The Devon Rex

The Devon Rex is a very interesting breed. The breed has its origins in a stray cat who gave birth to a kitten with a curly coat. Loose curls, low set large ears, a tiny face are the distinguishing features of cats in this breed. Their fur coats vary. Some in the breed have rather short hair coats giving the appearance of suede while others have moppy curls all over. If you have a Devon, close to the fireside is the place where they love to laze around. Devons are especially fond of warm places. Devons love jumping around and are majorly fond of food.

Points for disqualification include a narrow, long, round head, a short muzzle, small or high set ears; short, bare, or bushy tail and a straight or shaggy coat.

Other disqualifying features include, absence of a fur coat, kinked or abnormal tail, incorrect number of toes and crossed eyes.

Acceptable solid coat colours include white, black, blue, red, cream, chocolate, lavender, cinnamon, fawn. Shaded patterns too are acceptable like shaded silver, blue shaded, chocolate shaded, lavender shaded, cameo shaded, cinnamon shaded...the list of acceptable colours in this breed is long.

The devout breeder may check out the breed standards for a detailed list.