The resulting litter had 3 normal kittens and 3
curly coated kittens proving that the rex gene was dominant and birthing the Selkirk Rex breed.
Not exact matches
He was touted as the only
curly -
coated kitten in the country.
Both were born from tortoiseshell and white feral cats, both had fathers that could not be positively identified above rumor, and both were single
curly -
coated kittens in litters of all straight -
coated siblings.
A result of a natural genetic mutation, the first
curly -
coated kitten was found in a litter of cats in Wyoming in 1987.
Kittens are born with a dense
curly coat that straightens when they are about six - months old, returning to full curl when they are 1 to 1-1/2 years old.
In 1950, a
curly -
coated, cream - colored
kitten was born in a litter of otherwise normal -
coated barn cats in Cornwall, England.
One of the
kittens, a brownish - black male that Cox named Kirlee, had the same short,
curly coat as his father.
Generally a Devon Rex
kitten born with a nice,
curly coat will maintain a
curly coat as an adult.