Over used names/Naming before seeing the animal.

[the-tick]

we name our pets by saying any word for days until something sticks in our minds hence,

ceefer
dave
limpy
enigma (eenie for short)

[fatratsandcheesekk]

we name our pets on what they look like

checkers has a checkered bottom
wrinkles and rex are wrinkly double rex rats
dumbo is a dumbo rat
champers is champaine coloured
ginge and garefield are ginger
lobby is a lobster
nobby and iggy they were just names chosen

[sami]

For my royals... there is a definate theme...

they are all named after egyptian, or other deities. But... I have a list of them... There's only one male and one female starting with each letter, cuz then I can keep track of who has bred with who later on...

ie just using the first letter of each name in the ID number of any offspring. It wouldn't work if there was more than one male with their name beginning with A for example..

So they're kinda named before hand... Like our Het Orange Ghost was named Amonet, and I knew she was going to have that name, as it means Hidden Power... which works with a Het...

But other than that, I don't choose which names they get until they're here!

Other things, It takes me ages to think of names for them!

[kerrie]

i name mine before they come, sometimes even before they are planned lol i have the names of the next 10 leos i want(dont know what morphs yet lol)

im waiting for mark and melanie to list some new ones and will see what i like hehe

[stuartdouglas]

The only animals in our house that get named are those that are likely to come when you call them. Otherwise, why waste your time? My reptiles are numbered, only in case of vets treatment and to enable me to maintain feeding records etc. Sometimes one or more will have the temporary name of bastrd due to it a) biting, b)getting out, c)crapping in its water bowl straight after I've scrubbed it.

edit: i've just read this and God, i sound soo bitter and twisted...................I'm going to go out on the green and stab the kids' football, that'll cheer me up

[Roewammi]

Originally Posted by stuartdouglas

The only animals in our house that get named are those that are likely to come when you call them. Otherwise, why waste your time? My reptiles are numbered, only in case of vets treatment and to enable me to maintain feeding records etc. Sometimes one or more will have the temporary name of bastrd due to it a) biting, b)getting out, c)crapping in its water bowl straight after I've scrubbed it.

edit: i've just read this and God, i sound soo bitter and twisted...................I'm going to go out on the green and stab the kids' football, that'll cheer me up

im in stiches! thats brilliant! really made me giggle! grumpy old man!lol!

[Miranda]

Originally Posted by sparkle

Hate to dissapoint you ... i know another 2 people whos cresties are called kiki.. my friends mums cats called keeki ( she spells it different but it sounds the same)

in fact my male gerbil when i was 10 years old was called kiki... ( im 35 now) so its not a very original name really...

so it really depends on the owner.. if the owner likes it who gives a flying toot-a-hoot

We have names from Shug to Elysium to Mystery to Star

We also have names like wigwam and teepee and Bon-bon

some of the animals came witht heir names and i dont like changing names..

Our first rescue water dragon was called gary... by previous owners...

but it was female so we changed it to Gee

I've never heard of another animal called kiki, i guess its not individual but i think if you really want to name your animal a name it doesnt matter how many times other people have used it,

[sparkle]

Originally Posted by Miranda

I've never heard of another animal called kiki, i guess its not individual but i think if you really want to name your animal a name it doesnt matter how many times other people have used it,

exactly... so your point in the first post was...

basically you were saying you were sick of people calling their dragons spike or yoshi.. or pythons monty.. maybe in my circle of friends youd be sick if you heard of another bloomin kiki

I thought it was the most original cool name in the world when I was 10.... but then again maybe it was back then ...

i think I am showing my age now.. were going back to 1983 lol

[Kami22]

My lizard names were picked before I got them... they are both named with aboriginal names as they are from the outback so Kami is my girl beardie and Matari is my boy beardie...

[Salamanda]

I like to get to no the animals character before naming