November 2020.
Sadly, I am no longer breeding Abyssinians but I am keeping my web page going as a record of all my wonderful breeding cats and kittens.
From time to time, I will also advertise retired breeding Abyssinians that are looking for special pet homes or kittens from other breeders. Also do look at the Abyssinian Cat Club Welfare Page if you are interested in welfare homings.
Maddie is looking for a truly exceptional pet home (April update – currently reserved.)
Maddie – red female
She is a very special, and unusual, red retired queen who has been through quite a hard time so deserves the very best in life now. Although she seems very settled after returning home in October to me and my other cats, she really deserves her own forever home as a single cat. Maddie is just 7 years old, spayed, vaccinated and microchipped. She is really friendly and people orientated so needs plenty of one to one attention plus a fully cat proof garden where she can run and explore whilst being 100% safe.
Please use the contact form to get in touch if you are interested in hearing more about Maddie.
I do have another retired queen for homing who returned to me with Maddie. However, she is very different to Maddie and her rehabilitation is going to take time and much patience whilst she regains her trust in humans again as she is very scared – but now coming for regular strokes and head rubs as she is such a friendly girl underneath!
Update (April 21): my scared girl is well settled now and happily hunting worms in the garden. So well settled and growing in confidence every day – lovely affectionate girl and staying with me as not sure how she would cope with a change of owner after coming so far.
Ziva’s litter (born 5 May 2015
All formally reserved.
Ziva (Legend Ziva – chocolate) and Quizzy (Silversmoke Quizas Quizas – fawn) had 4 kittens (Quizzy’s first litter!) on 5th May – 2 chocolate boys (Essence Azmera and Essence Azikiwe) , 1 lilac boy (Essence Ashenafi) and a lilac girl (Essence Adina.)
Essence Ashenafi – 6 weeks
Essence Azmera – 6 weeks
Essence Adina – 6 weeks
Essence Akikiwe – 6 weeks
Essence Ashenafi – lilac boy at 3 weeks
Essence Azmera – chocolate boy at 3 weeks
Essence Akikiwe – chocolate boy at 3 weeks
Essence Adina – lilac girl at 3 weeks
Essence Akikiwe – chocolate or sorrel boy at 2 weeks
Essence Azmera – chocolate or sorrel boy at 2 weeks
Essence Adina – lilac/fawn girl at 2 weeks
Essence Ashenafi – lilac or fawn boy at 2 weeks
Ziva and babies @ 4 days
Essence Azikiwe (left) and Essence Ashenafi
Essence Azmera – chocolate boy
Essence Azikiwe (chocolate boy)
Essence Ashenafi (lilac/fawn boy)
Essence Adina (lilac/fawn girl)
Cloud’s Litter born (4 April 2015)
Cloud (Highlight Ivory Cloud – cream silver) and Shem (Palissy Ra Shem Tafari – red silver) had 4 kittens (3 boys and a girl) on Good Friday – all red silvers (scroll down for photos of previous litter from this same mating).
Essence Yework Yiha (red silver girl), Essence Yisake, Essence Yilema and Essence Yared (red silver boys) have gone to their new homes (July 2015).
Essence Yilema – 10 weeks
Essence Yared Thor – 10 weeks
Essence Yisake Juan – 10 weeks
Essence Yework Yiha – 10 weeks
Essence Yared Thor – very silver red silver boy at 5 weeks!
Essence Yisake Juan – red silver boy at 5 weeks
Essence Yilema – red silver boy at 5 weeks
Essence Yework Yiha – red silver girl
Essence Yared @ 4 weeks
Essence Yilema @ 4 weeks
Essence Yisake @ 4 weeks
Essence Yared @ 4 weeks – red silver boy
Essence Yilema @ 4 weeks – red silver boy
Essence Yisake @ 4 weeks – red silver boy
Essence Yework Yiha @ 4 weeks – red silver girl
Essence Yiwork Yeha – red silver girl at 2 weeks
Essence Yared @ 2 weeks – red silver boy
Essence Yisake @ 2 weeks – red silver boy
Essence Yilema @ 3 weeks – red silver boy
Essence Yisake – red silver boy (at 1 week)
Essence Yared – red silver boy
Essence Yared – red silver
Essence Yilema – red silver boy
Essence Yework Yiha – red silver girl
Essence Yework Yiha – red silver girl
Pansy’s litter (born 5 April 2015)
Pansy (Highlight Pansy Sunset – sorrel tortie) and Shem (Palissy Ra Shem Tafari – red silver) had 3 kittens (1 usual and 1 usual silver boys and a usual tortie girl) in the early hours of Easter Saturday.
Essence Zenha Lily (usual tortie girl), Essence Zelalem Cyrus (usual boy), Essence Zewedu Loki (usual silver boy) are all in their new homes (Loki has been homed with Essence Yared Thor.)
Essence Zewedu Loki – 10 weeks
Essence Zelalem – 10 weeks
Essence Zenha Lily – 10 weeks
Essence Zenha Lily – usual tortie girl at 5 weeks
Essence Zalalem – usual boy at 5 weeks
Essence Zewedu Loki – usual silver boy at 6 weeks
Essence Zenha Lily @ 4 weeks – usual tortie girl
Essence Zewedu @ 4 weeks – usual silver boy
Essence Zewedu – usual silver boy at 2 weeks
Essence Zelalem @ 4 weeks – usual boy
Essence Zelalem – usual boy (at 3 weeks)
Essence Zenha – usual tortie girl at 2 weeks
Essence Zenha – usual tortie girl at 2 weeks
Essence Zenha – usual tortie girl
Essence Zelalem – usual boy
Essence Zewedu -usual silver boy
Previous Litters
Below are image galleries of previous litters. Just click on the pictures to enlarge them and click on the enlarged picture to close the gallery and return to the website.
Shaybe’s Litter (born 4 January 2015)
Shaybe (usual) had 4 kittens on Monday 4th January 2015 by Shem (Palissy Ra Shem Tafari – red silver). She had 2 boys (usual and usual silver) and 2 girls (usual tortie and usual silver tortie).
They have all gone to their new homes.
Essence Wubele Elsie at 6 weeks (usual silver tortie)
Essence Worknesh at 6 weeks (usual tortie girl)
Essence Wubishet at 6 weeks (usual boy)
Essence Wubele at nearly 3 weeks (usual silver tortie girl) – provisionally reserved
Essence Worknesh at nearly 3 weeks (usual tortie girl) – reserved
Essence Wendumu at nearly 3 weeks (usual boy) – reserved
Essence Wornesh at 1 week (usual silver tortie girl) – provisionally reserved
Essence Wendimu (usual boy) at 1 week – reserved
Essence Worknesh (usual tortie girl) at 1 week – reserved
Essence Worknesh (another photo of her) – reserved
Pansy’s Litter (born 21 July 2014)
All 3 kittens have gone to their new home – together, thank you so much S and G.
Update – Tad got great news on her final health check up as she is getting around so well that maybe she will keep her poorly leg and not need an amputation…
History
Highlight Pansy (sorrel tortie) and Palissy Ra Shem Tafari (red silver) had 4 kittens on 21 July – sadly a very beautiful red silver boy (Essence Theofeleios – meaning “Loved by God”) died at birth but we have 2 usual tortie girls and a usual silver boy remaining.
One of the girls (Essence Tadelech – Tad) had quite a low birth weight but after doing amazingly well putting on weight, as she grew it became clear that there is a major problem with one of her hind legs which was probably squashed in the womb as her lower limb is not growing as it should. The vet suggested putting her down but at 9 weeks Tad was dashing round and climbing just as fast as her 2 siblings and continuing to put on weight. She had quite a number of fans! She still might need her leg amputated at a later stage but for the moment she continues to be oblivious to any problems with her leg
Essence Tadelech – Tad (10 weeks)
Tad (usual tortie girl) – see the red stripe on her forehead – on the right!
Essence Tsehai Cali – usual tortie girl at 10 weeks
Essence Taye Rafiki (usual silver at 10 weeks)
Tad at 7 weeks!
Essence Taye at 7 weeks
Essence Tsehai at 7 weeks
Essence Tadelech – Tad (4 weeks)
Essence Taye (4 weeks)
Essence Tsehai (4 weeks)
Essence Taye (usual silver boy) at 3 weeks
Essence Tsehai (usual tortie girl) at 3 weeks
Essence Tadelech – Tad (usual tortie girl) at 3 weeks
Essence Tadelech (Tad) my most special little usual tortie girl at 1 week old.
Essence Taye (usual silver boy) at 1 week
Essence Tsehai (usual tortie girl) at 1 week
Pansy with Tadelech left and Taye in the middle of his two sisters.
Ziva’s litter (born 8 June 2014) All gone to new homes
Legend Ziva (chocolate) had her first litter on 8 June…Ra Shem Tafari (red silver) is the father (and got there first not Quizzy as planned!). See proud parents Ziva on Queens’ page and (very smug) Shem on Stud Boys’ page
The reserved kittens are: Essence Sisay Dante (usual boy), Essence Shanani Sky (usual tortie girl), Essence Semira Minnie (usual tortie girl ) and usual silver boy (Essence Senay Henry).
Essence Semira Minnie (usual tortie girl – 10 weeks)
Essence Semira Minne, Senay Henry and Shanani Sky (10 weeks)
Essence Sisay Dante (usual boy – 10 weeks)
Mugging of the Milk Bar!
Essence Sisay Dante (usual boy) – 7 weeks
Essence Shanani Sky (usual tortie girl) – 7 weeks
Essence Senay Henry (usual silver boy) – 7 weeks
Essence Semira Minnie (usual tortie girl) – 7 weeks
Essence Shanani Sky (usual tortie girl – 5 weeks)
Essence Semira Minnie (usual tortie girl – 5 weeks)
Essence Senay Henry (usual silver boy – 5 weeks)
Essence Sisay Dante (usual boy – 5 weeks)
Essence Shanani (usual tortie girl)
Essence Semira – usual tortie girl
Usual Silver boy – Essence Senay (3 weeks)
Essence Semira (left) with Essence Shanani at 4 days old
Essence Sisay (usual boy) at 3 days old
Cloud’s kittens (born 7 April 2014)
Homed – except for Persinnia who is staying! (see Queens’ Page.)
5 red silvers – 2 males and 3 very rare females ! First time red silver girls have been bred in UK as far as I know and first litter of 5 red kittens? The first none silver red girl was bred by Flamstone Abyssinians and I have the second (I think!) Essence Flame of Madiba (see Queens’ page).
2 red silver males (reserved) and 2 red silver females (reserved). I am keeping the 3rd red silver girl (Essence Persinna) to breed from.
Essence Romaan Zula (right) with Essence Rohama Ruby (12 weeks)
Essence Rohama Ruby (girl) – reserved.
Essence Romaan Zula (girl – reserved)
Essence Rediat (boy – reserved)
5 red silvers (red, black and no colour inside ears are the girls)
Essence Rohama Ruby (Girl) – reserved.
Enjoying the sun (now 5 weeks!)
2 girls at 5 weeks (1 reserved, 1 available)
Essence Rada Volcano (boy – reserved)
Red silver girls at 3 weeks – see red marker in ear to tell them apart!
2 red silver boys – 3 weeks – see colours in ears!
Exceptional 5 red silver litter!
2 weeks old!
Not the happiest kit at photo call….8 days old!
Heading back to Mum…
Red silver babies at 2 days old
Shaybe’s kittens born 5 March 2014
Scroll down to see 2 tortie silver girls, a usual silver boy and a usual boy – all gone to their new homes!
Essence Nishan (Tortie Usual Silver girl)
Essence Nassissie Eva (Tortie Usual Silver)
Essence Nebiat Pasha (Usual Silver Boy)
Essence Nebiat Pasha (Usual Silver Boy)
Essence Nebiat Pasha (at 7 weeks)
Essence Nebiat Pasha (at 7 weeks old)
Essence Nebiat Pasha (left) Essence Nega Vincent (usual boy) and Essence Nishan (back) – 7 weeks
Essence Nishan (at 5 weeks)
Essence Nishan (at 5 weeks) – see clear red patches!
Essence Nebiat Pasha (right) and Essence Nassissie Eva (left)
Essence Nassissie Eva – see red stripe going down her nose!
Essence Nega Vincent (Usual boy)
Shaybe and Astarte’s (Star) litters (November 2011)
Star had 3 bonfire night kittens on 5 November (2 boys and a girl) from a mating with Flamstone Jaspurr. Shaybe had 4 kittens 3 days later – 2 girls (blue and usual tortie) and 2 boys (usual) from a mating with Flamstone Red Shah. These have now all gone to their new homes.
Two blue boys and a fawn silver girl were born end of May 2011 from Essence Derneku’s very first litter with Highlight Tobias (cream). The fawn girl sadly lost half her tail after a birth injury. All kittens from this litter are now reserved.
Below are images of the most recent litter from Highlight Habeba and Grand Champion Silversmoke Bill Davison (sorrel). This litter was a single cream silver boy (reserved).
Pictures of previous litters from my retired Highlight Saba:
Pictures of Highlight Habeba’s previous litters:
