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Post by savvy on Mar 13, 2017 22:38:14 GMT
I had to change mine, they were Rodney and Soltaire originally, I called them Pixie and Dixie, but Bumblebee has always been Bumblebee.
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Post by ntg on Mar 13, 2017 22:44:36 GMT
I changed all mine, but then I felt wrong calling Gandalf "Big Daddy" and I couldn't tell the difference between "Harvey" and whatever they'd called the other one so they were renamed Pippin and Venk once I'd learned how to tell who was who. And although I preferred "Silver" than Smeg, it seemed fair that I got to name 2 and the OH got to name the other two. He didn't like my original idea of calling them Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin so I only got to name two of them after Lord of the Rings characters  Then the new pair I was never told what their names were so I had to come up with something or they would have just been referred to as the blind git and the fat git  |
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Post by goolover on Mar 13, 2017 23:27:46 GMT
The only one of mine we didn't name was Lula who we adopted. She came with that name so we kept it but added 'bear' to it. She actually knows her name whether we call her Lula, Bear or Lula Bear, bless her. We added 'Bear' because her fur is so thick....like.....a bear hehe.
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Post by degulover21 on Mar 14, 2017 0:58:11 GMT
I understand if people change it due to what the name is.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 12:54:54 GMT
Sorry there was a whole page I didn't see!
I'm keeping his name as Kev, since it makes me laugh. What a funny name to call a degu, especially as my best friends dad is called Kev and he's a short hairy biker dude lol!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 13:16:21 GMT
My mom kept saying Kiev! 😂😂😂
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 14:02:19 GMT
I know! 😂 I totally believe it xx
I've never even had a Kiev! 😳 Shame on me. I might go buy some for tea. Need to get out I'm going stir crazy lol.
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Post by savvy on Mar 14, 2017 14:19:20 GMT
A former work colleague had a couple of chickens she called Chicken Nugget and Chicken Dipper.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 14:41:04 GMT
That's amazing! 😂
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Post by winic1 on Mar 14, 2017 15:10:14 GMT
I had a pair of goldfish in college that I ended up naming Killer and Munch. Munch because Lunch was too impersonal. Killer had issues, and attempted to take them out on Munch, hence the names. At the end of the year, when I was going back home for the summer, I had a friend take them to keep them in her aunt's fish tank for me. Come back in the fall, ask for the fish, and she tells me her aunt just looked in the tank and Killer was gone, only Munch remained. So, I guess Munch got tired of being chased.
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Post by winic1 on Mar 14, 2017 15:13:30 GMT
Now I want chicken kiev for dinner, and we are in the middle of the blizzard and can't go out to get some.
I tend to keep names animals arrive with, unless we really don't like them or they don't fit, or we can't come up with something better. And names may change if warranted, like Buttercup to Spawn of Satan.
Getting harder to keep naming, with so many, so, for example, the last three finches who fledged were named Uno, Dos, Tres, as they came out of the nest one, two , three.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 15:15:27 GMT
That's so cute! I love Uno, Dos and Tres that is so adorable!
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Post by winic1 on Mar 14, 2017 15:21:38 GMT
Going to have to count in other languages for future clutches, I know French but (phonetically) un, duh, twa just don't sound like proper names for fleet, light little birds.
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Post by moletteuk on Mar 14, 2017 16:57:34 GMT
Yeah, that looks a bit chilly! Here you go, there are some great words for numbers from ancient dialects around here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan_tethera...edit: chilly comment refers to winic's vid in how was your day thread, I don't know if I'm coming or going  |
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Post by winic1 on Mar 14, 2017 17:55:00 GMT
Oooh!! I'm definitely going to have to name someone Fifteen and Five, so I can have a Bumfit and Phubs.
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Post by winic1 on Mar 14, 2017 17:56:31 GMT
And Swaledale through the teens, so I can have a Yanadick, Tanadick, Tetheradick....
Hey, those would be good names for unneutered male degus, too...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 18:03:09 GMT
Mmmmm do boys smell more? As in cages? Kevs been in there since whenever and his cage absolutely stinks. 😰 A real stinky sweet sickly smell. 😷😷😷
My hands are cut to pieces from having him out, against his will may I add, claws are like literal razor blades. Gonna have to go buy some sharpish stones the weekend.
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Post by moletteuk on Mar 14, 2017 18:03:20 GMT
I think Bumfit sounds totally made up, like somebody has been messing with wikipedia, but I checked with Ian, he says it's real.
Winic, you needed a straight guy to tee up your unneutered male degu comment ^ lol!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 18:04:21 GMT
 Ouch that's what both my hands are like. |
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Post by moletteuk on Mar 14, 2017 18:04:50 GMT
Get some gloves too in case you need to handle him more for syringing meds.
...And some sudocrem for your hands!
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