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Lord Robert Napier led a military expedition that returned from Abyssinian
In 1896 the first Abyssinians were registered, Sedgemere Bottle (born 1892) and Sedgemere Peaty (born 1894). None of theire parents were known. At Westminster
Show in 1909, Fancy Free a Abyssinian female become Champion. She was born in 1903 and was an extremely fine model for the Abyssinians to follow. A male named
Aluminium born in 1905 was mated to Fancy Free and theese two cats, are one of the common ground for all the Abyssinians that exists today. The first cats to be exported
outside UK, was a son after Fancy Free & Aluminium named Aluminium II, who went to United States together with a female named Salt. Name as Aluminium, Quicksilver,
Silver Memelik indicates that the early Abyssinians bore silver, but the breeders prefered the warm ticked colour and stopped to breed cats with silver. In 1977 Kristina Narfströ
m discovered PRA (progressiv retinal atrofi) in one Abyssinian. The disease, causes an atrophy of the cats retina and will make the cat totally blind in a
couple of years. To examine if a cat is affected, the the breeder should turn to a veterinary that is specially trained in the cats eyediseases. Affected cats manage to
cope well during the progress of PRA. From seeing to totally blindness, the cat developes other senses like hearing and feeling. In 1980 up to 45 % of the breed in
Sweden had PRA. Several other countries were affected beside Sweden. To deal with the problems against the disease breeders excluded all cats from breeding
that were, blind or not themselvs had PRA but had offsprings that had had kittens affected by PRA. Today the breed is totally recovered and breeders still check the cats
eyes before breeding on them. One reason that so many cats in Sweden were affected was, a small genetic base and much in/line-breeding.
PRA is a ressesiv genetic disease and to obtain the symtoms the cat must inheriate one defected gene from each parent. A cat with only one defect gene can never have PRA. Type and characteristics Body, legs and feet The body should be medium long. Muscular, firm and gracefull. Head The head should be wedge formed of medium size and broad top. Gentle contures in
profile without stop or plane pose and a firm cheek. Eyes To be set broad apart, sparkling almond shaped with dark contures. Gold or green eyecolor with pure intensive brightness. Ears
Large, alert, cupped at base and set broad. A slightly rounded tip with thumbmarks on the back of the ears. Tail The tail should be quite long and broad at base. Coat
The coat should be fine and short and very close-lying silkylike in texture. On each hair there should be two or three dark bands of ticking with the darkest color on the tip.
Recognised colors: Ruddy, Red, Blue and Fawn, all accepted with silver. Temperament This is a lively, intelligent and curious cat. It loves attention and always sees to that it
gets it. The Abyssinian cat shows it's affection towards people usually by bodycontact like a hugh, instead of "speach". Some of them loves a bath and not at least food. If you feel that you have a better description for this category we would love to hear from you chendel@quiknet.com More Breed Descriptions on the Net Send us your URL so we can add it to our list |
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