These were indeed their first names in the shelters! Ora Zella’s foster Mom reached out to me and let me know about Crockpot. She said that Ora Zella went missing for a time and it turned out she had curled up inside a (turned off!) crock pot and fallen asleep. I very nearly kept Iggy’s original name Rocky, but we had a pet rat named Rock and it felt too close. (RIP Rock. You were a good, big, fat, sweet, old rattie boy.)
We also came close to naming Iggy “Barnabas”, due to his little vampire cape! The kids wanted to name him Bunnicula, and it was one of the only “comic related” decisions I’ve made for the cats, since I felt like that would complicate ever bringing Iggy into the strip lol.
(Also, fun fact, my parents nearly named me Veronica!)
These were indeed their first names in the shelters! Ora Zella’s foster Mom reached out to me and let me know about Crockpot. She said that Ora Zella went missing for a time and it turned out she had curled up inside a (turned off!) crock pot and fallen asleep. I very nearly kept Iggy’s original name Rocky, but we had a pet rat named Rock and it felt too close. (RIP Rock. You were a good, big, fat, sweet, old rattie boy.)
We also came close to naming Iggy “Barnabas”, due to his little vampire cape! The kids wanted to name him Bunnicula, and it was one of the only “comic related” decisions I’ve made for the cats, since I felt like that would complicate ever bringing Iggy into the strip lol.
(Also, fun fact, my parents nearly named me Veronica!)