A few posts ago, and about 4 months ago, Ben and I brought home a new kitty whom I named Andy. The name was thought up when Ben and I had gone to see Toy Story 3 and I loved the idea of naming a baby girl Andy despite the gender. Toy Story movies have always been classics, and the name stuck with me. The lady, Karen, that we bought Andy from, explained to us that Andy (or Daisy they called her) was the only girl in the litter, and quite a pretty baby! she exasperatedly added.
We brought Andy home and introduced her to our other handsome furry forest cat, Poster. Poster did not take to Andy...in fact, Poster would not come into a room if Andy was in it. I took this picture from the couch one afternoon while Andy was napping in my lap, and Poster was watching and sulking in the other room. I was especially intrigued by the glowing eyes reflecting into the floor.Eventually Poster and Andy became friends and were two peas in a pod, but it was time for Andy to be taking to the dreaded vet. I brought her there and set the carrier on the counter. The girl at the counter questioned me several times on the name..."So this is a male..."
"No, it's a female"
"A female named Andy?"
Now becoming slightly offended, I reply, "Yes."
She looks at me, confused, "Andy...this is a female?"
Now annoyed, "Yes. I named my female kitten Andy."
"OK."
So she takes Andy away. I finally left practically crying because I'm such a baby seeing my child be scared (I don't have kids, my pets are my kids), and went to work. An hour later I receive a call from the vet's office. I answer nervously, contemplating something horrible, but instead she says, "When you came in this morning, you told us Andy was a girl correct?"
"Yes, why what happen to her?"
"Well...I don't know how to tell you this but your Andy is actually a little boy..."
"WHAT?"
"Yeah, he has testicles...so we are actually going to neuter him...but at least you don't have to change the name!!!"
I was floored. I realize this may sound silly to some people, but it completely blew my mind to find out that our 'little girl' was actually a little boy. We'd been referring to him as 'Poster's little girlfriend' and 'our little girl' and laughing about how Poster will probably be humping her soon. We got a good laugh about that.
Well I am going to watch some Ghost Adventures and go to bed.
Goodnight friends:D
2 comments:
I would have been floored too! That's why I love Calicos. They are almost always female (about 97% of them, the male calicos are very rare and are also sterile). Luv my girl kitty! :-)
While growing up I worked on a family cattle farm. When it was castration day i was responsible for separating the calf heffers and bulls (so we could cut off the poor little cows balls).
I could never tell the boys from the girls. I ended up having to flip every cow onto its back (I could have been a rodeo champ)and getting TSA style on their junk to see if it was a boy or girl.
Everyone laughed at me for not being able to tell just by lifting the animals tail.
It's not always as easy to tell as some people think it is.
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