The Devon Rex reminds me of my time at PT back at the old Sidcup factory. Neal had a Devon Rex (and a beautiful Lilac) and the Rex had kittens which lived at the factory. You would be working at your desk and this kitten would land in the middle of your lap - like a wierd alien being from another planet. They used to huddle behind the boiler at night, and when it fired up in the morning it singed their whiskers (its ok - they weren't seriously hurt).
But he also had a 6 foot rat snake which he kept in a vivarium in the listening room. Completely harmless constrictor - you needed to be wary if you were a hamster, but not a human. At the time we had the stacked quad esl57's as the reference speakers, in a large high ceiliinged room with surprisingly good acoustics. It was however, a room in a light industrial unit, and had a big pair of steel fire doors leading out to the car park facing south. So they got really warm, and in the winter, if allowed out, the snake would bask on these doors.
I remember one day being busy, and showing some punters into the listening room whilst I went to make them a coffee, forgetting the snake was out. I returned to find the snake basking on its doors, and the punters pinned against the opposite wall.
Happy days ...:)
