Hazel Grant (Letters, January 16) expressed interest in the fate of Tin-Tin the cat.

He was featured in The Argus of January 8, having been found with his head wedged in an empty food can.

The fire brigade removed the can and he was then wonderfully cared for by the RSPCA. He was badly traumatised and couldn't be handled. He was wetting himself in terror and attacked any hand that entered his cage.

Having been neutered and microchipped, Tin-Tin has been living with me for several weeks. His manners are impeccable. He always uses his litter tray and washes his face and hands after every meal. That's the good news.

The flip-side is his character is beginning to emerge. Returning from an evening out, I find the lights are on where he has leapt up and down on the beds tugging at the light pulls. Pillows and duvet are scrunched in a heap.

Elsewhere, wooden curtain pulls have been detached and knocked into the far corners of the rooms. Compost has been scooped out of plant pots and scattered liberally around. Tin-Tin is "asleep" on a chair under the table.

During the night, he races up and down the hall and stairs, beating up non-existent rivals and catching colonies of imaginary mice.

Tin-Tin is no "grateful to be rescued" cat. I appear to have acquired a hormonal teenager with an attitude problem.

Hopefully, the hormones will settle in a few weeks -but I'm not holding my breath.

Unfortunately, he is still very traumatised and wild and it will be many months - or longer - before he can be handled.

Meanwhile, with increasing confidence and when no one is looking, he intends to enjoy himself to the full in the security of his new home. He's not at all keen on the owner though.

-The Tin-Tin Recorder