The Cornish Rex is a small to medium sized cat. They have a small, narrow head with large ears and eyes that look large for the size of the head.
The Cornish Rex have soft, wavy, rippled coats that lack guard hairs and therefore they don’t shed like other cats.
This means that they require very little grooming and they don’t deposit hair all over the house – great for an allergy sufferer.
The Cornish Rex becomes involved with his owner. It loves to be right next to its owner and must have some time together every day. Many Cornish Rex will do anything to be with their owners and will even learn to walk on a lead in order to spend more time together.
In general, they love being handled by their owners.
Cornish Rex cats are bred in diverse colours and patterns: solids, black, blue, lilac, brown, chocolate, red and cream. There are several rare colours that are thought to be controlled by special genetic modifiers that little is known about that include blue/lilac (blue with a pink overtone) and mink (warmish brown).
The Cornish Rex cat is delightful, distinctively different, constantly charming and captivating. Rexes need people, and given a choice will spend most of their time with humans. When they are free to choose their own sleeping quarters, their first choice is the owner’s bed.
Even-tempered and very affectionate, they also appeal because of their extremely quiet voices.
They are like people and they also like to participate in their activities.
Cornish Rex should have its ears checked for wax regularly, and its claws clipped occasionally. Although these cats shed much less than other breeds, it is not true to say that they do not shed at all or are hypoallergenic. However, they are less likely to trigger allergies than other cats.
