A few months ago, we took a stray kitten into our home to care for it. She had been hanging around for over a week and was rapidly losing weight. After she was attacked by some of the local kids, I decided we had to bring her in. She was skinny and very, very untrusting of people. She had obviously not been treated well before being dumped on the streets.

Now, though, she is a different kitty. The Moochie, as we named her, has put on weight and is much happier around other people. Even so, she never quite got on with our other three, and so we had to find her a new home that she wouldn't have to share with other cats. Unfortunately, this prooved more difficult that we thought.

This week, The Moochie was accepted into the RSPCA's second chance program, where she will be matched with a suitable owner (who needs to understand that she still has some trust issues). Unlike other places in Perth, the RSPCA refuses to euthanize cats and check over possible owners, so we know that she'll end up in a nice home. We hope that she finds a nice home.

Good luck, Moochie. We'll miss you tossing hair-ties about the floor, and your company (Arwen is just happy to have her house back).