Shaka is also a rescue cat - he was dumped as a kitten and we got him from the MSPCA. He was about 10 - 12 weeks old, and the girl said of him - 'Well you won't want that one.' which she may well have said knowing that it would make me go 'Oh yes I would!'. He was scrawny, had enormous out-of-proportion ears, and a voice that sounded like a duck quacking through a megaphone! He has a lot of Siamese in him, hence the voice - which has not got any quieter over the years!