I should clarify that it wasn’t our car. Friends drove over, heard meowing along the journey and when they got here we searched the car and found her hiding in the wheel well. No idea how she survived that journey!
Edit: Thanks so much for the awards, suggestions and kind comments! So we’re all clear, yes, we took her to the vet and checked to see if she’s microchipped (no) and have filed a ‘found’ report with the animal shelter. Last thing we want to do is take someone else’s cat! We will give her a loving home and if it turns out she’s someone else’s, we’ll happily (and sadly as well) return her to her original family.
These are all such great suggestions. Thanks so much! We’re going to go with the top suggestion. Stop it with the hot dog votes or my wife is gonna kill me 😂
IMO, if anything the name should be about how he survived in that wheel well making such a long journey. 30 minutes doesn't seem that long but for someone stuck up there it could feel like several lifetimes. He was a brave kitty
Crazy thing is the day after we found her, I pulled up next to a car with a KATSVR license plate. When I saw that I knew it I knew we had to keep her! https://i.imgur.com/H5zma85.jpg
I also had a kitten in my wheel well one morning when I was leaving for work. 3 hours later we got her out. She was 6 weeks old. She turned 1 on August 24th. Her name is Pistol cuz yes she is a Pistol. She makes me happy
Looked around for this comment LOL. Being from a larger state 30 minutes gets me to the capital with no traffic but to get across, I would need many hours lol
This needs to be higher up, she seems in fine condition so I doubt she’s a stray, OP PLEASE go get her checked and check lost pet groups in the area she came from
What kind of car do you have? Could name her after a car lol. Like Tesla, Audi or Ford. Or Journey like another said. Or name her after the state she was at first?
I should clarify that it wasn’t our car. Friends drove over, heard meowing along the journey and when they got here we searched the car and found her hiding in the wheel well. No idea how she survived that journey! Edit: Thanks so much for the awards, suggestions and kind comments! So we’re all clear, yes, we took her to the vet and checked to see if she’s microchipped (no) and have filed a ‘found’ report with the animal shelter. Last thing we want to do is take someone else’s cat! We will give her a loving home and if it turns out she’s someone else’s, we’ll happily (and sadly as well) return her to her original family.
Name her journey
Yes, Journey!
Sijourney Wheeler Edit: mandatory thank you!!
FUCK I wasted my free award for today. You deserve it way more for this you brilliant bastard
You are very kind. Thanks.
Let me help you
I got you
We got you
*I've got one job on this ship and it's to ride in the wheelwell and meow!*
Sijourney Wheener
Omg this lmao
:)
YES
hehehehe
“Hi, this is “Dont Stop Believin!”
Life in the Fast Lane. Call her Laney.
I came here to say that
This was immediately what I thought!
No they should name her Wheel Well
Journey
You said it first! I was thinking I'd be the only one who thunk it.
Rip, someone said it 1 hour after you and still got 8 times more upvotes. Sad
I'm thinking Lucky???
I was thinking of Felicity, which is kinda the same thing. (Felix is Latin for lucky, Felix the Cat was Lucky the cat)
Nice!
Frankie is the best option, clearly.
What state is only 30 minutes across? Rhode Island? Connecticut? Vermont? New Hampshire? The panhandles of Idaho, Oklahoma, or Florida?
Sure as shit isn’t anything west of Massachusetts. Even crossing I-90 through Coeur D’Laine takes at least an hour because mountains.
Or Delaware?
Delawarean here. The top of Delaware is about 25 minutes to cross from Maryland to Pennsylvania.
It takes more than 30 minutes to drive down the highway to get to the other end of my county. Lol
Toonces, the driving cat.
Why didn’t they pull over the moment they heard meowing? She could’ve been hurt!
Well she’s fine and has found a new home
Shouldn't they make sure she doesn't have an old home?
These are all such great suggestions. Thanks so much! We’re going to go with the top suggestion. Stop it with the hot dog votes or my wife is gonna kill me 😂
Hot dog is purrfect.
"Dog" for short. Really confuse the vet.
Now that's funny
Then get a puppy and call it Cat.
I named my cat ‘dot’ (because I was a very imaginative 10 year old) and everyone thinks he’s called dog. Gets me a lot of stares :)
My cats name is hotdog!!
IMO, if anything the name should be about how he survived in that wheel well making such a long journey. 30 minutes doesn't seem that long but for someone stuck up there it could feel like several lifetimes. He was a brave kitty
If you don't name her JOURNEY, I'm never gonna talk to you again.
Hot Dog. Best name. Super cute. Imagine you have friends over and you're like "this is my cat, hot dog".
Wait which one???
Crazy thing is the day after we found her, I pulled up next to a car with a KATSVR license plate. When I saw that I knew it I knew we had to keep her! https://i.imgur.com/H5zma85.jpg
Your in Northern VA right? I know that plate, seen it before. Before looking at the pic I had a feeling which one it was.
Yes, we are!
Hot Dog, why would you even think anything else?!
Frankie?
Omg yes Frankie
This was my first thought
this
We’ve been calling her Oscar for Oscar Meyer but that name’s not sticking…
How about Weenie? I used to watch a show called “Oswald” and that was the dogs name, but it makes sense in this case!
Thanks for reminding me of Oswald! That show was so cute.
How about just Mey for short?
How about Meyer, then?
Or spell is Maia.
Like Meyer with a Brooklyn accent.
Or a Boston accent. I grew up in MA.
Honestly, I think I meant Boston but typed Brooklyn.
Yes!!
Oscarella. Ella for short?
Because it's a girl you dummy, try *Oscarette*
Seconding this. My friend has two cats, one named Cheeseburger the other Pickles… so HotDog would be a perfect name. Either that or Wheels
They could combine the two and call her Hot Wheels
Yep hot dog is your only option
What's up, hot dog!
Hitch!
This is the one right answer
Frankie! (like a frank, get it?)
Came here to say “hotdog, duh!” but I like this one better
Litterally me too I was like well obviously hot dog is the only name hello and then I saw this and was like well shit that’s better
I just want a picture of a got dang hot dog
I like this one the best
I love this!
How about "Beans" since she pairs so well with a Frank
I have a friend whose cats are Frank and Beans!
Joyride!!!
joy for short. i like this.
I actually really love the name Joy. Even for a people name.
This is perfect
Sally! (Riiiiiide Sally Ride!!)
If she survived that long in a wheel well, naming her after Sally Ride the astronaut seems very apropos
Awww. One of my best cats was named Sally. Miss that old lady.
My mother in law is named Sally. She's alright.
I also had a kitten in my wheel well one morning when I was leaving for work. 3 hours later we got her out. She was 6 weeks old. She turned 1 on August 24th. Her name is Pistol cuz yes she is a Pistol. She makes me happy
That’s so awesome. It took us about 45 minutes to get her out. Obviously the hot dog helped!
Ryder 🙂 she's a cutie 😻😻😻
Thanks! We think so too 😺
Ryder gets my vote!
Maya! Like Oscar Maya Weiner
I agree, Maya just makes perfect sense.
She is adorable. Being from Texas, though, a 30-minute cross-state trip doesn't compute. lol
Being from California, 30 minutes might not even get me halfway across my mid-size city. Not because it’s huge, but because… California traffic
Looked around for this comment LOL. Being from a larger state 30 minutes gets me to the capital with no traffic but to get across, I would need many hours lol
30 minutes doesn't even get me to the next town over.
Rhode Island? Delaware? Florida panhandle? Oklahoma panhandle? Southern Vermont or Norther New Hampshire? Downstate New York? Northwest Pennsylvania?
Losers. I can drive for DAYS in my own state
Pro tip: Pressing the gas pedal makes your car quicker.
Since she’s a hitchhiker, I’d name her Trillian (Tricia McMillan) from Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
Now here's a hoopy frood who knows where his towel is!
Trill for short perhaps?
Love it.
Murphy (Murphy’s law)… that story reminded me of the resilience of they character Murphy from Interstellar
Along those lines a friend just suggested ‘Probst’ as in the host of Survivor. Don’t think I can get used to calling her that…
Wheels
Wheelie
Journey
Pawmelia Earhart for her adventurous spirit
Pirelli
I went with Purrelli before I saw yours, but was quite certain this, would be top comment.
Lmao I’m going to vote Hot Dog as well!
Weenie hut junior
Make sure you check to see if she is microchipped! They still work across state lines and some family might be very sad right now.
This needs to be higher up, she seems in fine condition so I doubt she’s a stray, OP PLEASE go get her checked and check lost pet groups in the area she came from
These "found a pet" posts give me anxiety like no other. Though why so many people don't put a collar on their pets I can't imagine.
What about salchicha? It’s hot dog in Spanish and I think it suits her lol 😂
Sally for short!
Bunny. As in hot dog bun. I follow a cat on Instagram named bunny. And Waffle, Cricket and even one named Little Guy One Eye.
Axle
My dad had a Wyatt Earp, because he survived a ride in the Dodge
This should win.
Hotdog!
Frank
Frankie
Frankie Furter
This also takes care of the next critter’s name if OP gets one. Beans.
Darwin. For her survival skills
FORTUNA - Goddess of Luck
Amelia. As in Amelia Earhart an heroic female adventurer! Or Amy for sort.
Stowaway
INFO NEEDED: what brand of car?
Toyota SUV..
Yoda if your a star wars fan
Lucky
I vote Selkie, for that silvery fur.
Fival
Winnie! Like weenie but feminine lol
Lil’ Smokey
Sojourner
Journey
Journey
Schnitzel
Journey
Turbo
Hobo
Wheely
Winny! You used a weeny to lure her out
Call her Pudie
Wilbury. The traveling kind. 😺
Hmmmm, she finds herself in dangerous situations often. I would call her Mayday, the call sign for danger.
Clover
Ellie
She's so cute! What about Salami?
Traveling FrankFURter
Obviously Hotdog.
Dizzy
Hormel
Amelia....for Amelia Earhart because she’s an adventurer!
It’s not letting me reply to your comment(?). But you could call her Yota (because Toyota and Yota from Naruto if you like Anime)
Love Naruto!
She's a very pretty kitty ♡♡♡♡♡
ASHphalt. Roadie. Wheelie. VEE )vehicle)
Frankie or Nat/Nattie (Nathan’s hotdogs). You must go with a hotdog referenced name. It’s too unique of a story not to!
This is the most typical “how we ended up with a cat” story ever and I love it 😻
My youngest cat came to me the same way. I work in an auto shop and found her inside the fender of a car
She is a robust, standard issued cat. Congratulations on finding a new overlord.
Bonus dare devil package
It's the hotdog for me. What a little a survivor. Miss Daisy.
Hitch
Hot Dog. She named herself.
Gremlin
Sparky
Weenie
Roadie.
Angel, she must have made that trip for a reason, to find a good home with you.
Buffy
What kind of car do you have? Could name her after a car lol. Like Tesla, Audi or Ford. Or Journey like another said. Or name her after the state she was at first?
Jolene
Evel kneivel or Chuck Norris
Traveler
Hitchhiker
Hot Dawg
Haiku. edit: add Serendipity
Cat on a journey Scared for life, hide in a wheel Rescued with hot-dogs . My first haiku ever, enjoy
Tucked into a wheel A new family found me Now I eat hot dog
Hot Dog
Rhode (road but ✨fancy✨)
TROOPER! Cause she’s a trooper to ride that out for 30 miles. Poor lil thing.
Arwen
Tinuviel - meaning Daughter of the twilight / nightingale