On Monday evening I went to bed early and was woken in the early hours by unfamiliar annoyed cat noises from downstairs, and that was when I learned from my wife that we had taken in an additional cat – a friendly local stray who showed up injured – bringing us to ten (10!) cats in the house. Clearly impressed by this figure, I woke up just enough to say, "you crazy bastard, you did it!"

Bonus Cat was repaired at the vet the next day, neutered for good measure, and stayed with us a couple of nights to convalesce. He has now been released, minus what the SPCA woman calls his "trouble-puffs".

The saga continues. I wrote much of this thread while waiting for my wife in town, where she nearly picked up another stray. 😅