Hi, My name is Kay Woods of Emikoo Cattery. I am a relative new comer to breeding Selkirk Rex and we had our first litter of kittens in 2006.

Emikoo cattery is situated in the suburb of Alexander Heights, North of Perth. We are registered with the Feline Control Council of Western Australia. All our cats are very spoilt and treated as part of the family.

Our animal family is not only made up of cats we also have two staffy’s, two budgies and two rats. The only problems our cats have with our dogs is that they continually kiss them. At night you can find them all curled up together on my bed.
 

We are members of FCCWA and we often show our cats here in Perth as well as at a National level.  Our boy Jengari Benhawkins was Reserve Group Three cat of the year 2007.

A STAR IS BORN 

Compared to many other breeds of cats the Selkirk Rex is very new. It was first discovered in 1987 in Montana USA. A worker at an animal shelter discovered a female cat with curly fur. She was a blue – cream and white shorthair cat. Her fur was thick, gently curled on her neck, legs and tummy.

Jeri Newman bred Persians but decided to take this strange cat home. She named her Miss De Pesto. Jeri did some research and decided to mate her with a Persian male.

The litter of six was born in July 1988. She produced 3 curly and 3 straighthaired kittens. One of the curly males named No Face Oscar Kowalski was mated with Persians, Exotics and British Shorthairs to discover if the curly gene was dominant, which was correct.

The name Selkirk Rex was chosen because “Rex” for their curly coats and “Selkirk” after the nearby mountain range in Canada