Flat Chested Kitten Syndrome

All About the Devon Rex

My Experience With Flat Chested Kitten Syndrome

By Lois BPosted on March 20, 2021Posted in Cat Breeding IssuesTagged Cat Breeding, Devon Rex, Flat Chested Kitten Syndrome

This article is not intended to be another of the many articles explaining the symptoms, causes, and treatment of Flat Chested Kitten Syndrome, but to share with you my experience with this condition as a Devon Rex cat breeder. I was running a small cattery with just two females and one male. On May 22, […]

The Devon’s Gift

On days when light feels hard to find,
And silence hums a heavier tune,
She curls beside me, still and warm,
A quiet sun in shadowed rooms.

No words, no rush, no need to speak,
Just breath and fur and gentle grace,
A steady purr, a velvet touch,
That slows the world’s relentless pace.

Her eyes, like stars in softened skies,
Hold stories only stillness tells,
Of tangled naps and whispered trust,
Of tiny hearts that love so well.

She doesn’t ask for what I hide,
Nor turns away from sorrow’s shade,
She simply stays, in calm defiance
Of all the noise that life has made.

In every paw-press on my chest,
In every stretch across my knees,
She writes a wordless kind of care,
A lullaby in silent ease.

She doesn’t fix the broken parts,
She doesn’t try to make me new,
She simply stays, and in her staying,
Brings back the softness I once knew.

So small, and yet the world feels right
When she is nestled at my side,
Pure presence in a fragile world,
My Devon’s love, unclassified.

~ Lois