That's is bull they need to be brushed daily and then they still shed like crazy My eldest cat Stardust she is a British Blue and she is an absolutely stunning looking cat but the amount of fur she looses just in one single pat is phenomenal if I don't brush her with this special shedding brush...
My youngest Comet is a pretty skittish cat at least he runs away from everyone apart from me but that's probably 'cause I was there when he was born and I helped tear open his amniotic sack or he would have died but that's a different story... there was a time when comet wouldn't even come to me...