Where did you get that name from?

[Zephyr]

I call them by their names! ^^
It makes them a little more personal... Instead of saying "My other parietalis bit me" I think it's a bit better to say "Ozzy bit me! x.x"

[beaniesmommy]

Snakes:

Tilly - originally Matilda, I just liked it... But we found out it is a boy so we call him Tilford now.

Kist - amelenistic corn, looks like the color of Sunkist pop

Mo = Mojito - puget that is a minty green color

Dogs:

Cooper - mutt - has really dark eyeliner around his eyes like Alice Cooper

Halo - mutt - We bailed her out of jail (the pound). In Monopoly the "get out of jail free" card has the little man with a Halo over his head and wings. That is how she got her name...

[Garter_Gertie]

This is a GREAT thread! I'm lovin' it!

[Snakey Lakey]

Current snakes:

Elle

[GartersRock]

Wait. Let me rephrase that. lol! I meant. I don't talk to them and call them their names. But I DO refer to them by their names. Peter escaped yesterday, the little brat. Claire is gorgeous. Butterscotch took forever to eat. And what not. =D

[Snakey Lakey]

Current snakes:

Elle -- A Wandering garter (of unknown gender) caught late summer 2000 about 10 miles away - the name Elle is derived from elegans.

Go-go -- A Great Basin Gopher (of unknown gender) caught 18 May 2002 between 1½ - 2 miles from my house - Go-go's body language says, "I want to go, go, go-away"; or else "why don't you go, go, go-away, hiss, hiss." Also, the first 2 letters in gopher are "G" & "O"; hence, Go-go.

Previous snakes:

Snakey Lakey -- My first snake, ever. A garter or ribbon snake caught (by my mother with my butterfly net) in the early 1960's near Big Sur, California; kept for about one year then released back in the Big Sur area (back then we didn't know any better). This snake was named after a snake in a story, that I had written in the first grade - before I had ever seen a real snake.

Nake -- My second snake. A California Kingsnake caught in 1966 or 1967 at the place we were boarding our ponies, in the Las Altos Hills area of California; they didn't want any snakes on the property. I released 'Nake in 1968 or 1969 in a park in the hills west of Palo Alto. Of course, Nake is simply snake with the "S" dropped.

Buzz -- My third snake. A gopher snake (probably pacific) caught in the early 1970's swimming in the river near Rio Vista, had an attitude and a nasty temper. S/he would hiss and shake his/her tail, making it sound like a rattler's buzz. This snake was, also, released though I don't remember when or where.

Gar -- My fourth snake. A garter I bought, sometime in the 1970's, at a pet store, possibly T. s. fitchi, but not certain. Gar is simply the first 3 letters in garter. Gar got mouth rot and died.

Ulysses -- Another garter nominaly belonged to my youngest sister, who named him/her. Ulysses was usually called Lyssie, and lived with Gar.

[infernalis]

New ones....

Lurch - Butler's garter snake (Adams family's butler)
Clarice - Christmas Radix, named after Rudolph's girlfriend
Masubius - Eastern Flame, Masubi (God of fire) + Vesuvius the volcano that buried Pompeii.
Greeny - Named in honor of a snake that passed away while attempting rescue.
Tweek - Southpark
Cheeto - Orange Eastern, like Cheeto snacks
Diana - Goddess of fertility
Lisa - Our daughters choice for a name.

More to follow I'm sure

[krystalirelan@southslope.]

3 footed Iguana= Tripod or Stumpy (my fave)
Checkered female =Tia read it in abook
Checkered male= Oink (he eats everything!!)
Cat= Yoda (ask husband)
Dog= Lucy, as in "Luuuucy, I'm home!" (ask desi)
Dog2 (used)= Sassy, came prenamed
Corn snake with a birthdefect bend= Crooked Stick
Red Tail Boa Spot b/c everyone should have a pet named Spot!
Ferret Named Gracie (other ferret named George died in Feb. 08) if I have to explain it you are too young

[drache]

did I tell you that our new marcianus is named Oriosky Kosciuszko?
Oriosky after the zipcar we used to get to the expo (the name of the car was Orlosky, but I didn't have the right glasses on and I like Oriosky better anyway)
Koskiuszko because we drive across the Koscuiszko bridge on the way home and it goes so well with the first name and isn't the spelling fabulous?

so what's the deal?
I only listed my garters the first time I posted in this thread
should I post some of the others as well?
or just the ones with a good story?

[zooplan]

Oh, another funny thread I´ve missed until now.
Is there anybody who can give me an extra hour per day to miss less of these?
Only my breeders have names like:
"Wilde Hilde"= who allways were so wild on feeding time in spring
"Rotbäckchen"= my first red sided with red makrs on the side of her head
"Amelie"= my first amelanistic ´parietalis
"Hetwig"= the mother of "Amelie"
most of my names have a hidden or second meaning (somtimes from a special spelling) that belong to a characteristic of the specimen