Neon-Cat Devon Rex

Every cat-lover should have a Devon Rex once in their lifetime.

Twila - little pixie in the sunshine - kitten photo

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Welcome to Neon-Cat Devon Rex, home of the friendliest Devon cats and Devon kittens in the whole USA! You might just find your special feline campanion right here... 

Neon-Cat is a small CFA registered cattery located in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Although we've retired from showing, we've been active in the cat fancy since 1989. To our great delight we've been involved and devoted solely to Devon Rex since 1994. We're a member of the Better Business Bureau of Fort Worth and Tarrant County.

Here our Devons live and grow up in a clean, neat home environment with lots of love and attention. The Devons freely enjoy the companionship of other kitties and their canine friend. They also take an active interest in watching their favorite bird families, squirrels, and geckos from safe window vantage points inside.  

Kittens may go to responsible pet owners and families beginning at 13–16 weeks of age. Neon-Cat's standard contract calls for kittens and cats to be kept indoors and treated like royalty. All Neon-Cats leave home healthy. From time-to-time there are males and females available to established breeders.

Our cattery is what is called a "closed cattery" - there are no queens sent out for breeding nor are there any cats taken in for breeding. This policy helps keep our Devon family healthy. Queens love being mothers and maintain excellent condition and health throughout pregnancy and nursing. They are bred as appropriate for them and to prevent feline uterine complications from too widely spaced inactivity. In over twenty years of breeding we have never had a major disease ourbreak, herpes, calici, and FIP included (see: "Devon Rex Client Education" section). We have been truly blessed. All adults and kittens are routinely vaccinated and wormed. We are a feline leukemia/FIV negative cattery. All incoming cats/kittens were isolated and tested for feline leukemia/FIV on day one and then again after 28 days to ensure that we remain a
feline leukemia/FIV negative cattery. Individual kittens are not routinely tested, but can be if a prospective owner so desires.

Warranties

In the unlikely event of a genetic or congenital defect that may come to light in the first year, a replacement kitten will be provided when available if a complete veterinary record can be provided directly from your veterinarian to my veterinarian.

Wellness checks on your kitten, where desired, should be accomplished 1-2 days after adoption.

There are no cash refunds, and deposit fees are non-refundable, although hardship cases may, at my sole discretion, warrant the return of the deposit.

Your warranty becomes void if terms of sale are violated. For example, declawing your kitten or cat voids all warranties. 

The use of Griseofulvin (Fulvicin) or Ketoconazole (Nizoral) voids your warranty.  

Policies

Pricing and terms will be discussed with you during your initial telephone call and all kittens are priced alike for the year 2016 regardless or sex or color. There is a special pair price available.

A $300.00 non-refundable deposit reserves your selected kitten ($400.00 for two) until it is time for the kitten(s) to leave home. Deposits should arrive in a timely fashion (7 days or less). A kitten is not reserved until I have received your deposit. You will be notified by telephone when your deposit arrives.

We do not maintain a waiting list. The color, patterns, and sexes of future kittens cannot be predicted with accuracy. If you are interested in a Devon Rex, please check back periodically.

If you or someone in your family has an allergy to normal cats, or suffers from asthma or experiences hives around cats, this must be disclosed prior to an adoption agreement between us. In the rare event the placement fails due to allergy, a refund in the amount of the resale value of the kitten less deposit/service fee will be provided. The purchaser will be responsible for all travel costs incurred for the return of the kitten. In no case will I be held responsible for medical expenses related to your purchase of these kittens. I do not advertise our Devon Rex as hypoallergenic. Home visits are encouraged if you have not met a Devon before - it provides a quick but non-definitive check on your tolerance to Devon Rex.

Kittens and cats will be kept as an indoor pets only.

Kittens and cats will not be declawed. 

If you feel you have 'special circumstances' that entitle you to declaw your kitten or cat, please find and work with another breeder who condones declawing.  

Before they leave home, kittens here routinely receive two core vaccinations (FVRCP) and check-ups by a licensed veterinarian. The FVRCP consists of coverage for the three main diseases implicated in feline disease: Feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1), Feline calicivirus (FCV), and Feline panleukopenia (FPV).

Diagnostic testing via PCR panels specific for feline URI have become widely available. A recently vaccinated kitten may have positive results when tested via PCR and this is not cause for alarm. Due to the nature of the PCR test itself, both live (field or vaccine strains) and inactivated (killed) virus may be detected. Thus, a positive PCR test result on a sample from an individual kitten has little meaning in and of itself. It does indicate that your kitten did, in fact, recently receive his/her vaccinations.  

Adults have always received routine, prophylactic worming throughout the year for common feline parasites and kittens begin a set worming protocol beginning about day 28. Spot checks are occasionally performed by our vet. Breeding queens and studs also receive regular cardiac ultrasound testing.

We have several family lines each with there own distinct 'look'. For example, some cats will have more coat than others and some cats may be bigger-boned than others from more petite lines. All our adults have full rich coats.

Coat and the Devon Rex kitten molt:

Some kittens molt, e.g., lose their coat between the 5th and 10th week. This is normal and is a feature of some family lines of Devon Rex. Molted kittens will regrow their coats from about 3 1/2 months to 6 - 10 months of age. Kittens may become totally furless like Pix (below). All our kittens will eventually develop soft, wavy coats. Some patience may be required. During their molted phase, kittens may exhibit scratches or pricks from playing with one another or, at the owners' homes, from playing with other animals. Here kittens may engage in "mock nursing" - it is a social thing and comforting to them. The rare kitten will self-nurse or attempt to nurse the arm of his human. Hickies may result. Kittens outgrown this mock-nursing. We do not brush Devon Rex - their beautiful coat is soft and rather fragile - brushing will pull out fur. Once in awhile when young, a mother cat will over-groom a baby with resultant fur loss. Over-grooming most commonly occurs around the tail, rear legs, or face and head area. This lost fur will regrow.

Pixs - an example of a molted Devon Rex kitten; Pixs has actually started the regrowth of her fur, she was totally hairless a few weeks ago, pretending to be a Sphynx; 11-30-12

Grooming:

Ears in young Devon Rex may be very waxy; the waxy is dark-brown in color. Weekly gentle ear cleaning is recommended. Trim nails at the same time ears are done - the nails of kittens are needle-sharp.

Molted Devon kittens and young kittens in general will have a slightly oily coat (or skin) and may require bathing every week. The skin oil is brownish in color and can be irritating to skin. Oils also provide an excellent medium for bacterial and fungal growth, so bathing is important.

Both ear wax and skin oil production subside as kittens age. Adult Devon Rex are very low maintenance, requiring bathing only if they get into something, or, in the case of those clients having allergies, as needed for allergen mitigation. Devon fur is soft and easily broken; there is no need to brush a Devon Rex. Brushing may remove fur.  

Kittens begin to self-groom about 7-8 weeks of age, sometimes sooner, sometimes later. Here baby Aster tidies up after a breakfast of wet food. Photo from 11-8-13.

Eye color:

All kittens are born with blue eyes that change color as they age, often beginning with a semi-gray phase that then develops the adult eye color. Although from time-to-time we do have kittens who have odd eyes (one blue and one gold or green) or permanent blue eyes they are extremely rare in non-white cats and kittens. These blue and odd-eyes non-white cats get this trait from one of our lines of "and white" (piebald gene) Devons.

Ideally, eyes should be almond-shaped, as exhibited by young Izabella. She's six months old in this photo from 8-27-15. Izabella's eye color is gold. Dusk has her eyes widely dilated - cats have excellent night vision.

New this year are pointed Devon babies - they have the Siamese pattern and lovely blue eyes as adults. Pointed Devons are also called "Si-Rex".

Brandon - young red lynx point & white with blue eye color

Sadie's kittens - 3 days old on 3-27-14; there are two pointed Devon boys, Brandon and Seamus, and a red tabby girl, Christine; all pointed kittens are born white - their color pattern will develop in a week or two and continue to deepen over the next month. Their faces, feet, legs, and tails will be in a contrast color to their whitish body color. These pointed Devons will have pretty blue eyes as adults and nice wavy coats. Kittens are born with their eyes closed - eyes open between the 5th and 10th day. They will begin to hear around 2+ weeks of age.

Also brand new this year are the mink series of pointed Devons. Like Tonkinese, Devon Rex can host the cs/cb genes (cs Siamese; cb Burmese) to form a darker verison of a pointed kitty. They are quite lovely. Their eye color as adults will be a non-flashing blue-green.

Virgil - natural mink boy at 7 weeks old;  7-29-15

Devon Rex can have about 1900 different colors and patterns. You can read more about Devon Rex colors and patterns on the CFA website: 

http://cfa.org/Portals/0/documents/breeds/standards/devon.pdf

Food:

Kittens begin life eating Royal Canin kitten dry food and Nature's Recipe Grain Free at about 5-6 weeks of age. Kittens also eat 2-3 meals a day of wet canned food (Iams, Nutro Max, and Science Diet). Young kittens wean to the wet food first before learning to eat dry food. All things being relatively equal, our food choices are based on what the kittens and cats really like and will eat readily. Adults do very well on a 50/50 mix of Iams Original Chicken and Nature's Recipe Grain Free. It is recommended that you feed your kitten or cat a balanced feline diet. Cats are obligate carnivores and do not require veggies and may find foods with herbs and vegetables hard to digest. Look for AAFCO labeling on food bags and cans to assure that the food meets the nutritional levels established for felines. Kittens should be started on the foods they are use to and familiar with here; if you wish to switch foods, do so gradually to avoid digestive upset. Devon Rex kittens and cats love to eat and a few human snacks and tidbits can be shared. Avoid spicy foods and foods with garlic and onion.

All tuckered-out: Austin and Evie fast asleep in their food bowl. Danny (left) is greatly perplexed - to wake them or not??

Leave dry food out so that your kitten or cat can snack throughout the day (free feeding) unless weight gain is an issue with an adult. Here little Izabella gets a snack. Kittens need calories all day long. 

Devons, a smallish, lively breed (5–8 pounds adult weight, sometimes a little larger depending on family lines), eat and drink about three times as much as ordinary cat-cats. We free-feed adults and kittens here. In addition to their dry food, kittens also eat 2-4 meals per day of wet canned cat food. Adult cats eat dry Iams original chicken formula. Adults also eat wet food 2-3 times a week as a supplement to their dry food. The wet food most often fed here is Iams or Nutro.  

Just hours old, Devon babies can easily drink 3 cc of milk.

Cat Litter:

Our litter of choice is Tidy Cat clumping litter. Devons are very good about using their litter boxes and kittens adjust well to other brands of cat litter. They do like a clean litter box.

I cannot be responsible for the future health of your kitten -- they have been given an excellent start here, the rest is up to you. In the very rare event that a genetic or congenital defect comes to light in the first year of life a replacement kitten will be offered.

See the "Devon Rex Client Education" section of the website for more information on your Devon Rex and his/her care.

At the breeder's

Some folks spend up to an hour or so playing with kittens and adults while meeting the feline family.

Samantha & her kitten Sancy, a blue-silver tabby & white girl; photo from 6-23-07

Samantha & Sancy; 6-23-07

Samantha & Sancy; 6-23-07

Watch here below as Rosco adopts Magda when she came to visit:

Rosco checks out Magda's hat and hair 10-22-12

Rosco adopts Magda 10-22-12

Rosco: "Yes, Magda is the one for me" (10-22-12)

Devons are Fun!

Devons are very intelligent and amenable to teaching and training (within reason - they are still cats).  

Gaylene's Itsey - on leash and out for a stroll with mom; April 2014 

Devons love to be with their owners and travel well. With their adventurous spirit, zest for life, and fearless nature Devons do well in a variety of situations. Many Devon Rex are known to love to perch on their owner's and friend's shoulders. 

Chris with Eliigrace - out for a drive. 

Noella's Polly - cruising! May 2014

Mazzy with "mom" DeAnn - cruising down the highways of life together ; August 2014 

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Marian Gooding as Neon-Cat or neoncat@flash.net or neoncat.marian@gmail.com maintains only this web site and a Flickr Photo site on the internet. There are many people using the name or label Neon-Cat or other similar names.

Check out the ceramic art work on Flickr. Some work features Devon Rex and other animals, real or mythical.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/neon-cat/ 

The internet is a wonderful place but you can't believe everything you read...

More photos soon... 

Devon Rex Kittens for Adoption

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As of Sunday, 9-22-16, there are sweet, fiery red and red & white baby Devon Rex who will be available for the start of Fall, September, 2016.

For the start of Fall, there will be a Fall special Sept. 22- Oct. 9 with reduced pricing on the red color kittens only ($700.00). Visits and adoptions to occur during this period. After that, I'll be busy setting up the new art studio.

For mid- to late-October, there is a sweet and lively cream tabby girl ("Dina"). Visits, reservations, and adoptions will be at times mutually convenient.

For November and Dec. there will be reds and red points.

Please scroll down the right side of this website to see available kitten photos. Kitten photos are grouped under captions for individual named kittens, i.e., "Tigger", "Leopold", "Sabor", "Sydney", "Mackenzie", "Christy", and "Peyton" for the red colored kitties. 

The kittens have molted but will have nice coats in a few months. All are very sweet and very personable.

Call: 817-377-2015

This number can't take texts or receive photos; you need to "un-cloak" to talk to me; I can't take calls from unknown callers. Top priority is given to those who call - I am not currently looking at emails but I am available by telephone.

Marian Gooding

neoncat.marian@gmail.cat

Tigger

Tigger (top) and Leopold (bottom) in action; 15 weeks old; 9-19-16

Tigger - red spotted mackerel tabby boy. This photo from 9-10-16 shows Tigger's spots (actually broken tabby stripes). Spotted tabby is one of the four types of tabby pattern found in cats. In our lines, mackerel tabby, spotted tabby, and classic tabby are the three tabby patterns exhibited by the kittens and cats. Notice Tigger's characteristic tabby "M" above his eyes, and the white/light eye shadow tabbies display around their eyes. Tigger's red color shades to a creamish color down his lower legs and paws. Tabbies may also have a necklace of color around their necks, as can be seen in the 4th photo down of Tigger. Photo from 9-10-16. 

Tigger steps over Leopold as his name is called. Tigger is a talker - he joyfully makes a wide variety of cute vocalizations throughout the day. Photo from 9-10-16.

Tigger and the cat track; 12 ½ weeks old; 9-4-16

Tigger at 11 ½ weeks old; his eyes are beginning to develop a little green color; 8-27-16

Tigger - playful and very alert. Tigger is a 10 weeks old, red spotted mactabby & white boy; 8-17-16

Tigger: "Wow, those baby squirrels outside play just like us!" 8-17-16

Tigger on the go; 8-17-16

Tigger - red spotted mackerel tabby boy; 4 weeks old; 7-8-16

Tigger on the go; 7-8-16

Tigger. Red spotted mackerel tabbies have a broken pattern that often gives the appearance of spots. When older, Tigger will exhibit a uniform red color. Photo from 7-8-16. 

Tigger gets his walking legs; 7-8-16

Tigger - 4 weeks old; 7-8-16

Leopold

Leopold - busy collecting his toys; 15 weeks old; 9-19-16

Leopold - yee-haw; 9-19-16

Leopold - paper towel thief! Leopold is a quick and spirited red spotted tabby boy; 12 ½ weeks old; 9-4-16

Leopold - surprised. Leopold is molted but will have a nice red coat in a few months; 9-4-16

Leopold (right) with Sabor - sleepy kittens at dusk; 11 ½ weeks old; 8-27-16

Leopold - red spotted mactabby boy at 10 weeks old; 8-17-16

Leopold - sweet and inquisitive; 8-17-16

Leopold and Rita Cheetah; 8-17-16

Leopold - red spotted mackerel tabby & white boy at 4 weeks old; 7-9-16

Leopold - 4 weeks old; 7-9-16

Leopold - boldly striking out in the world; 7-9-16

Four week old Leopold meets 10 week old Klaus; 7-9-16

Leopold sandwiched between older cousins Klaus and Stella; 7-9-16

Leopold gets a lesson in posing from Stella; 7-9-16

Sabor

Sabor and the teaser; 9-19-16

Sabor - little athlete; 15 weeks old; 9-19-16

Sabor - a serene pose; Sabor is 12 ½ weeks old; he's a red spotted tabby & white boy; 9-4-16

Sabor - thoughtful moment; 9-4-16

Sabor on the run; 9-4-16

Sabor with Rafiki - fast cat teaser action; 9-4-16

Sabor - playful, red spotted mackerel tabby & white boy at 10 weeks old; 8-18-16

Sabor on weather-watch; he stays attuned to everything; 8-17-16

Sabor - a dreamy moment; 8-17-16

Sabor - red spotted mackerel tabby & white boy; 4 weeks old; 7-9-16

Sabor; 4 weeks old; 7-9-16

At four weeks old age kittens are just beginning to get a hang of walking. They also begin to express an interest in the wet food that their mother's eat. Soon this little litter of kittens (called a "kindle") will begin eating.

The all girl litter - a super friendly, purring bunch

The girls are all ears as they listen to the dinner menu; 7-31-16

Girl power! 8-18-16

Peyton

Peyton - headshot; 14 weeks old; 9-21-16

Peyton and the blue feather teaser;  9-21-16

Peyton goes after the teaser; 9-21-16

Peyton - her serious look; 9-21-16

Peyton - life with little aliens - they feel like soft suede when molted; 9-21-16

Peyton - molted baby with skin wrinkles; 9-21-16

Peyton - a night time photo; 9-21-16

Peyton 14 weeks old; 9-21-16

Peyton (right) with Christy (left); 9-20-16

Peyton - lively, molted, red spotted tabby & white girl, 14 weeks old; 9-19-16

Peyton in a sunshower with her sisters; 9 weeks old; 8-18-16

Peyton - cute little red tabby & white girl at 6 weeks old; 7-25-16

Peyton - 6 weeks old; 7-25-16

Peyton; 7-25-16

Peyton and her new friend Rafiki;  7-25-16

Sydney

Sydney - molted, red classic tabby; 14 weeks old; 9-20-16

Sydney; she'll have a nice coat in another few months (after her molt); 9-20-16

Sydney - pretty red classic tabby girl, 14 weeks old; 9-19-16

Sydney - cute little red classic tabby girl at 9 weeks old; 8-18-16

Sydney - little imp - pouncing me. Syndey is always purring! 8-18-16

Mackenzie

Mackenzie" "Did I hear my name?" 9-21-16

Mackenzie - molted, red spotted tabby & white girl; 14 weeks old. Mackenzie will have a lovely coat in another few months; 9-21-16

Mackenzie - night photo; 9-21-16

Mackenzie; you can see all thier little skin wrinkles when kittens molt; 9-21-16

Mackenzie does a little kitty shuffle; 9-21-16

Mackenzie on the move; 9-21-16

Mackenzie - pretty and spunky, red spotted tabby & white girl at 9 weeks old; 8-18-16

Mackenzie - gloriously big ears! 8-18-16

Christy

Christy - red spotted mackerel tabby & white girl; 14 weeks old. Christy is molted but will have a nice coat in a few months; 9-20-16

Christy (left) and Mackenzie (right); 9-20-16

Felicity

Felicity - tortie & white girl; 13 weeks old; 9-20-16

Felicity - tortie and white girl - 13 weeks old; 9-20-16

Felicity on the go; 9-20-16

Felicity (left) and Mackenzie (right) pal around; 9-19-16

Felicity (left) and Mackenzie (right); 9-19-16

 The mid-October girl

Dina

Dina - cream tabby girl at 10 weeks old; 9-20-16

Dina - trying out her moves; 9-20-16

Baby Dina finds a place in the sun; 9-20-16

Dina - cream tabby girl - almost 8 weeks old; she's not sure what we're doing with the flashy camera; 9-5-16

Dina on the go; 9-5-16

Dina - curious kitten (she's forgotten the camera is present); 9-5-16

Dina - cute and curious kitten; 9-5-16

More photos of kittens coming soon...

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Watch your reserved kitten grow or see cute examples of style, type, and color in the "Snapshots" section of this website (the site menu is in the left upper corner of this main page). More photos are on the other site pages.

New photo update 9-6-16 for those who have reserved a baby.

Kittens always look larger than they are in photos.

Your 14-16 week-old kittens will be small when they leave home and should have all the protection afforded a human baby.

Kittens readily learn new names - while here, I like them all to have names.

Adopt a new love today!