Ben Ben is named after Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, because with the little spot on her forehead she looks like she COULDĀ be made out of rocks… Here’s little Ben in the kitten box with her siblings at three weeks old Ben was already an explorer at four weeks old. She was the first one to open her eyes and the first one to drink water from a dish. Here’s Ben with two of her sisters, Johnny (far left) and Reed (middle.)