Hi Anne

Just a note to let you know that Di is doing fine. She has completed her indoor vaccinations, wormed and flea treated, and is registered to me.

I finished building my cat compound. Made from net from Nationwide Netmakers and held together with plastic coated clothesline wire that you can get from any hardware store. Looks like a big see-through tent between the house and fence. This gives them approx. 10m X 4m grass area with a tree connected to the house through cat-flap. They cannot get out and essentially they are indoor cats.

She gets on great with my other cat Toby. He finally accepted her (after he got the snip) and they have been grooming each other for more than a month. They wrestle all the time but nothing serious and she is big enough to stand her ground now. She is 100% cat, quivers all over when she spots a bird and is a great little huntress and climber. She also has the advantage of camouflage when she flattens out in the grass to ambush Toby. He is ginger/white and stands out like a sore thumb.

Di doesnt like being handled much but loves company, his and mine, and purrs like a little motorboat most of the time. She makes almost no noise at all, chirps like a little bird when she has something to say, but howls up a storm when I take her to the vet. She doesnt stop crying until I get her home then immediately starts purring again. I know she is very happy here.

No medical problems at all but she has a strange fascination with water. Plays with it whenever she sees it and was defecating in her water dish. I filled up a big ice-cream container thinking it was too deep but she even climbed inside this and squatted with water up to her shoulders! I solved this problem by putting a small glass of water in each litter tray (changing the water frequently) and keeping the water dish outside. She drinks out of the outside bowl like any other cat and doesnt harm it, uses the litter trays ok, so this worked out fine.

She is an adorable little cat and I cant imagine not having her here. She also keeps Toby sane when I am at work. Thank you for bringing us together.

Yours sincerely, Tony.

Di was adopted on 27/1/10 after 2 months in foster care.