My cat, Fleder, is a Devon Rex. The opera "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss Jr It means 'the bat' in German and the foreign looking ears on this breed of cat inspired the name. She has the typically crinkled fur, naked neck and raucaus voice,. She grew up with a toddler around, so she is reasonably tolerant, but knows how to dish out a well-placed slap when the mark is overstepped! Her fur is a dreadful streaky, muddy brown, but her pedigree papers describe it winningly as 'silver torby'. I surmise it means she is a mix of silver tabby and tortoiseshell. My husband ruthlessley declares, "Well, it didn't work!"
Unkind people (non-cat lovers, obviously) have even said to us that she is the ugliest cat they have ever seen! How rude! My husband usually quips, "She got her coat at Vinney's Op. Shop. It's cast-off camel's fur." I love Fleder to bits. She is very much her own person.
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