I've had my cat Sugar for 8 years. I want to change her name to Salty. How hard will it be for her to change?

Question

She's getting old and does not look like a "Sugar" to me anymore. "Salty" fits her look and personality much better. My wife thinks I'm crazy.

What do you think?

Have you ever changed your cat's name before? If so did it work?

Answer 1

when you feed her, when she is hungry, put the dish down and call her by her new name. she will catch on fast and love you just as much as before. your wife is not completely wrong.

Answer 2

It depends on what kind of tumor it is. My 16 year old cat has one the size of a chicken egg that's attached to his liver, it's inoperable but it's not getting bigger and it's not causing a problem yet. He's had it for 2 years. If the cat is in good enough shape for an operation to remove it, and if the tumor is the right type that will be able to be removed, and the vet is confident about doing the operation, then go ahead with it. But you'll have to talk all this over with your vet. If it's a benign tumor (harmless) then nothing may need to be done. If it's fast growing and dangerous, there won't be many options.

Answer 3

when i was little i changed my cats name every five minutes and he didnt seem to mind haha if you think a name better suits ur cat then of course u can change it. maybe u could like ease into the name salty. the first day you can call her sagur then salgur then saltur and so on till u get salty. that could make the transition e asier

Answer 4

If she's a sourpuss then I reckon a name change might be hard hard for her. Though I quite like the other answerer's Sweetex - which a sweet with a bitter aftertaste!

Our pure white longhair never knew what we were calling her as these kind of cats are (as she was) often completely deaf!

Kittens become cats and the personality changes - I think you should let her stay 'Sugar'.

Answer 5

Personally, I think it would be hard. But- what you can do is have "salty" be her middle name. LIke my cat oreo's middle name is bubbles cause when she has a cold she blows out bubbles with her nose. And my cat Diamond's middle name is sky cause of her blue eyes!
so you can make Sugar's MIddle name Salty cause you think it fits her personality.
HOpe this helps =)

Answer 6

I recently adopted two rescue cats, one is 6yrs and the other 3yrs. The names they had really did not suit them so we changed them and within a matter of days they responded when called by their new names so i don't really think your cat will mind.
The only thing I would say is that we changed Bailey to Maisie and Cindy to Millie so it wouldn't be too much of a change for them.

Answer 7

If your cat has been answering to the name Sugar, it's not going to work. She's too old. Find another project to work on.

Answer 8

Why bother changing? All it would do is confuse the cat.

If the cat had some kind of truly dumb or even insulting name, I certainly would change it- though it would take a long time, since cats are creatures of habit.

Answer 9

Well, she'll need to get a new driver's license, credit cards, and library card. Might be more trouble than it's worth ...

Seriously, most cats I know (and I've had cats all my life) don't answer to their names anyway. They just keep walking right past you. If you want to change her name, I doubt she'll even realize it. OTOH, you'll have to notify your vet so they can change her records.

Answer 10

You can shift it easily enough. Give a call with the new name whenever you put down her food, whenever you reach to pet her and whenever you pick her up.

We adopted a cat named "boo boo kitty" from the shelter...blech! Awful name! She retrained to Dax in just a few days. My first cat answered to two names, the one I called him (Sylvester) and the one my mom called him (Kitty). They're pretty versital.