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Cinders's kittens updated.

Mira's kittens updated.

Tas's male kittens will be going to their new home tomorrow. Tas's daughter, Coco is staying with us and has been added to our queens page.

Sienna's kittens have gone to their new home.

We have also added some of the missing pedigree links onto our site - there are now only a couple missing, which we hope to sort out soon.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens updated.

Cinders's kittens updated.

Mira's kittens updated.

We have some wonderful news - Crystalpaws Frodo Baggins is now here with us thanks to Chris from Merrydancer Abyssinians. Chris was thinking of neutering Frodo as she had kept some of his daughters but, after many discussions, we decided that it would be a shame to neuter him and he would come back to us instead, and Chris would have Blade to continue her breeding.

Mira's kittens updated.

Mira has had her kittens! She has four boys - two blue, one sorrel and one fawn. (Mira's kittens)

Sienna's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens updated.

Cinders's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens updated.

Cinders's kittens updated.

Cinders's kittens updated.

I hope to take some new pictures of Tas and Sienna's kittens in the next few days - they are all doing well but are having fun chasing each other around at the moment!!

Sienna's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens updated.

Cinders is due any day now and it also looks as though Mira is pregnant.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens updated.

Tas has had her kittens - one chocolate female, one chocolate male and one fawn male. Mum and kittens are all doing well. (Tas's kittens)

Sienna's kittens updated.

Sienna has had her kittens - just two usual tortie females this time. These are Blaze's first kittens. (Sienna's kittens)

Mira is currently visiting Blade - we know whether or not she is pregnant in a couple of weeks.

Tas is definitely pregnant - she is starting to look quite round already!

It also looks like Cinders is pregnant from Blade - so hopefully some silver babies soon.

Also, we have had our handsome boy Storm neutered. Storm has sired many kittens for us and our friends and we decided that, at the age of five, he deserves to retire and be a pampered house cat! We have four of his daughters and there are several more of his daughters being bred from, so his genes will continue.

Unfortunately Tinks isn't pregnant and Sienna wasn't pregnant - they both came on call a couple of days after I last updated the website!!!

The good news is that Sienna has been visiting Blaze and it looks like she is pregnant!

Also, Tas is visiting Bailey at the moment - we should know whether or not she is pregnant next week - fingers crossed.

We also have Ickle with Blade at the moment but she doesn't appear to be pregnant despite being on full call when she was put with Blade.

Crystal's kittens updated.

We think that Tinks is pregnant from Bailey, hopefully I will know for sure soon. We are also hoping that Sienna is pregnant from Blade - so fingers crossed for both!!!

Crystal's kittens updated.

Happy New Year to everybody!!

Ghost's kittens updated. 

Crystal's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens have all gone off to their new homes.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens are having their second vaccinations tomorrow, so will be off to their new homes in a few days.

Tas's kittens updated. 

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Crystal has had her kittens - three males this time - a usual, a sorrel silver and a chocolate. See Crystal's kitten page for details.

I hope to update Tas's and Ghost's kitten pages soon - if they stay still long enough for photos!!!!

Tas's kittens updated. 

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal is looking quite big now - she is due in a few days.

Tas's kittens updated. 

Ghost's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens updated. 

Ghost's kittens updated.

Tas's kittens updated. 

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal is definitely pregnant, so more kittens in November!

Ghost has had her kittens!!! She has one usual male, one chocolate male, one fawn male and one lilac female. Details and a picture are on Ghost's kitten page.

Sadly we lost one of Tas's kittens - details are on Tas's kittens page.

We are hoping that Crystal is pregnant by Bailey - we should know in a few days.

Ghost is still keeping us waiting for her kittens - hopefully she'll have them soon!

Tas's kittens updated. 

Ghost is due in a few days and she looks like she has swallowed a football - hopefully she doesn't have seven like her daughter!!

We have kittens due from Ghost. Ghost was on the 'pill' and keeping Blade company because she wasn't getting along with Sienna in the house. I had hoped that the 'pill' would keep her off call for at least a month before mating with Blade but they had other ideas and I caught them mating after only two weeks!

Unfortunately we don't think that Ickle is pregnant from Blaze but they are still together, so hopefully we will have news soon.

Crystal's kittens have now gone to their new homes except Cinders who is staying with us.

We also have a lovely new lilac female - Mira. We're very grateful to Karel at Kazizkatz for entrusting us with such a beautiful girl.

We have kittens due - Tas is pregnant from Bailey and we think that Ickle may be pregnant from Blaze.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens have now gone to their new homes.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Mosaic's kittens have all now gone to their new homes except Tinks, who we are keeping for our sex-linked breeding.

We also have some very sad news, our lovely neuter Bob passed away last weekend.

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Crystal has had her kittens - she has a blue silver male, a fawn silver male and a sorrel silver female. All are doing really well. (Crystal's kittens)

Sienna's kittens updated.

I hope to update Mosaic's kittens in the next few days when they stay still long enough for pictures!!

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens updated.

Crystal is looking like she's swallowed a football!!! She's due in a few days and we're really keeping our fingers crossed for a nice silver female.

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Sienna's kittens updated.

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Sienna has had her kittens - she has one sorrel male, one sorrel female and one fawn female. These are Blade's first kittens and all three are lovely and big. (Sienna's kittens).

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens will be going to their new homes in the next few days.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Sienna isn't looking very big but she still has two weeks to go - maybe she'll have a growth spurt!

Mosaic has had her kittens - she  has five this time, all usuals. The two females could be tortie but there are no obvious pink patches on their feet at the moment. (Mosaic's kittens)

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal is also pregnant to Storm - we are hoping for a nice silver female from this mating.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Mosaic is looking rather round and there's lots of nice movements of kittens.

It also appears that Sienna is pregnant from Blade. We weren't sure that Blade had worked out what to do but we were quite hopeful when we saw Sienna chasing him around!! These will be Blade's first babies.

Our very exciting news is the addition of our new chocolate future stud, Bailey. He is Ghost's nephew, which also makes him the great great grandson of our foundation queen Becha.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Also, Mosaic appears to be pregnant to Storm. She has been keeping Storm company for a few weeks and we didn't notice her coming on call but I noticed a couple of days ago that she looked a little plumper and she definitely seems to have pinked up! 

Crystal's kittens have now gone to their new homes. Sienna's little boy will still be with us for a couple of weeks before he goes off to live with my mum and his dad, Joe!

Ghost has visited Storm and is due to have kittens around the 21st November - we're keeping our fingers (and everything else) crossed for a nice lilac. She is already looking quite large, so hopefully there will be a good size litter.

Blade is now in his stud quarters, with Amber to keep him company. He seems very happy and loves to show us around his new pad!!

Pedigrees added for Blaze, Mosaic and Tas.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's Kittens updated.

New pictures on Queens' page of Crystal and Mosaic. New picture of Blaze on Studs' page.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's Kittens updated.

Joe has settled really well at my mum's - he is certainly enjoying the indoor, pampered life!!!

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's Kittens updated.

Our main news is that we have had our lovely boy, Joe, neutered and he will have a wonderful retirement as a pampered pet living with my mum. It wasn't an easy decision and it is something that we have been talking about for some time, largely because he does not carry dilute. He has sired a large number of kittens and we are keeping his line in his son, Blaze. At nearly six years old, we feel that he deserves a nice quiet life.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's Kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's Kittens updated.

Mosaic's kittens updated.

We have also picked up our lovely new queen Ickle from Lydia of Highlight Abyssinians. She has been here a week now and has settled in really well. We are really grateful to Lydia for letting us have such a super girl.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Sienna's Kittens updated.

Sienna has had her kittens, she has one usual female and one sorrel male. Mum and babies are doing really well - these are really big fat babies!!! (Sienna's Kittens)

Crystal's kittens updated.

Mosaic's kittens updated.

Also, I've finally managed to get a reasonable picture of Sienna's face - she is really hard to take a picture of because every time you try to get her to look at the camera she walks or runs towards you, so I have loads of the top of her head, far too close to the camera!!!!

Blade has met the other cats and is happily playing with Tas (Ghost and Storm's daughter - who is now on the queens page) most of the time!

I have been trying to get a new picture of Sienna but I just ended up with loads of the back of her head or she had her mouth open but I will try again soon!

I did manage to take some nice pictures of Joe in the sun and a new one of Crystal.

Mosaic's Kittens updated.

Our biggest news is that we have a lovely new future stud boy - Blade. He has only been  here one day, so hasn't met the other cats yet but he is  a really lovely purry boy!

Ghost's Kittens updated.

Mosaic's Kittens updated.

We think that Crystal may finally be pregnant. She is looking a little chubbier and is more laid back than normal. We thought she may have pinked up a couple of weeks ago but then, a couple of days later, we weren't so sure. This means that we're not sure of the exact dates!!

Sienna has also been visiting Joe, we should know whether or not she is pregnant next week.

Ghost's Kittens updated.

Mosaic's Kittens updated.

Mosaic has had her kittens!! Not the easiest labour but mum and her SIX(!) babies are doing really well. (Mosaic's Kittens).

We also have received the result on the colour of Ghost's Kitten she is fawn (which is what I've suspected for quite a while - it's just been wishful thinking that she was lilac!!) but we have decided to keep her for breeding anyway as she has developed into quite a nice little girl.

Ghost's Kittens updated. We still haven't received the swab results, so we still aren't sure what colour the little female is (she's looking more fawn at the moment though!!)

Mosaic is still keeping us waiting for her kittens. They are due now, so hopefully we will have news in the next couple of days - these are our first sex-linked kittens, so we are quite excited.

We visited the Essex Cat Club show on Saturday and were very pleased to find that Ghost and Joe's daughter, Crystalpaws Jacinta won her third grand Certificate making her a Grand Champion!! - well done and thanks to Emma for showing her.

Ghost's Kittens updated. We have sent the swab off for DNA colour testing on the fawn/lilac female, so we should know soon which colour she is.

We have a new page in memory of the Aby's that we have lost. (In Memory)

Mosaic is definitely pregnant but it doesn't look like Crystal is - she is still with Joe, so hopefully she will be soon.

I will update Deedee's kittens when they stay still long enough to take pictures!!!

Ghost has had her kittens - she has one fawn female, one blue female and two blue males. (Ghost's Kittens)

Also, Mosaic is visiting Joe at the moment. We hope to have some lovely torties and sex-linked red babies in a couple of months.

Also, Crystal is visiting Joe at the moment. We hope to have some lovely silver babies in a couple of months.

Deedee's kittens updated.

We have some very sad news about Deedee. Deedee seemed to be doing really well after being ill and we were hopeful that she would make a full recovery. But, a couple of weeks ago, it seems that she must have had a heart attack overnight and although we rushed her to the vet, there was nothing that could be done for her, so we had to let her go. It's been very difficult to take in and we are still in shock. Her kittens are all doing fantastically and are a credit to her - they are her amazing little girls and are real fighters.

Deedee's kittens updated.

Ghost has been visiting Storm, so we expect some blue, fawn or lilac kittens in March!

Happy New Year!!

Deedee has had her kittens - three sorrel females and a sorrel silver female. (Deedee's kittens)

Sienna's kittens updated.

Deedee is looking huge!

Sienna's kittens updated.

Deedee is definitely pregnant by Storm - she is starting to look nice and round.

Sienna's kittens updated.

We are pretty sure that Deedee is pregnant by Storm. So we are expecting some Christmas or New year babies!

Sienna's kittens updated.

Deedee is currently visiting Storm - we should know in a couple of weeks whether she is pregnant.

Sienna has had her kittens - two usual females, a sorrel female and a sorrel male! Sienna's kittens

Also, we had a really good day at the BOBcats show a couple of weeks ago - Storm was made up  to Grand Champion, Mosaic won her second merit and the overall best in show was Storm's daughter - Elbereth Cocochanel!! A really great day for Aby's.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Sienna is currently visiting Joe - we should know soon whether or not she is pregnant.

Crystal's kittens updated. Usual (black) silver female now available due to a change of circumstances for her prospective new owners.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Also, we are very sad to announce that Becha, our foundation Abyssinian queen, died a couple of weeks ago at nearly 16 years  old. Please click to read a little about Becha.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Ghost has had her kittens this morning - she has two usual males, a usual female and a sorrel female. (Ghost's kittens)

Crystal's kittens updated.

Also, Sienna and Mosaic went to the Bedford and District show last week and both had very good days. Sienna won her second Challenge Certificate and Mosaic won her first Merit Certificate!

Crystal is still keeping us waiting - no signs of kittens just yet!!

Also, we have just got Joe's PK (pyruvate kinase) deficiency results back and he is clear. This means that both of our studs and all of our queens are clear of PK - therefore all our kittens are, which is really good news!!

We have also decided not to breed from Amber any more. This has been for various reasons, one is that she does not appear to be very fertile - she mated with Storm three times before becoming pregnant and then only had one kitten who had to be delivered by caesarean. Also, when we took her for her booster, our vet found that she has a very fast heartbeat - we are currently waiting for the results of tests and she will be neutered as soon as we know what is causing it. We would have liked another litter from her but we like to do what is best for our cats and we didn't want to risk her health - after all, they are all pets first.

Ghost is definitely pregnant and is already starting to look very round. She could have usuals, sorrels or chocolates.

Deedee's kittens have gone to their new homes.

We think that Crystal is pregnant - so kittens due mid April!

Ghost has visited Joe again - we should know next week if she is pregnant.

Deedee's kittens updated.

We're still not sure whether Crystal is pregnant - we should know by next week.

Deedee's kittens updated.

Crystal is currently visiting Storm. We should know in a couple of weeks whether or not she is pregnant. This could be a real rainbow litter - usual, usual silver, sorrel, sorrel silver, blue, blue silver, fawn or fawn silver!!

Our other news is that we have a lovely new future queen - Mosaic! She is our first sex-linked Abyssinian and is a real sweetie. Many thanks to David & Sue Muspratt (Flamstone Abyssinians)

Happy New Year to everybody!!

Deedee's kittens updated.

Deedee has had her kittens - she has four lovely healthy babies (Deedee's kittens)

Ghost & Amber's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

We are very sad to announce that Blossom, the very first Abyssinian that we bred, died last week at nearly 14 years  old. Please click to read a little about Blossom.

Ghost & Amber's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Ghost & Amber's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

It looks like Deedee is pregnant after her visit with Storm - kittens due around the 13th December

Ghost & Amber's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Deedee is currently "visiting" Storm - we haven't seen them mate yet, hopefully they are just shy! We should know in a couple of weeks.

Ghost & Amber's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Crystal has had her kittens - she has four kittens. We were really pleased to see a blue silver female because we weren't sure whether Crystal carried dilute. Now that we know she does, we know that she may also be able to have fawns or fawn silvers! (Crystal's kittens)

Storm and Sienna went to the BOBcats show. Both had really good days. Storm won a Reserve Grand Challenge Certificate - beating  two Grand Champion cats. He also won two firsts in his side classes. Sienna won a First and Best of Breed in her Open class plus two firsts and a second in her side classes.

Deedee's kittens have all now gone to their new homes - except for Sienna who is staying.

Amber, Ghost and Crystal all appear to be pregnant. We're going to have fun in a few weeks!!!

Queen's page updated - Sienna added as future queen and more pictures of current queens.

Storm is now a Champion!! He won his third Challenge Certificate at the East Sussex show a couple of weeks ago. He also won two firsts in his side classes - one of which was out of thirteen cats!

I think that Amber is pregnant. I'm not sure yet whether Ghost is.

Crystal is currently visiting  Storm.

Deedee's kittens updated.

Deedee's kittens updated.

Amber is visiting Storm at the moment. Hopefully they will mate this time so that we can have some lovely usual and sorrel babies in September!

Ghost is also visiting Joe.

Deedee's kittens updated.

See pictures of some of the kittens that we have produced in our New Kitten Gallery.

Deedee's kittens updated.

Storm and Joe both had good show days again last Saturday - this time it was at the Suffolk and Norfolk Cat Club show. Joe won a Reserve Imperial Grand Challenge Certificate and Storm won his second Challenge Certificate!

Ghost's kittens & Crystal's kittens updated - the last pictures before going to their new homes.

Storm and Joe both had good days at the Essex Cat Club show a couple of weeks ago - Storm won his first Challenge Certificate and Joe won his first Imperial Grand Challenge Certificate!!

Deedee's kittens are due any day now.

Deedee is definitely pregnant, so we have some more kittens due early May.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Amber is definitely not pregnant this time but I think that Deedee might be - I should know for definite in a couple of days.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Also, Deedee has been in season over the last couple of days and we are hoping that she will mate with Storm.
We're still not too sure whether or not Amber is pregnant by Storm.
We hope to have some news on these two matings in about three weeks.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Amber is in season again! Hopefully she will mate with Storm this time!!

Ghost has had her babies - two very big blue females which must be why she looked so huge even though there were only two babies! Ghost and her babies are doing really well (Ghost's kittens)

New pictures of Crystal's babies added (Crystal's kittens)

Amber was in season last week and we are hoping that she mated with Storm. We should know in a couple of weeks.

Crystal and babies are all doing really well. Crystal loves being a mum and her babies are growing very fat! New pictures have been added (Crystal's kittens)

Ghost seems to be growing larger by the minute!

Crystal's kittens were born today - all males but all different colours:- one sorrel silver, one usual and one black (usual) silver! (Crystal's kittens)

New photos of Storm, Ghost, Deedee and Cassie added.

Happy New Year to everybody!!

We are expecting our first kittens from Storm  at the end of January as Ghost is now pregnant!
We are hoping that we will have some blue kittens which we haven't been able to have for some time.

We are  hoping to mate Ghost with Storm (his first litter) the next time she is on call, so we should soon have news on whether we have any blue, fawn and/or lilacs due.

All the pedigree links should now work.

The cats (and us!) all love the new house and they have all settled in really well.

Deedee went to her first adult show on Saturday and won her First, Challenge Certificate and Best of Breed in her open class. We were very pleased as she was only officially an adult on the day of the show and still looks quite "kitteny".

Queens page updated with picture of Cassie.

Apologies for taking so long to update. It's all been a bit hectic here as we are moving house next week so we have had a lot to organise and pack.

Amber's kittens & Milly's kittens updated. Amber's kittens have now gone to their new homes and Milly's kittens will be going to their new homes over the next few days.

Our biggest news our new future stud boy - Storm! He has only been with us a couple of weeks but he has settled in fantastically and you'd think he's always been here. We are hoping for some lovely dilute babies from him when he's a bit bigger.

Amber's kittens updated.

Milly's kittens updated.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Amber's kittens updated.

Milly's kittens updated.

Milly's kittens were born on 15th May - three usual females and a chocolate male. We have been a little concerned that they have not been putting on weight as quickly as expected but they are extremely lively! We have been supplementing them with a little extra milk by hand and they appear to be far more content.

Amber's kittens are growing fatter by the day! (which is probably why Milly's babies look so small!) They all appear to be superb quality kittens and have no necklaces or leg bars. We will be keeping one of these for our breeding programme.

Ghost's kittens updated.

Deedee went to her first show on Saturday and won her 1st and Best of Breed in her open and two seconds in very large side classes!

Amber's kittens were born yesterday - three usual females. All look to be very strong and healthy. (Amber's kittens)

Milly is still getting "rounder" by the day but we still have a few days to wait for her babies!

Ghost's kittens updated.

Milly and Amber are both looking very round - babies are due in a few days.

Milly and Amber are both definitely pregnant.

Ghost has had her kittens - two usual females and a sorrel male. (Ghost's kittens)

Milly and Amber have both been to stud!!
Milly has been visiting Joe again - so hopefully we will be having some usual or chocolate babies from her early May.
Amber has been to visit Grand Champion Agapae Telmachus (Mac) - thanks to Shirley (and Mac!) at Koperkat Aby's.

Deedee added to queens page.

I've also finally got round to changing my surname on this website from Lear to Dixon - it's only taken nearly two months from getting married!!

Apologies again for taking so long to update but I got married at the beginning of February and then went on honeymoon in New York for a few days leaving all the cats in my mum's very capable hands. I was surprised how much Crystal's kittens appeared to grow whilst we were away!!

Ghost is definitely pregnant, so we are expecting some kittens mid March.

Apologies for taking so long to update but we have been rather busy arranging our wedding in a few weeks!!

Ghost is currently visiting Joe - so hopefully there will be some lovely chocolate, sorrel or usual babies in a few weeks.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Milly's kittens updated.

Crystal's kittens updated.

Crystal is due to have her babies any day now!!

Milly's kittens updated.

Crystal is definitely pregnant and is beginning to look very round!

Joe's made Grand Champion at the Kentish Cat Society show - that's three Grands in three shows!!! 

Crystal looks as though she is pregnant.

Milly's kittens updated.

Milly had her kittens on the 22nd September - two chocolates and two usuals. (click for details)

Crystal has just come into season, so she will be going to see Joe for a few days - hopefully this mating will result in our first silver babies!

Amber's kittens updated with pictures taken just before they go off to their new homes.

Milly's kittens are due any day now - so hopefully some news soon!

It looks as though Milly is definitely pregnant.

Queens page updated with new pictures.

Amber's kittens updated.

Quite a lot has been happening over the last couple of weeks.

Joe and Crystal went to the East Sussex Cat Club show and both did very well. Joe  won his second Grand Challenge Certificate and Crystal won her third Challenge Certificate making her a Champion!

Milly has spent a few days with Joe, we should know soon whether she is pregnant. We are also hoping that, from this mating, we will find out whether or not Joe carries dilute.

Also, Amber's kittens updated.

We'd also like to congratulate Milly's daughter, Crystaltips Amhara Dewdrop (23d) on winning her first Intermediate Certificate at the London Cat Club Show yesterday!

Joe won his first Grand Challenge Certificate last weekend at the Suffolk & Norfolk Cat Club show!!

My father passed away last month and, as a result, my mum decided that she was no longer able to continue breeding. With the help of several friends within the cat fancy, I have managed to find homes for most of the breeding cats with other breeders - which I was very pleased about because, yet again, this year there have been fewer Aby's registered with the G.C.C.F.  Joe is now living with me. Joe seems very happy in his new home watching the rabbit in the neighbour's garden!

It appears that Amber is pregnant from Gilbert. Sybil Whitworth (Melisani Aby's) has very kindly taken Gilbert as a stud - hopefully he will settle in his new home and will continue to sire lovely babies!

I'd just like to say a really big thank-you to all those good friends who have supported and helped  over the last month - thanks, it has been greatly appreciated. Hopefully things will now start to settle down!!

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