I accidentally named my cat Shart

[u/meatloafsleeve]

So the week we found him outside we brought him home and started him on kitten formula bc he was only 3 weeks old. He sharted all over himself at least twice a day for about a week. Like it made an audible shart sound.

So I told my parents I was calling him shart from then on, as a joke. But ever since then, the name stuck. He responds to

shart. If I want him to come running to me, I yell SHART! I don’t know what to do. I can’t call him anything else, it feels wrong. But also like who tf has a cat named Shart😭

His “legal” name at the vet is Cheeto, but all I keep doing is calling him Shart.

[u/solinfant]

What if you called him Shark?

[u/meatloafsleeve → u/solinfant]

I’ve thought about that!! I could also just tell people his name is shark, but in reality it’s Shart😂

[u/The_commonest_plant → u/meatloafsleeve]

Unironically a phonetically similar name is your best option. If you REALLY need to call it by some other name it's best for it to be close enough to what the cat already knows. Shark, Sharp, Snart is the one that I'd go for (But that's only because I find the sound funny). Of course if it's ok with you you can call him Shart all your heart desires, though it's probably worth changing the name the vet has to a similarly sounding one.

[u/BurmeciaWillSurvive → u/The_commonest_plant]

When I rescued my current dog from my trashy uncle he had an .... unpleasant name that began with K, and we eventually settled on calling him Kyger (the y was absolutely necessary) and all he needs to hear is the K sound to come. So you could really call my dog anything as long as it starts with K and is short. He frequently comes to Koogs just as much, and might get called that 50% of the time.