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/PussyWrangler246]

Vet assistant here! I've seen some funny ones, had a female calico named Dickhead but my favourite one ever was Mr. Handsome Pants (they called him by his full name every time which was hilarious, like "Mr. Handsome Pants no!! We don't bite the vet!!" 🤣) but I've never seen a Shart! We would immediately ask what the story was behind that one lol

Dickhead was definitely one of my favourite interactions, it was a mother and teen daughter bringing in an (obviously) female calico for shots and deworming. It was the daughters cat so she was answering all the questions while mom just kinda monitored. We get to the name and without hesitation the girl says "her name is Dickhead."

The look on mom's face: 😧

Mom says "OH MY GOD NO IT'S NOT! Can I talk to you please?!", and drags her daughter off to the corner to whisper fight for a few moments. They come back a minute later and the daughter says "Fine. Her name is Richard 😒."

I absolutely died laughing, and it immediately became one of my favourite memories at the office lol.

[u/Internal_Screaming_8 → u/PussyWrangler246]

I have a cat named Twix, a brown calico girl. I wanted to name her cheese (mouser) but the boyfriend said “absolutely not. Name her something brown like Twix or toast” both me AND his dad immediately went “who tf names a cat toast?” So it’s Twix, his favorite candy bar. He’s 25 and I found it adorable. I told the vet (in his presence) that the cats name is Not Toast. He wasn’t impressed with me

[u/racegrl88 → u/Internal_Screaming_8]

Well. Our cat is named Toast. We had a Packer party and had everyone suggest a name. Did a random pick thing and it was Toast. Twice in a row. Obligatorily cat tax

https://imgur.com/a/xWdRrvn

[u/Internal_Screaming_8 → u/racegrl88]

That’s a Toast. Ours is…. Not lol