Devons remain kittens for life, they are renowned for there mountaineering skills at climbing curtains and leaping onto backs where they love to wrap themselves around your neck like a scarf. They are the clowns of the cat world and will never cease to amaze you with there wicked antics.

These are muscular yet dainty cats, very agile and playfull, doglike in character,they love to wag and thump there tails when happy, bury there food and retrieve objects.

Pixie like in appearance with their big eyes, huge ears, long necks and curly coats and whiskers you either love them or hate them.

HEAD:- Wedge shaped with face ful-cheeked,short muzzle with strong chin and whisker break.Nose with well-defined stop.Forehead curving back to a wide skull.

EARS:- Large,set low and wide apart,very wide at the base,tapering to rounded tops and well covered with fine fur.With or without muffs and tufts.

EYES:- Wide set,large,oval shaped and sloping towards outer edges of ears.Any colour acceptable.

BODY,LEGS & NECK:- Body hard and muscular,slender and of medium length,broad chest carried high on slim legs,with length of hind legs emphasised.Paws small and oval.Neck slender.

TAIL:- Long,fine and tapering,well covered with short fur.

COAT:- Very short and fine,wavy,curly,and soft;can have a rippled effect.Some short guard hairs are acceptable.Whiskers and eyebrows crinkled,rather course and of medium length.

COLOURS:- All coat colours,patterns and colour combinations are acceptable,including any white markings on any coat pattern.

GRAND PREMIER  ORABILL ORMER-Cream-Smoke
Coat short and fine with the rippled effect.

Devon Rex are not compatable with Cornish Rex.Such matings are undesirable.The kittens from these matings will be registered on the reference register and cannot be considered variants.They cannot be used in either Rex breeding programme and should be placed on the non-active register.

Under no circumstances should any cat with Sphynx ancestory be introduced,hairlessness contradics the coat quality required for Rex cats.

Breeders are advised not to bred from Devon Rex or Devon Rex Variants with longhair.The longhair gene has been present in the breed since the beginging,as Kirlee was a proven longhair carrier.

Breeders shall ensure that any Devon,Devon Rex Variant from which they breed,shall be registered with the GCCF in accordance with the present rules.

The majority of matings are most likely to be between Devon Rex x Devon Rex and Devon Rex x Devon Rex Variant,but to ensure maximum benefit from an out-crossing Devon Rex Variant x Devon Rex Variant matings are also necessary.

Normal coated progeny from Variant to Variant  cannot be considered variants as this can only be proven by test matings.

Breeds that have been approved for use in out-crossings are:- Abbyssinian,British Shorthair,Burmese,and Korat.All other breeds are listed as non-approved.

Devon Rex with at least 3 generations of Devon Rex x Devon Rex breeding in there pedigrees are registered with the GCCF on the full register.Any  Devon Rex variants appearing in the 4th and 5th generation of the pedigree must have been bred from the approved list of breeds.

All cats used for breeding should be blood typed as two blood types A and B have been confirmed in Devon Rex.Percentage as of 2001 is 50/50.

Problems can occur when blood type A kittens are born to a blood type B Queen,due to the B type Queens having strong antibodies against type As red blood cells,which may result in the death of the kittens if they are allowed to suckle there mothers colostrums. It is also important to know that cats with the rare blood type B can die if given a transfusion from the more common type A blood.