SARIKAKINGS  

In 1987 a litter of 6 kittens were born at the home of Kitty Brown in Sheridan, Montana.   One of the kittens had a very strange coat, she was a blue cream and white shorthair, and she had curls on her neck, legs, tummy and tail.   Her mother was a tortie and white domestic longhair, with a wavy undercoat.  This kitten was later called  Miss DePesto and was the start of the Selkirk breed.

 To find out more background details about the Selkirk Rex ~ http://selkirkrexcatclub.co.uk/selkirkrexcatclub/index.htm

The Selkirk Rex comes in curly and straight hair (variant), long and shorthaired and are available in all sorts of colours.   As the curly gene is a dominant gene the The Selkirk Rex is out crossed to either the Variant Selkirk, BSH, Persian or Exotic. 

Sarikakings Okidoki
~ Cream silver spotted longhaired selkirk rex

Sarikakings Nextgeneration
 Huggable Henry

Blue shorthaired Selkirk Rex

The Selkirk Rex  have an amazing temperament and just love human contact and want to be with you, they are real lap cats and just love a cuddle and a fuss.  They love to join in with whatever is happening and will often bring toys for you to throw.  They also seem to love water.

The Selkirk is a medium to large cat with muscular cobby build, with a soft and tactile coat with loose random curls.

Sarikakings Scallywag  ~ Blue silver longhaired selkirk rex variant

Sarikakings Smokie  ~ Black Smoke shorthaired selkirk rex variant

Their coats are exceptionally soft and very tactile and do require some grooming

Shorthaired ~ one a week

Longhaired ~ twice a week

Bathing ~ 4/6 weeks ~ this helps to keep the curls.

 Owners of Selkirks should have a really good sense of humour as their cats are often referred to as  “bad hair day”  “an unmade bed”