Andreas - it's gonna get better, you just need patience and a bit of time :D To cheer you up, here's a pic of my hand from a year ago, when Nuno was a cute little kitten... And this pic doesn't even show half the scars I had (some of them I still have) :D BTW - Gizmo is totally adorable! :))) Bet you're gonna take tons of smashing pics of him. Niu