I have managed to keep my pet cat after transferring apartments, which has been especially difficult seeing that my new apartment restricts pets of all kinds. No cats, dogs, birds, reptiles, and even fish are banned. Fish, fish, I mean come on what is the problem with fish... they might as well throw in, "No containers filled with water," after the list of banned pets.
My pets name is Buddy. Often when I tell someone his name is Bud, they say something like, Oh after Bud light? Ha, I didn't even think about that when I named him. Bud, however, is actually named after a taste-bud. I'm a firm believer in naming your pets after something that they are like, or remind you of. Heres an example a black cat named shadow.
Before I picked out my cat I had the impression that I was going to name him no matter what Mr. Pickles. After I picked him out however, he was neither green, nor smelled like a pickle so I regrettably had to scratch that idea.
Within those first few hours however his name has transformed from Mr. Pickles to Bud. Why settle on the name Bud? you ask, because Bud is for taste-bud, taste-buds are on tongues, and he used his tongue to lick my face a lot. Its a little bit of a stretch, I know.
In hindsight I should have named him Fetch or rubber band... He is the only cat I know that loves to play fetch especially with a rubber band... He'll play for over an hour sometimes, go figure.
