I agree.

kili

yup!! Jasmine does the whole  Royal Snob I will Accept your adoration with
Disdain thing, but she's a big softy, and she's my nurse when I'm sick! Just
after she came to us, we had to move, and a cat carrier couldn't be found
for love or money in our town, so she travelled nearly 2000 kms on my lap.
She wnt walkies on a leash every three hours, and lets just say I have never
got the white cat fur totally out of the car since!! We went from minus 0
deg celsius temperatures to 24 deg in two days, so she shed fur like
anything!!

You could be right; I'll never know for sure.  I've had her almost 5 years,
and they estimated her age at 2 when I adopted her.

She trusts me more and more all the time, but still not completely.  I know
it may never be completely, but I take what I can get.  I take things at her
speed, except when I have to pick her up to go to the vet (only once for a
problem, thank goodness -- she's very healthy).  In our early days together,
she was OK being petted on her back, but not on her head or legs.  Over time
she has gotten to like having her neck and the top of her head skritched,
and I can stroke her legs and gently take hold of her paws for a couple of
seconds at a time.  (One day I'd like to be able to trim her claws, but I
won't do it if it means a struggle.)  She no longer scurries out of the way
every time I walk by her, and she actually comes over to me for attention
sometimes.

Sandy