Haha I like this thread. I thought I was the only idiot who made up stupid nicknames for my animals! It's good to see that others are just as silly
. I've got lots of animals, so consequently there is a lot of weird name-calling in my house
. Ok, so from the top...
Pedro my Giant Day Gecko (
Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis). Nicknames: Peedz, Peedwoo.
Iggie my Desert Iguana (
Dipsosaurus dorsalis). Nicknames: Igz, Iggums.
Mr. Chondrodactylus is a Giant Namibian Sand Gecko or
Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer, hence the name! His nickname is a variation of his actual name, what makes it a bit silly is the way I say it I guess. It's pronounced "Middah Chondrodactyleeeez".
My ferret Slinky, who was my absolute favourite ferret died a few months ago. He was a happy weasel though, so I'm not so sad any more. He had some good nicknames: Slink-a-pink, Slonk-a-ponk, Slanka, Slanka Panka, Slinka-weeez (as in weeezle!), Slinka-babe, Slinka-pants, Sexy Slinka-babe/pants/weeez, Mummy's Slonk.
Ben and Jerry are from the same litter and I've had them since they were tiny kitts. Ben gets called: Weezoo Ben, Weasle Ben, Wuzzoo Ben, Wazzoo Ben, Baby Weasel, Baby Weezoo, Wuzzoo Baby.
Jerry gets called: Weezoo Jerry, Weasle Jerry, Wuzzoo Jerry, Wazzoo Jerry, Baby Weasel, Baby Weezoo, Wuzzoo Baby, Wazzoo Jowy (lol... there's a theme here).
Moonshine was the first ferret I had as a baby, although he is actually now one of my oldest ferrets. But he gets called: Baby, The Baby, Bebyah, Bubyah, Byeh-Byeh, Wuzzoo Bebyeh.
Fry is a lunatic. He looks suspiciously like Ben and Jerry and from a distance you kinda have to strain to tell them all apart lol. He gets called: Weezoo Fry, Wuzzoo Fry, Weasel Fry.
It's Muddle! She's called Muddle because she is muddle-coloured. She's got the evil eye and is a bit of a brat, so she gets called: Moodz, Moody, Moodles, Muddoodle, Moody Woodles.
Beula (the silver one) and Posh (the little polecat-coloured one) live separately to my other ferrets because Muddle and Fry seem to have it in their heads that they'd quite like to kill Beula. So I don't mix them! Posh has a heart condition so I don't mix her with anyone except Beula because she's fragile and is also almost completely blind.
Beula gets called: Wuzzle Beula, Beuuuular (kinda more the *way* you say it).
Posh gets called: Poshy, Poshykins, Posh-E.
Now that the dozens of ferrets are over with we have Holly the Manchester Terrier. She's an old dog and is absolutely full of character. Because she's old she's had too many nicknames to remember. In recent years the nicknames have developed into: Foovles, Fyahvee, Foovie, Fyahvles, Peach, Little Peach, Little Doog.
Django (pronounced with a silent 'D') is a 3 year old whippet. He gets called: Djings, Djingy, Djangy, Djang-Djang, Djing-a-ling, Djang-a-lang, Djungs, Djungsy, Djungsy Babe, Whupput, Whupputty Djangs, Whupputty Djang the Man.
Aren't you glad that's over now?