Don't know if you remember us, but we adopted a black and white half siamese kitten off you and an oriental cinnamon boy from a person in Kent. Anyway just thought you would like a few pictures of them both. They are both very happy and love each other so very much.

Mel & Naomi

We thought you would like an update on Pip and Cleo. We first adopted Pip around 4 years ago from you. And a year later or so adopted Cleo. Both cats are doing fine, although Cleo has never been a healthy cat she is still happy and outgoing and still very loud and follows you everywhere.Pip is no longer the scared little thing she was; she loves her cuddles and is much more outgoing.

I've attached a recent photo of Hannah (blue point at the back) and Harry (lilac point) in their 'house' which is part of their activity centre. As you can see they get on very well together but Hannah,despite her tiny size, is definitely Top Cat. They are the third and fourth cats respectively that we have had from the Welfare Club. Our previous cats being Pumba, a Chocolate point who sadly died from Kidney Disease, and Rafiki a blue point. Rafi escaped from my mother-in-law's(who was cat-sitting while we were on holiday) and, tragically, was killed on the road.
We collected Hannah from you in February 2003 and she is now 5yrs old. She had already had a rough deal by the time she reached the welfare club with being bred from too young, having a Caesarean very badly performed on her plus being under-developed and underweight. Whilst she was being spayed at the Welfare's expense the vet found that such a mess had been made of her insides he had to remove her spleen as well.
Despite all this she is a very happy, affectionate cat and purrs if you just look at her! She loves to have mad half-hours where she tears round the house on her own then collapses in a heap - usually on top of Harry.
Harry (formerly known as Toby) has now been with us 13.5 months and is aged 7. He was with his brother Timmy at welfare but Timmy bullied him and he had developed the habit of urinating in all the wrong places, he was also quite nervous and had a food obsession resulting in him being quite overweight.Harry is the cat we have had to persevere the most with of all our cats.  For the first six months he didn't seem to trust us, wasn't very cuddly and he was still urinating, but with patience,TLC and the help of Feliway spray and plug-ins it became less and less.
Harry is now a wonderful cat, he is affectionate, cuddly, playful and purrs for us. He has lost weight with the aid of low-cal food and is the picture of a healthy, confident Siamese boy, even friendly with complete strangers.
Of course, both Harry and Hannah sleep with us on the bed and we are very grateful to the Welfare Club for bringing them into our lives.
Denise and David

When I first contacted Brigid regarding adopting a Siamese, I must admit I was a little apprehensive about taking on an adult cat/cats. I did not expect rehoming would be easy at any age, but did not know how adult cats would take to a new life with different routines, and new environment.
I am happy to say however that my initial worries were soon put to rest,as Mona (8 - Chocolate point) and Blue (10 - Blue point) settled in very quickly. They soon had us wrapped around their little paws!
On bringing them home we were unsure what to expect, we let them out and sat back nervously. Blue was into everything and did not bother one bit.Mona crawled on her stomach to the back of the sofa and stayed there most of that afternoon!. We sat quietly as much as possible for the day as Mona would venture out but even a creak from the floorboards would send her back to her hiding place.
Over the course of the following days she came on in leaps and bounds,although the slightest noise would still send her scurrying to hide.Although she lacked the confidence in those early days, I would say she is more often than not the first to come and greet me now, and follows me around the house, settling in the closest comfy spot to watch me while I potter. Blue has always been confident, he sleeps a lot and doesn't seem to care where we are or what we are doing - that is until you sit down for more than 5 minutes when he is soon up on your knee for a nap.
They have us in hysterics at some of their antics - they love to play together like kittens, and will come and torment us until we join in!If I am sitting quietly and Mona is bored she will come and tap myhand/pat my leg or lean as far toward my face as she can and meow in her cutest voice.This from a cat that could not look you in the face to begin with!!.They are both a large part of our family, and feel like they have been with us since the day they were born.  If you ask them a question they reply, if they have been naughty they come and put on their most angelic or comic faces which can't help but make you giggle.
I expect we may have been lucky, and that it can be much harder in those early months to adopt an adult cat with a history they can never tell us, but I would do it again any day, and hope to do so in the future.
Our cats mean the world to us and have made our house a home. If they are given the time and understanding to put their history to one side,they reward you no end as their characters emerge, and add happiness to a future I could now not imagine without those happy blue eyes waiting for me.   Julie

I thought you might like an update on progress in Brockley.
These two are getting on a storm... they still have a little spat now & again, but generally inseparable. They sleep together most of the time, and he seems to have taught her his naughtiest habits.. including stealing food, running full pelt round the flat & across the bed waking us up in the middle of the night, and sleeping on my ironing pile.
Hard work for the first month, but I wouldn't be without her now.                           Louisa