, this time applying enough force to slide beneath the fence. He bounds across the yard the hundred-or-so feet I had thrown the toy and retrieves it, bounding once again towards the fence and again sliding under it.

I'm literally rolling on the ground at this point, I cannot stop laughing. Randy inspects me to ensure I'm not having some sort of silly human-problem, and finds that in fact I'm paralyzed with laughter. I eventually recompose myself -- the dog had taken a seat and was chewing on a stick in the interim -- and prepare to return to playing (mostly to see if he'll do it again). Randy, being the intermittently brilliant pooch that he was, realizes he's going to be on the other side of the fence again, and so he walks through the gate and prepares to fetch again. I looked at him and said, "Now you use the gate, suuure..." and he looked at me with that look of "Isn't it obvious? Why wouldn't I use the gate?"

I still laugh every time I think about that, My dog was the stupidest genius canine I've ever known.

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vtdweller•

I like "Tripe" better (long i, as in pipe)

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sjwilkinson•

Upvote for Tripod, I had a three legged cat that we nicknamed that after the amputation.

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[deleted]•

Yea I had three cats once and the only one that would come to me when I called was tripod that cat was the best!

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Mstupid•

Lucky

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shawofspades•

That was mine. Not too original, but maybe for a cat? Lt. Dan was missing both legs.

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yaen•

To OP:

Not lucky. See how it's the #1 choice of people who can't control+f? That should say something. Plus, all cats are lucky; they have nine lives, remember?

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pedropants•

VERY Lucky

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Murglewurms•

Trike.

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_space_•

There's a 3 legged cat that lives at my local bike shop with that name.

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Murglewurms•

Me Too. One on One?

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_space_•

Yessir

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Murglewurms•

Nice to meet you fellow Twins. Stuporbowl, yes?

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annekat•

This is good. Also so cute. Fitting.

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[deleted]•

Captain Ahab.

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snotboogie•

Ahab. Just Ahab.

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jfredett•

Call me Ishmael?

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Tommix11•

Catnip Ahab

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DanielBG•

Faux Paw?

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Nickbou•

This is much more clever than most. Upvote!

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Ziferius•

3 feet...... call her Yard.

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isitok•

ORLY

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Burlapin•

Fuckin' owls!

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[deleted]•

YA RLY

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drpat•

O (OM NOM NOM) RLY?

(couldn't resist)

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[deleted]•

Achilles.

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We_are_not_special•

Fumbles

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mepardo•

It was always fumbles...

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DAL82•

tippy

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kittentoes•

Peggy or Peg

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reddebOP•

That's what I've been calling her since we got her! I think it's perfect but my kids aren't as thrilled. :(

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kittentoes•

That's unfortunate! It is such a cute little name!

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cefriano•

I agree with your kids. Too easy.

Though I guess most of the awesome suggestions in this thread would be better suited to a male cat.

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Nickbou•

I think Peggy or Peg only work if you get her an actual peg-leg. If you do that, you really should go ahead and ger and eye patch and puffy shirt to complete the effect.

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bagels666•

Catrick Swayze?

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elitexero•

No, the cat survived.

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KazooSymphony•

Too soon.

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Urban_Savage•

This is the internet, its never to soon. Surprised I haven't seen a ft hood joke yet.

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[deleted]•

awesome

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MrFurious0•

Nobody puts kitteh in a corner!

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