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#1 ·
They are here, and they are fantastic! Photos for those who wanted them. It's incredibly hard to get good photos of cats, especially kittens! Matilda was zooming all over, and Gus Gus kept trying to crawl in my lap, so....here's what you get!

Matilda is a lavender torti, and Gus Gus is a lavender and white. NOT grey! Just so we're accurate :)

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#5 ·
Oh, nobody will meet them for a while. Nobody is hissing at the door, so that's good. Fenris was meowing for quite a while when I was in there with them this morning, though, so he may have been a bit jealous of the time I was spending in there.

I hope there are no mice for them to hunt! Matilda was VERY into the toy, though!
 
#7 ·
Better not let the breeder hear that, lol. It's genetically impossible for him to be gray!
 
#11 ·
Dang! I found golf, skiing, ice skating, a cooking show and an unidentifiable something--looked like maybe and English murder mystery.

Sigh--no racing for me--no cable or satillite. (Which I obviously don't know how to spell)

Hey, MeadowCat--what's the genetics on lavender? Is it dilution on something or maybe a double dilution? Us genetic freaks wants to know.

ABTLH
 
#16 ·
I can ask their breeder! I don't know anything about coat colors, so I'll try to find out!

They are getting more bold and sassy. They had a TINY viewing of our adult cats through about a 2 inch crack in the door. Fenris was ecstatic and wanted to meet them. Bebe was surprisingly indifferent. Shockingly, Siouxsie Sioux hissed. I thought she'd be the most laid back about them! But overall, really good reactions from everyone. There's been some paws under the door, too. No one seems at all stressed out, which is EXCELLENT.

Dogs haven't met them, but clearly know they are in the house. Richter couldn't care less. Sypha is jealous when the attention isn't on her, because of course it's ALL ABOUT SYPHA. But she'll be fine.

First vet visit (just to meet the vet and have a once-over) is today!

And, your Tuesday kitten pics!

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#12 ·
They are here, and they are fantastic! Photos for those who wanted them. It's incredibly hard to get good photos of cats, especially kittens! Matilda was zooming all over, and Gus Gus kept trying to crawl in my lap, so....here's what you get!

Matilda is a lavender torti, and Gus Gus is a lavender and white. NOT grey! Just so we're accurate :)

DSC_0043 by Shanoa Delta, on Flickr
Great photos - this one has a familiar look - something like, I am here to take over the world....and he and Matilda have >:)
 
#18 ·
Ultimately, it's personality and looks. From our breeder's website, their personality is described as "This adorable combination only hints at the mad-cap personality within – a cross, some say, between a cat, a dog, a monkey, and Dennis the Menace. They are a fun and fun-loving breed with a relaxed and social attitude rarely associated with cats. Delightfully silly in both appearance and antics, Devons are interested in everything and everyone around them. Their playful nature means Devons easily learn tricks and are always up for a game of hide-and-seek, tag, or fetch. This unique breed possesses intensely loyal, human-loving, dog-like qualities. A person must be prepared to be owned by a Devon. A Devon will eat with you, sleep with you, and perch cozily on your shoulder while you are on the computer or reading. They will follow you around the house, sit at your feet, or jump on your lap the minute you sit down."

So, I guess they remind me a bit of Dobermans, LOL! They are social and outgoing, clingy, wanting to be with you. Less aloof than many cats. And, of course, they are utterly adorable - they are supposed to be "elfin" in appearance. We'd look at some other breeds, and I also really liked Siberians, but ultimately decided I couldn't handle that level of grooming, and the personality wasn't exactly what I was looking for (although maybe down the road, who knows).

It was really fun to go to cat shows and actually meet breeds, although some breeds are far more rare than others and harder to find at shows. But the cat shows were really fun, and the owners/handlers (typically the same person) were really open and easy to talk to, and eager to tell you about their breed. Super fun!
 
#20 ·
Fingers crossed! We're trying to get in, too, of course! ;)
 
#21 ·
Good grief... they come in a huge variety of colors and patterns.... http://cfa.org/Portals/0/documents/breeds/standards/devon.pdf

These are from the CFA standard:

BLUE: blue, lighter shade preferred, one level tone from nose to
tip of tail. Sound to the roots. A sound darker shade is more
acceptable than an unsound lighter shade. Nose leather and
paw pads: blue.

LAVENDER: frosty-grey with a pinkish tone, sound throughout.
Nose leather and paw pads: lavender-pink.

So there is your visual difference between "grey" and "lavender".

Looks like they can be outcross (American Shorthair or British Shorthair) registered until 2028.

As an interesting aside, from a quick consult the great and powerful Google, it appears that each the curly coated cat breeds, the Cornish Rex, the Devon Rex, the LaPerm, and the Selkirk Rex, has a different gene that affects the coat.
 
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According to her breeder, Matilda is a lavender patched tabby. From the CFA: "PATCHED TABBY PATTERN: a patched tabby (torbie) is an established silver, brown, blue, lavender, fawn, cinnamon or chocolate tabby with patches of red or cream clearly defined on both the body and extremities; a blaze on the face is desirable."

To address outcrossing, yes, they are a breed that CFA allows outcrossing, which I think is awesome. Since the Devon Rex is descended from a single cat that was found as a mutation, genetic diversity is something that is a huge issue in the breed, and the good breeders really want to increase diversity. Diversity is even FURTHER complicated by the fact that their curl is a recessive gene. So CFA allows outcrossing to the two breeds Rosemary mentioned. My breeder actually just had a litter that was an outcross. She had previously bred her male to an American Shorthair and kept one of the offspring, a male. He was straight haired. She used him with another of her Devon females for a litter recently, and got three curly haired babies! These are F2 Devons, and they can be shown, if any turn out show quality. It was great luck they turned out curly...they had a 50% chance.

On the "curly" gene topic, the gene that causes the curl in each of those breeds is different, which I find fascinating!
 
#24 ·
I wish you could meet them!

We're back from the vet's office, where they charmed the pants off of everyone there. I thought I might come home minus a kitten... :)
 
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#29 ·
I *might* have ordered them some little sweaters, just to get them used to wearing stuff. >:)>:)>:)

And....eeek! They did meet one of our adult cats tonight! Fenris has been SO chill about them, and really wanting to meet them, we said sure. He got about 5 minutes in "their" room. Went exceedingly well.

 
#36 ·
So much more slowly...she has seen them through the door and through a baby gate. If they get too close she will hiss. She's not ready yet.
 
#39 ·
Not a dumb question at all! It's actually kind of the reverse in cats. Having two kittens together is actually recommended! It's especially recommended when you are adding a kitten to a household with resident adults. Kittens are very active and playful, obviously, and often the resident adults don't appreciate that behavior much. Two kittens will generally play together and not be so bothersome to the adults. Because cats don't go out into the world the way dogs do, for the most part, it's not really an issue to have cats bonded to each other the way we worry about dogs being too bonded.

This is a great article on socialization for cats - we're learning so much more about cat behavior now than we ever used to know. https://iaabc.org/cat/tarzan-syndro...Jth5nJ0iMogSx9gUAGmcXC2JulPiZpumeI0rP1116ca68
 
#42 ·
My apologies Gus--I'll look more carefully next time.

That was a good article--thanks for posting the link MeadowCat. Very interesting--I think I've been luck with getting cats when I had other resident cats--I kind of suspected it was because many or second (or even third) additions were feral or semiferal which would generally mean that they had exposure to other cats since most of my additions were at least adolescent when I added them.

dobebug
 
#43 ·
Today's update...do kittens need sweaters? No. Do they look utterly adorable? Unquestionably yes!

I bought some super cute fleece for the kittens. I wanted to get them used to wearing things, especially Gus, so he can wear things when we start visiting the nursing homes. At first, they weren't sure they could walk in them. They looked like drunken sailors! They'd walk backwards, fall over...I couldn't stop laughing. Eventually they figured out they were fine...mostly :) I only left them on about 15 minutes. But the cute....

Matilda:
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Gus:
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Kittens in sweaters
 
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