Thank you Erin - btw. that pic was taken with the cheapo 18-55mm kit lens that comes with the Canon, really nothing special. But I was very close so it worked even though the widest aperture at the tele end is only f/5.6. Look at the EXIF on flickr - it was shot at f/5.6. The kit lens actually has quite a good (=short) min. distance. IMHO that cheap lens is much better than most reviews will have you believe - they all make it sound like a totally horrible useless lens - so not true.
@Elli: oh, I didn't know there were no satin campbells in the US. It's really different it even feels different when you stroke their fur. My normal furred ones feel, well, "woolly"
But the satin ones feel like... hmmm... a bit like touching a satin or silk dress.