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36. Here's a list of some of our pet names for the past 22 years

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:51 AM

17 hrs ago

Zoey - 5 year old daughter named the first 2 cats
Basil - whoop de do Basil
Budweiser - day we got him he upended hubbies Bud and was licking it up quite happily
Astro - goofy big dog
Missy - sons cat that we inherited
Coco - sick rescue tuxie cat but neighborhood cat was already named Tuxie so we found something else appropriate.
Finley = already named when we got him
Foggy - sick feral cat who came up to us out of the fog by the river every morning.

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