Even though our tiny cottage is already at capacity for furry family members, we took in a needy "orphan" - a castoff from a non-feline-loving neighbor. He was in terrible shape when we got him but after 10 days of convalescing in our warm home, with plenty of delicious kibble and home-made "kitten glop" available to him 'round the clock, our new guy has grown into and has started USING those uncut little fuzzy dice on his backend. Since I am not fond of cat urine sprayed about my home like some skunky version of Febreze, I took him to the vet today to be transformed via scalpel and anethesia into a darling, cuddly, neutered lil' dude.

He is a black cat who came to us in the nick of time, so it seemed. Thus, we named him Lucky.

I'll post a pic once his new collar arrives - it has shamrocks on it - the only shamrocks he's going to have from now on!!!