Well M has certainly made herself at home...

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She came out of the carrier immediately, ate the entire lunch I'd put down, and then explored the 'safe room' thoroughly while I was still in there.

I went out of the room for a few minutes and left her to it. When I came back, she was waiting patiently by the door wanting to come out into the next room. So we did that, and she explored every nook and cranny.

She is a beautiful cat OP.
This made me giggle:

she was brought in aged about 8 months, pregnant with kittens

I am so glad she wasn't pregnant with piglets.

😂

She looks happy and loved , lovely thread !

Beautiful pussycat! My rescue kitten was exactly the same, walked out of the carrier, bombed around as if she owned the place within 5 minutes much to the bemusement of the two other cat residents!

More pictures needed op, she is gorgeous!

She's delightful. It's great when they're so confident & you know you don't have to fret about them too much.

She has been constantly 'on' since arriving at lunchtime. She seeks interaction, and has cycled between play mode, affection mode and explore mode for ten hours. She must be exhausted!

Several times we tried to leave her alone to give her a break; each time she followed us to the door, tried to go out with us and then waited by the door for us to return.

She finished her lunch (small amount dry food) and dinner (whole pouch wet food) and has drunk some water.

She hasn't yet availed herself of the litter tray; hopefully that will happen overnight.

What did you call her in the end?

Missy. It was the only name all six of us could agree on!

Good morning everyone!

... what are you people doing in my house?

Good morning Missy! Has she used her tray yet?

she's beautiful!

No signs of elimination yet, but she ate breakfast happily.

Fingers crossed for a big smelly turd soon!

She has now completed that task.
Both number 1 and number 2.

YAY MISSY!!!!!

She is quite little (2.6kg).
I'm guessing she might grow a bit more, but I don't think she's ever going to be huge.

Missy is beautiful!

Chirruping is her talking to you.

She sounds like a tribble (from Star Trek).
It's very sweet.

She’s beautiful!!! Congratulations on slavedom.

We've been trying to do interactive play using a crinkly shiny fish toy that dangles from a fishing rod. As soon as she catches it, she walks around with it in her mouth (like a dog) dragging the string and rod behind her, and will not relinquish it. 😄