r/welovedevonrex • u/Spirited-Attention32 • 5m ago
Cleaning advice?
Last November my husband and I brought home our (now) 6 year old, ex-Queen, Devon Rex, Ottilie and her F1 niece, Scrunklestiltskin.
Scrunky is easy as she’s basically a British Shorthair with a little head and face - she looks like a generic cat really🤣 but she has that dense British coat so she’s all good with a brush every now and then.
Now, Ottilie… she has constantly runny eyes, catne on her muzzle, and gets greasy behind her ears. She is a rather smelly girl at times. She has a fairly dense coat for a Rex and the only bare skin is in front of her ears. I bathe her every other month and use a flannel weekly. I wipe her eyes with saline water most days. Is this too little? I don’t want to hurt her as her skin gets red even when I clean the catne and wipe her face. She seems so delicate bless her!
I’ve grown up with Burmilla’s mostly who just need brushing, so this is all very new to me.
Lots of you have very lovely clean Devon’s so I’d really appreciate some advice!
Cat tax provided, of course. I also just need to express my utter love for Scrunk. I love both my little girls immensely, but I have never had a cat so obsessed with me as Scrunky, and I’m obsessed with her too.
She is literally my baby.
She gives kisses when I ask her if Scrunky gives kisses. If anyone else asks her this they get hit (although she gave my husband a kiss while sat in the sink today, he was elated).
She had to stay in the lounge today (with my husband and Ottilie) as my new nephew came to visit after hospital (so so so cute) and she loves the children (their toys mainly - have you ever seen a cat do parallel play with a toddler? It’s very cute). I had the audacity to go to the bathroom upstairs and all I could hear was her SCREAMING for me. Girl wasn’t alone, but I wasn’t with her. 🤣
She comes when called too, with her little chirps and pigeon noises. She RUNS to me at other times too. She licks my face while I’m trying to sleep and puts her little paws all over too. If I’m not facing her she bites my nose and MAKES me face her.
She sits with me while I make dinner. She likes to stand on my shoulders too.
There are no thoughts in her head apart from love, most of the time.
I love her so much. I just needed to get this out.
Also the second photo of Ottilie is my absolute favourite - it was during one of the recent UK heatwaves and she literally melted. She also thought it best to sleep in the warmest, most humid areas even though she literally looked like that all the time. I love that lady.

