The cat!! Naming pets is a normal practice isn't it???

It makes it easier to refer to them rather than 'my cat' especially if you have numerous pets so you don't have to establish 'my black and white cat' or 'my cat that meows when it wants food' you can just say 'Furball' kind of like a reference number but names are easier to remember than numbers, and they also hold sentimental value since there's effort and thought put into assigning names instead of numbers!!