Because of our dedication to the breeding for health program we have, over the years, introduced many cats to our lines. We feel these invaluable contributors deserve their very own page! When we started our breeding program we knew it would mean years of hard work and expense, but felt confident that the cause was very worthwhile. We have worked totally together with Melanie Odey of Yedolem Cattery to make this all possible.
Our goals are to continue to expand Devon Rex lines that are bred 'safe' from spasticity and pseudohaemophilia, and also to avoid if possible, introducing other genetic problems known to be carried in other breeds. The results: healthy robust Devon Rex cats that will live long lives with their families. We can, with a clear conscience, send these cats to their loving homes knowing that we have done everything possible to ensure their ongoing good health.
All of our program plans for out crossing have received approvals from the NZCF National Genetics Committee, and we wish to acknowledge and thank them for their regular encouragement and kind support. We have followed the requirements of the NZCF Genetics Committee from the outset in placing ourselves as new breeders for a period of three years under the supervision of Ginny Rastall and her late partner Wayne Rastall, of Enneads Cattery, who have kindly guided us and also provided support, during that period and continue to do so. The out cross matings have permission to continue to continue until 2011. Devon Rex breeders who are interested in acknowledging genetic issues and addressing them openly and honestly have a long and often lonely road to travel. Below is a very brief summary of ten years hard work, both rewarding, and, at times, heart breaking.

Prabhassara Thisall Do Me Red Pastel Devon Rex	Owned by Ginny and Wayne Rastall, Reuben (Prabhassara Thisall Do Me) is virtually our lines equivalent to Kirlee, he is the foundation sire for our New Zealand line. Although not a typey cat himself, he sired some very typey kittens, including Enneads Pinkle a gen 3 boy., not at all photogenic, and very dirty, as in a cat who rolled in dirt, I often wonder if it was nature helping him to prevent sun damage, being a cream cat? Reuben is the father of Enneads Pinkle and an ancestor of most of our New Zealand Devon Rex Line.
Enneads Rickhoon & Fibblewitz Periwinkle Brown Tabby Devon Rex gen 3 x Blue Silver Torbie Bicolour Devon Rex Variant gen 1	We started with our delightful cat bred by Ginny and Wayne Rastall. Ricky and Periwinkle had several litters, and he fathered an out cross litter before he was sadly killed by our new boxer dog as a young cat. Periwinkle then joined our household, our foundation queen an Abyssinian x Devon Rex out cross.
Enneads Andi Cola Chocolate Mink Devon Rex Variant gen 1	Thankfully Enneads Andi Cola, a Chocolate Smoke Tonkinese Devon Rex (Gen 1) Variant, Ricky's son and an out cross to a healthy lilac oriental was still entire, to help continue his line. Andi Cola produced kittens with amazing natures, however several of his litters produced kittens with heart abnormalities, so in the interest of improving the health of the breed we sadly stopped using Andi or his progeny.
Fibblewitz Periwinkle & Enneads Pinkle Blue Silver Torbie Bicolour Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Cream Pastel Bicolour Devon Rex gen 3	Periwinkle and Pinkle produced Wisecracks Demanda Devon, no prizes for guessing why she received that name, last in a litter of all Devon Rex Variant kittens. Demanda is a delightful cat and adores kittens, anyone's kittens.
Wisecracks Demanda & Wisecracks Harley Henderson Devon Blue Silver Torbie Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2 Black Harlequin Domestic gen 0	Demanda went to a domestic boy Harley Henderson and we kept a Devon Rex Variant boy Yammy Paw. Sadly Yammy has produced a kitten who developed HCM, and this line of breeding has been discontinued. Luckily Pinkle was also mated to Elle Macfurrperson, an Exotic x Domestic girl whose line we are still using.
Enneads Elle Macfurperson & Enneads Pinkle Blue Torbie Harlequin Domestic x Exotic (Gen 0) Cream Pastel Bicolour Devon Rex (gen 3)	Elle had a glorious litter of Devon Rex Variants,, and from this litter Enneads Inca Hootz was chosen to continue a line for breeding. She has contributed a lovely short fore face, good nose break, and beautiful coat to the lines.
Enneads Inca Hootz & Enneads Hocus Pocus Blue Silver Torbie Harlequin Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Brown Tabby Devon Rex gen 3	Inca very kindly produced Bing Crossbreed when she was mated to Enneads Hocus Pocus aka Okey. Okey retired to be a totally loved house cat, and sadly in March of 2009 he was put to sleep at over 16 years of age.
Enneads Inca Hootz & Enneads Bing Crossbreed Blue Silver Torbie Harlequin Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Blue Silver Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2	Bing Crossbreed was mated back to his mother and we kept Wisecracks Marvin Graye, a big solid boy with a very gentle nature and lovely coat. Marvin worked hard in his short time with us, and retired to a lovely home.
Wisecracks Marvin Graye & Fibblewitz Arabella Blue Silver Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2 Black Smoke Torbie Bicolour Devon Rex gen 4	Arabella and Marvin produced our dear wee Ba Zooka, a gentle, charming boy aka The Caulifower.
Witzend Eva Purron & Wisecracks Marvin Graye Seal Tortie Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 3 Blue Silver Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2	Marvin and Eva produced a lovely litter, including Yedolem Argie and Vita.
Yedolem Vita & Wisecracks Ba Zooka Brown Tabby Devon Rex gen 3 Black Silver Tabby Harlequin Devon Rex gen 3	Vita produced a litter to our boy Wisecracks Ba Zooka, sadly the girl we would have kept had a very unpleasant nature, although she was beautiful, we did not want this nature in our lines. Her brother was a delight.
Yedolem Gretel & Yedolem Argie Seal Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 3 Blue Silver Bicolour Devon Rex gen 3	Yedolem Spider Monkey aka Monica and Wisecracks Oscar produced the stunning Gretel. Gretel and Argie blessed us with a lovely litter, and even added a lucky fourth kitten Perizada two days after his litter mates! Tragically Gretel died suddenly from an overwhelming infection, while nursing kittens. The kittens were fostered and Yedolem Perizada & Yedolem Delpfinia pictured below were kept for our breeding for health program and are both hopefully going to produce some lovely Devons.
	Yedolem Delpfinia & Perizada Gretel & Argies Offspring
Yedolem Flurry & Wisecracks Ba Zooka Blue Smoke Tortie Mink Devon Rex gen 2 Black Silver Tabby Harlequin Devon Rex gen 3	Ba Zooka is the father of Wisecracks Min Orca and Yedolem Blue Mistral, Gabby Gale and Tai Foon. He has produced many delightful kittens with his sweet wee voice and gentle nature. Flurry produced kittens with much better heads than herself, with amazing loving natures and glorious coats. Sadly Flurry was killed shortly after moving to a lovely pet home.
	Yedolem Gabby Gail Blue Silver Tabby Harlequin Devon Rex gen 3 Yedolem Blue Mistral Blue Silver Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 3 Yedolem Tai Foon Red Silver Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 3 Flurry & Ba Zooka's Offspring
Witzend Eva Purron & Witzend Doc Marten Seal Tortie Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 3 Chocolate Point Tonkinese (Outcross)	Witzend Eva Purron is one of our foundation girls, she was out crossed to Witzend Doc Marten and produced our darling Yedolem What's The Point more commonly known as Snooker, because of his stunning chocolate balls! Both cats were bred by Lynn Davis of Witzend Cattery at Waiuku - Doc Marten was a very well regarded registered Chocolate Tonkinese , and popular with several Tonkinese breeders for reliably producing progeny with wonderful temperament. Snooker had added to our breeding program, his kittens are so affectionate, and delightful to live with.
Fibblewitz Arabella & Yedolem What's The Point Black Smoke Tortie Bicolour Devon Rex gen 4 Chocolate Smoke Mink Devon Rex Variant gen 1	Snooker and Arabella are the parents of Oscar, Snooker lives on Shortland Street, his claim to fame and has also left us with the divine Wisecracks Oscar, whose kittens are without fail, loving and delightful.
Yedolem I Spiedher & Wisecracks Gus Chocolate Tortie Mink Devon Rex gen 2 Black Bicolour Domestic Out cross gen 0	Our darling shoulder perching Spiedher left us a single kitten when mated to Gus, the black charmer Devon Rex Variant Wisecracks Man Devillia
Yedolem Spider Monkey & Wisecracks Oscar Black Bicolour Domestic Outcross gen 0 Chocolate Tortie Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 2	Oscar and Spider Monkey aka Monica produced a glorious litter from who after much deliberation we decided to keep Yedolem Gretel. Tragically Gretel died suddenly from an overwhelming infection, while nursing kittens. The kittens were fostered and Yedolem Perizada & Yedolem Delpfinia are both hopefully going to produce some lovely Devons. Luckily we were able to repeat this mating and have kept, Yedolem Brown Howler and Yedolem Brown Titi, both Seal Smoke Mink Devon Rex Beauties.
Wisecracks Domestic Bliss & Wisecracks Oscar Black Classic Torbie Bicolour Domestic Outcross gen 0 Seal Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 2	Snooker's son Oscar has also been busy and has produced our lovely Jezebel from a mating to a cat called Wisecracks Domestic Bliss.
Wisecracks Painted Jezebel & Wisecracks Man Devillia Black Smoke Tortie Bicolour Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Black Smoke Devon Rex Variant gen 1	Jezebel and Man Devillia produced six gorgeous kittens in December 2008, only one being a Devon Rex clinging Ivy who has stayed with us for breeding
	Wisecracks Clinging Ivy Black Smoke Tortie Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2 Jezebel x Man Devillia's Daughter
Yedolem Spider Monkey aka Monica & Yedolem Turbo Tiga Seal Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 2 Cream Silver Tabby Domestic Out cross gen 0	In 2006 Eva and her daughter Monica both went to a handsome Domestic boy by the name of Turbo Tiga. Monica had a lovely litter of Blue silver Tabby kittens from which we kept Yedolem Zefurr Blue Silver Tabby Devon Rex Variant gen 1
Yedolem Zefurr Blue Silver Torbie Devon Rex Variant gen 1	Yedolem Zefurr Blue Silver Torbie Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Daughter of Spider Monkey & Turbo Tiga
Witzend Eva Purron & Yedolem Turbo Tiga Seal Tortie Mink Devon Rex gen 3 Cream Silver Tabby Domestic Out cross gen 0	From Eva and Turbo's litter we kept the big passionate Yedolem Thor Nado Blue Silver Tabby Devon Rex Variant gen 1 and his sister Yedolem Nadia Blue Silver Tabby Devon Rex Variant gen 1
	Yedolem Nadia Blue Silver Torbie Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Yedolem Thor Nado Blue Silver Tabby Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Daughter & Son of Eva Purron & Turbo Tiga
These beautiful Devon Rex Variants will continue to add fresh health and vigor to our lines. Thor and Nadia had a litter including one Devon Rex Yedolem Twister, she has a lovely nature and coat but not a good Devon head, she had two litters and although she produced better type than herself, we decided to desex her and move foreword with her half sister Flurry. Flurry was mated to our Wisecracks Ba Zooka and we have kept three of the litter, Yedolem Blue Mistral, Yedolem Gabby Gale and Yedolem Tai Foon.

Australian Import Devon Rex Line
Lagrange Fade To Black aka Ripply Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 2	While working hard with our breeding program, we were also making world wide inquiries about who was test mating Devons. Sadly because of the great amount of time, expense and hard work involved in test mating for spasticity, we found virtually no one from whom to import a breeding cat. Importing would be so much easier than having to continue out crossing and back crossing. Each introduction of a new cat, means we could be introducing NEW problems to the breed. We therefore always back cross closely to see if this close mating produces any problems, by allowing any recessive genes a greater chance of being expressed. We found one breeder in Australia who had done test matings and had a cat almost entirely test mated safe. Margaret Welsh of New South Wales has been committed to test mating program since she produced a spastic litter many years ago, and personally understands the heartbreak involved in these recessive genes appearing unexpectedly. From Margaret Melanie purchased and imported Lagrange Fade To Black, and we are grateful to Margaret for this opportunity. Ginny has scoured his ancestry and agrees with Margaret's statements that his dam, Lizzie, was test mated safe, and his father, Jimbo, although not test mated safe, has not been known to have produced spastic kittens throughout his breeding career. Being only almost test mated safe, meant that we were not prepared to compromise the 20 years of hard work behind our safe lines from Ginny and Wayne, Rastall by introducing him directly into our N.Z. lines. We have actually out crossed Lagrange Fade To Black (Gen 3), known more commonly as Ripply, to carefully chosen queens and have back crossed their progeny back to Ripply, again to give us every chance of finding any carried genetic traits we do not want to introduce to our lines. Ripply has been busy, but sadly for us many of his out cross litters have ended in dead ends.
Wisecracks Willo The Wisp & Lagrange Fade To Black Blue Silver Tabby Bicolour Domestic Outcross gen 0 Black Smoke Devon Rex Australian Import gen 3	Willo and Ripply produced 6 male kittens, so much for keeping a girl to test mate back to Ripply! We kept a boy, just in case and were pleased we did, as Willo had an emergency spey with her next pregnancy, so no more kittens. So it came to be that Wisecracks Wilhe Do gen 1 Devon Rex Variant, (again no prizes for guessing the motivation behind that name) joined our program.
Fibblewitz Periwinkle & Wisecracks Wilhe Do Blue Silver Torbie Bicolour Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Seal Silver Tabby Point Devon Rex Variant gen 1	From this mating we kept Wisecracks In A Pickel. Pickel's managed to escape and had three kittens, one of whom was our amazing Wisecracks Possum, a Brown Ticked Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex Variant.
Wisecracks In A Pickel & Domestic Outcross Black Smoke Torbie Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2 Domestic Outcross gen 0	From this mating we kept Wisecracks Possum, a beautiful Brown Ticked Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex Variant.

Yedolem Rasta & Lagrange Fade To Black Black Domestic Out cross gen 0 Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 3	From this mating we kept a Black Female whose parenting skills were poor and a very handsome boy, Yedolem Rastaman
Wisecracks Possum & Yedolem Rastaman Brown Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex Variant Seal Point Devon Rex Variant gen 1	Rastaman and Possum after much time and effort produced a lovely litter, three variants and one devon. The devon girl we kept , the vocal, passionate Wisecracks Kaya
Wisecracks Kaya & Lagrange Fade To Black Brown Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2 Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 3	Kaya and Ripply produced several lovely litters, and from their last litter we kept Wisecracks Belle Canto, who delivered her first litter on January 20th 2009, delightful kittens as loving as their mom!
	Wisecracks Bella Canto Blue Smoke Devon Rex gen 3 Daughter of Kaya & Ripply
Wisecracks Kaya & Wisecracks Oscar Brown Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2 Seal Smoke mink Devon Rex gen 2	Okay I admit to being addicted to Kaya's kittens! We let Kaya have a litter with our boy wisecracks Oscar, and couldn't help ourselves, we kept wisecracks Ari Osso more commonly known as Scruffy Nuts in September 2008
	Wisecracks Ari Osso Seal Silver Tabby Mink Bicolour Devon Rex gen 3 Daughter of Kaya & Oscar
Wisecracks Kaya & Wisecracks Mac Ram A Brown Tabby Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2 Chocolate Smoke Mink Bicolour Devon Rex gen 3	Kaya & Mac produced the charming, in your face delightful stud cat Wisecracks Gusto in May 2009
	Wisecracks Gusto Seal Silver Tabby Point Bicolour Devon Rex gen 3 Son of Kaya & Mac
Wisecracks Squeek A Boo & Wisecracks Wilhe Do Brown Tabby Bicolour Domestic Out cross gen 0 Seal Silver Tabby Point Devon Rex Variant gen 1	To make use of the beautiful Wilhe Do we mated him to a very healthy, lovely natured Domestic who we registered as Wisecracks Squeek A Boo (Gen 0). Squeek had five kittens. We kept the two females, Wisecracks Yesa Do and Wisecracks Shiza Booma, both (Gen 1) Devon Rex Variants. These two girls grew up very loved and eventually went to visit Ripply and both came back in kitten. Sadly Yesa Do, had five kittens only partly formed, and one very healthy fully formed little boy who went to a pet home. We kept 2 girls from Shiza Booma, Wisecracks Polly Ester and Wisecracks Val Crow. We also put Wisecracks Wilhe do to Periwinkle
Wisecracks Shiza Booma & Lagrange Fade To Black aka Ripply Black Smoke Bicolour Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 3	Shiza Booma delivered 6 beautiful kittens and we kept Wisecracks Polly Ester and Wisecracks Val Crow. Although Polly has produced several glorious litters, she is very passionate and very intense, and after much discussion we have decided only to move foreword with Val Crow kittens. Princess Polly Perfect as she has become known moved to Taupo to join a forever family.
Yedolem Sweetie & Lagrange Fade To Black aka Ripply Black Harlequin Domestic Out cross gen 0 Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 3	Ripply and Sweetie had a lovely litter of Black Bicolour kittens, we kept two a female by the name of Yedolem Morepork and a male by the name of Yedolem Lester. Morepork did not get pregnant easily and only had two litters, none of which were kept for breeding. Lester however helped create our lovely Yedolem Rip Van Crinkle.
Yedolem Tinkerbell & Lagrange Fade To Black Seal Point Outcross gen 0 Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 3	From Ripply and Tinkerbell litter we kept a Seal Smoke Point Devon Rex Variant girl named Yedolem Wendy. Wendy and Lester produced the charmer Yedolem Rip Van Crinkle.
Yedolem Wendy & Yedolem Lester Seal Smoke Point Devon Rex Variant gen 1 Black Smoke Bicolour Devon Rex Variant gen 1	From these two cats we are produced our passionate Yedolem Rip Van Crinkle.
Wisecracks Val Crow & Wisecracks Oscar Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 2 Seal Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 2	In October 2004 Val Crow delivered her first litter, unplanned to Oscar, who was still only a lad, but obviously more mature than we realized. Chloe insisted we keep 'Rubber Chicken" formally known as Wisecracks Cilla Consealer. Cilla has delivered easily and had large, lovely litters of kittens.
Wisecracks Val Crow & Yedolem Rip Van Crinkle Black Smoke Devon Rex gen 2 Seal Smoke Point Bicolour Devon Rex gen 2	Crinkle and Val Crow have blessed us with the passionate Wisecracks Mac Ram A
Wisecracks Cilla Consealer aka Rubber Chicken & Wisecracks Ba Zooka Seal Smoke Mink Devon Rex gen 3 Black Silver Tabby Harlequin gen 3	Chicken and Zooka had a delightful, fun coloured litters of little chicks, all aptly named after chickens! We kept our odd little Wisecracks Min Orca a Black Smoke Bicolour Devon Rex Girl full register otherwise called gen 4
	Wisecracks Min Orca Black Smoke Bicolour Devon Rex gen 4 Daughter of Cilla Consealer & Oscar

Ripply’s out crossing program has kept us very busy over these past few years, but now that we have got past Ripply’s initial block on producing female kittens, we are progressing well with Yedolem's Rip Van Crinkle a male and three Gen 2 Devon Rex females to mate back to Ripply. Wisecracks Polly Ester, Wisecracks Val Crow, Wisecracks Kaya. The goal of achieving 15-20 plus kittens per each breeding queen will enable us to introduce these safe queens and their progeny into our New Zealand lines which we have continued to expand in readiness. By this time, we hope that other Devon Rex breeders will have seen the value in test mating their lines. Many of our (Gen 2) cats could hold their own against cats from such breeding lines, but with the added benefit of out cross vigour. We are continuing to keep ourselves open to the possibility that some other breeders internationally may realize the value of producing breeding lines tested safe from these recessive genetic faults, and we will look forward to their contact. What matters in the long run is that we are clear about our goals and our standards for the health and temperament in our Devon Rex cats.
The above foundation cats are lauded for their contributions to our breeding for health and temperament program goals, and we wish them well with their human families in their future. We have asked each human family to keep in regular contact with us, as we are keen to continue to record lifetime health progress for these wonderful cats. Many thanks to the kind human families who have taken our much loved kittens and adult cats into their homes for lifetime cherishing.