[Juniper]

Surprise! We have a sixth cat.

Hubby was off work today and took her to the vet. She passed her physical and apparently has no diseases, but the poor thing is missing one of her canine teeth and has a gash on her face that seems to be healing OK. I guess her calico markings masked it so I didn't notice.

The vet said kitty was preggers but it was really early, so since there's no feline right-to-life organization, we elected to have her spayed anyway. But don't fret -- while performing the surgery, the vet found that she wasn't preggy after all, she had a cyst on her ovary. No kittens were harmed. Whew.

CC is resting comfortably at the vet and racking up yet another bill I have to pay. Oh well. We'll bring her home tomorrow and the hissing will begin.

I might add that we have a LONG history, hubby and I, of being suckers for feline moochers. CC will be the 12th cat we've owned throughout the last 18 years, and all but two of our fur-angels lived long happy lives.