Hi all, thanks for this wonderful site. There aren't many cat lovers where I live in Spain and nobody wants to talk about them! I have an 8 year old black male who I rescued. I was driving along a main road when I passed this little black bundle of fur. Through my rear view mirror I saw a little tail moving. I thought it must be almost dead as I had seen the rest of the kitten dead on the side of the road. Anyway I made a dangerous U turn to get back to the kitten. To my surprise it had disappeared and I couldn't find it anywhere. I was just about to get back in my car when I heard it crying. It had jumped underneath my car and was clinging above the wheel. I had to prise it off and it scratched me to bits with it's needlelike claws. It was only about 4 weeks old. I then picked my 8 year old daughter up from school. It was her birthday and she had always asked me for a cat. So she got in the car and I said "Happy Birthday, here's your present". She fell in love at first sight. The poor mite was full of fleas, being to young to spray, my daughter used to sit for hours handpicking them off! First days were tricky, I warned her that it might not make it until morning, but she got a little medicine syringe and fed it milk every hour, cuddled it and picked off the fleas. As it grew it was quite wild, it used to almost attack us for food and knock it out of our hands. Even though he was handled a lot he didn't like to sit on laps or be cuddled and stroked. Slowly he began to change, even though he didn't approach people for strokes, he allowed us to touch him for a little while before going off again.We just let him be him do his own thing and didn't force him. He gradually became tamer but it took over 2 years before he would actually seek company, plonk himself on our laps and demand to be stroked. He is now very affectionate and chatty. So if you rescue a wild cat be very patient, some cats never like company and cuddles. It is heartbreaking to see how cats are treated here in Spain there are no cat shelters that I know of, but various individuals, usually from the uK, who help with neutering and work with local vets. THere are thousands living out of rubbish bins and many die on the roads every day, it's a common sight. well thanks for reading all have a nice day