Well, Monday night was day four of the lampshade ordeal for Poppy. She's been such a little darling; no complaints, no whinging, just a quiet disposition and loving extra cuddles throughout the last four days.

Poppy's skin erruptions have practically gone, along with bits of fur, so she now has two rather large bald patches above each eye, and two bald strips running from her 'eyebrows' to her ears. So we decided to remove the lampshade collar and trust she's over the worst of it by now.

We thought she'd scoot around the house the minute the collar was removed but instead, she showed her appreciation by rubbing the side of her face against every object in sight! Her pleasure was apparant and she was loving her new freedom.

Then she went on to clean her paws, her face... and soon was engrossed in a half hour full body wash. The collar had prevented her from carrying out even the simplest of ablutions, so it must have been the equivalent of not being able to wash or shower for four days! The poor baby!!

She's an amazing little creature and I swear she 'knows' that it was all for her own good and that we were just taking care of her. We've had no Daisy-like sulks, just a quiet, dignified and resigned attitude toward the whole thing.

Poppy is one pretty cool cat!