I'm lucky with her fur. Her mum is actually a tiny short-haired tabby who hadn't been watched close enough before being desexed. Her mum and aunt - litter mates - had been taken down to the vets to be desexed at 6 months of age, only to be told they were too late.

No-one ever saw daddy. All we know of him was that he was big, fast and furry! Cally is more than twice the size of her mum, but is classed as a medium coat rather than a long coat.

And she loves being brushed. I only have to wave the brush at her and she comes running. Her sister (the only other surviving kitten from that litter) is exactly the same. Sooty belongs to ts5000's mum and is a tiger stiped grey medium-coat tabby and she absolutely adores being brushed.