Maybe I shouldn't be, but I am! After very strange behavior today from our 1-year old Abby and a vet visit as a result, I was told that Abby is in heat! We adopted Abby at 6.5 months old from our local shelter and was deemed spayed already. So this was the last thing I was expecting to hear. Our vet did a little thingy with a q-tip and we'll see if that has any effect on Abby, and if not, then we'll have her back in soon for a spay. I'm gonna be on the phone tomorrow with that shelter to see if they'll cough up some dough for this spay since her "spay" was part of her $125 adoption fee. Any of my furkids going under the knife and anethesia always makes me very nervous, and I was glad this was "done" for Abby already before she came to us .. So much for that. Poor baby, I just love her!