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“Moon pig”. That cat was daft in the head and didn’t last long though.

Also called one “Fat Bob” because he was hench and that stuck. He got quite fat too.

One of our cats gets called "Fluffy Chicken" or "Lala Chicken" quite a lot. I don't know why, she is neither cowardly nor poultry shaped.

Good Elon, my dog. Because I know there's a bad one

I had a cat whose name was Kirby and his nickname eventually turned to Care Bear (because Kirby>Kirbs>Kirb-ber) and now my parents have a cat named Barry and he is Ber-ber.

There's also Rumball (Remy) and Kimball (Kimmy).

And the two I have now: Sullivan who is Little Bean (Sully-bean) and Elliot who is Little Moose (because Elliot Moose).

None of these are crazy silly I guess but I hadn't realized before that I tend to give cats matching nicknames.

I also have a dog who is a beagle and his name is Sir Hodgley III. He doesn't respond to any nicknames and there is great argument as to his real breed. He is not a real dog but a garden decoration, but I know in my heart of hearts that Sir Hodgley III is a beagle.

"Stupid baby puppy" affectionately for my almost six year old puggle and his signature blank, unoccupied stare.

Bubbus McPuppador?

Honestly, I have a shitload of dumb nicknames.

"Jungle Cat" and "Roof Cat"

Mutiny.

Short for Sra. Sable Prettyeye the Tiny Enigma Mutant.

Princess Pumpkin Patty-cake.

One of our cats we nicknamed Dyson because he vacuums up all the food.

Silvery Boy

Silver Bro

Naughty Boy

Antigold

Lugia (a reference to Pokémon Silver)

His real name is "Silver", and he's a bitey snowshoe cat that has psychopathy.

Schnutzeplotzepfnitzekatz!

Guess the language...

I had one generation of the same pet named after an ancient Mesoamerican god whose name is a hassle to pronounce, spell, or look up, so I occasionally nicknamed her based on the one thing said god might be said to be known for.

"Come here Lunavore, time to dine."

My sons have a hamster that they named "Bombur". I tend to call it "Bomburcino".

I named my cat Luphina. I thought it was so pretty. The name that stuck was Luphy. My husband calls her Monkey D Luffy.

We call her Luphy Loaf too.

My cat is called Wigglebutt Fuzzypants, cause it describes her well. She has more hair than she can manage.

Growing up, we had a cat that ended up being called spud. I have no recollection why, but it was apparently funny.

I call my dog, Mila (pronounced Myla, I just was dumb when I tried to spell it when we adopted her), Mylar Balloon.

I’ve got two dogs and I sort of aspire to the most ridiculous nicknames for them.

Maggie > Maggie Moo
Moodaloo, Mooster, Mooffaletta, Big Smooch

Banjo
BlibbertyJigibbet, BeanieJeanie, BibbityJibbity, Lil’ Stink

Stinkface. You can probably guess why.

We literally call our dog "Stupid". TBF she is pretty stupid.

Dumblebum, Bare Butt, Dingleberry, I call my dog pretty much anything but his name.

My grandmother had a cat we never got around to naming, and as a result what stuck for referring to her was just "pspspspsps". So we'd ask something like "Did pspspsps eat?". Amount of ps not standardised.

My little sister then decided that her name should be "little strawberry", in our language of course. She was not a ginger but a black and white cat. One day she disappeared, and about a year later when I moved to an apartment nearby I saw her getting fed by one of my (and my grandmothers) neighbor.

One is Miss Dog and the other one I call Pequenina. I'm Brazilian and pequenina is little one, but her name is Nina, so thats why pequeNINA

His real name is Louie

He goes by Louie, Lewis, Lewis Hamilton, Douglas Luiz, Dougie, Doogie, Dougie Howzer MD, King Louis XIV of France, Doug Larse,.

I used to work at an animal shelter, and my go-to nickname for the dogs was just the first syllable of their name twice. Joy becomes Jojo, Daisy becomes Dede, Torrey becomes Toto, Peter becomes Pepe... It took me about a minute to figure out that I needed to call him Petey instead

Not a current pet but I want to name my next cat Hattibagen McCat

As another cat owner here is the list of names that are not his name;

Him (as in, "Is Him a good?"), Tubs, Tubsalubs, Stink-O Man (I will sing, "Show me! Show you! Stink-O Man! Stink-O Man!"), Kneady/Needy/Needful/Kneadums, Hanger the Danger Kitty, All The Speed, and Whosa Baby (which involves picking him up and snuggling him thoroughly while he pretends to hate it, but the minute I open my arms to try to let him go he gives me a pathetic look until I snuggle him some more, a game which has gone on for tens of minutes before)

I have a toy Yorkie named Jazzy, and I call her either Jabu or Sweet-Pickle