Where did you get that name from?

[anji1971]

Mine are in the living room too, but with the new girl arriving, and an extra tank to set up, I may end up with some in the kitchen or bedroom.
At least it forces me to do some heavy cleaning and reorganizing!

[Snake lover 3-25]

meadow-eastern garter- found her in a filed, wanted something naturish
willow-eastern garter- my sis came up with it..... suposed to be a girl.... turned out to be a boy lol
forrest-midland painted turtle-he loves to run lol "Run Forrest, run" -Forrest Gump
my baby girl still needs a name if anyone can think of a good one in the "New baby girl" thread

[lestat]

I named the first few i got and will name the others soon. Here goes

Jesse, Floridar blue
Lestat,Lois,David,Armand all checkered's
Marious,Pandora and Merric all Albino checkered's named after caractors from Anne Rice's Vampire cronicles as they are my favorite books.

Stuie a eastern because my work colleage Stuart paid for him after i helped him collect his second hand car.

[drache]

one time a friend I was walking with, ran into one of his friends, he hadn't seen in a while
his friend was in a rush, so they just exchanged a few sentences and as the guy walked away, he yelled back over his shoulder "call me"
my friend yelled back "call you what?"

as to new names in my zoo
you've met Rorschach - who needs an explanation?
and I'm contemplating "Babe" for the new florida blue - to inspire her to grow big and blue

[prattypus]

Female Red Sided- Ember
Male Similis- Mojito
Female Anerythristic plains- Pirelli

I just got two more unsexed reds from Kyle- I'll see how they do before I name them. Pimento is a def possibility.

[Garter_Gertie]

Pickles (Pug), named after a Beatrix Potter dog character.

Mayo, (Pug), changed from Mya - which I didn't like - and goes with "Pickles" because everyone thinks I named him after the pickled cucumber anyway (sigh).

Morerarity Dickens, The Artful Badger (muttly cat), because he's a classic Tabby - more rare than stripped, is a little dickens, and took Dickens further with Artful Badger because he can sit up on his haunches like a badger. Usually called Dickens, Dickie-Dog, The Dog.

Wes (muttly cat), also a classic tabby and named after my father.

Kids Blue Neon of Aten Ra (blue Aby), I didn't name him - his breeder did - and he's named after a race horse.

Aten Ra Went Back To The Future (ruddy, usual Aby), I'd hoped to take the breed back to an older style, away from the very pointed heads of today. Always called Puddy, Puddin'-Head, Pud.

PeeWee (red Aby), never registered and called PeeWee because she is.

Sly (muttly cat), stipped tabby. And he IS!!!

Peepers (NY Common Eastern Garter), has big eyes.

Jeepers (NY Common Eastern Garter), goes with Peepers.

Kenabec (brown phase Western Hognose), a native MN snake and is Ojibway for "snake."

Niizh (green phase Western Hognose), is Ojibway for "two."

Two Puget Sound Garters from Alaska given the Inuit names of Kunikpok "kisses," and Tungortok, "is blue."

One Puget Sound Garter named 'Rockster after GartersRock.

One, soon to have Eastern Milk Snake, sex unknown. Will be named after his/her mother, Carmella, and so will be Carmello or Carmella II.

[Zephyr]

Let's see...

Easterns:
Archibald (Cuz he's green like that dude from Veggie Tales lol)
Broler (Brown, with bright sides that are "solar-colored"; PRONOUNCE IT IN FRENCH)
Sidarr (Pun on "Cedar")
Fatty (Self-explanatory)
Sedge (Missing the tip of her tail, the edge.)
Cinnamint (Cinnamon sides with a minty white stripe)

Red-Sideds:
Mr. Personality (He likes to eat)
Mizz Chopz (Bit the crap out of me when I got her)
Mr./s Shine, Mr./s Bright, Wing (First two are video game bosses, second is for the Red Wings)

Checkereds:
Bubba
Bubblegum
^^^ Colors

Butler's:
James (lol)
Galvalina (Sounds cool)

Wanderings:
X-Cit (Exit)
Houdini (Self-explanatory)
Eva (Evacuate)
Aeres (Likes to climb)
Ally (Stretch on elevation)

[olive oil]

I guess mine is pretty self explanatory: Olive Oil, because of the color and because she/he is long and skinny like the cartoon character from Popeye.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

garters:
.1 Puget-Kevinita (bought it from Kevin)
.1 Puget-Noname (pronounced no nah meh- didnt have a name)
.1 Puget-Roberta (bought it from robert)
1. Puget-Roberto (bough it from robert)
1. Red-Sided-Vermilion (cuz its red)
.1 Red-Sided-Aka (red in japanses)
1. Flame-Crimson (cuz its red)
.1 Flame- Sweety (cuz it was sweet)

[jitami]

Can't believe I've added four "family members" since this thread started and lost two Need to change my siggy too I guess

Frick & Frack... hybrid "mutt" brothers from kyle.. hubby started calling them Frick & Frack and it stuck. I love it! I often call Frick "smudge" though, because instead of a full block up by his neck he has a tiny bit of a black block and then a smudge. It's the only way I can tell the two apart!

Ella... T.e.elegans... Gertie named her and it suits her well

Chance... ok, this is going to be long, sorry... Chance is a border collie/maybe pom/maybe long haired chi mix that we got from the pound in '98 on the day he was to be put to sleep.. hence the name. He's an awesome dog, gets along with anything and everything and all of our Danes were raised with him, including Tink. For whatever reason, Tink decided that she needed to take him out of this world and nearly succeeded. I still can't figure out why a female dog would go after a neutered male dog that she'd been raised with. We placed Chance with my parents who had always threatened to steal him anyway. It was a nearly perfect solution. Chance spent his days hanging out with my retired father, we still got to see him, and were able to keep Tink. Tink became more and more aggressive over time, soon after targeting our cat(again that she had been raised with) and then last summer she went after a person. My dad passed away in June and my mom has been trying to take care of Chance and I thought things were going ok until about a month ago when my mom said she just couldn't handle his care. He was really matted, had fleas, and wasn't eating well... and at nearly 12 years old just deserved so much more than that... It was a tough decision, but we finally decided to bring Chance home, knowing it was likely a choice between him and Tink and that placing Tink was not an option. Tink spent a weekend in full stalking mode, drooling and shaking because she knew Chance was here, but couldn't get to him. We placed Chance in his crate and let her come smell him and she immediately tried to attack him through the crate I took her in and had her put to sleep Monday. It was a month and a day after losing Louie and I'm still really torn up about all of it, but know we made the right decision. For the first time in years it's peaceful here... and we all deserve that... not only Chance. Sigh... off to change my siggy... have been putting it off...