News from France about Wiggle - now "Foxy Lady"

Foxy went to France with Bella, a Siamese kitten, and has fitted in well with a household of other dogs and cats, and hens

Looks like she's got the dog organised

Abyssinian Cat Association Show April 2011

Star's first show (Pen 19) and she was up against strong competition in the largest Open class in the show. She won a 1st, a 2nd, a 3rd and a 4th, which at least meant a good range of colours for her rosettes. Glendavan Kookaburra won the Usual female kitten class and went on to be considered for Best in Show. Star behaved very well and was happy to be carried around seeing the other people and cats, but was judged not to have a warm enough base colour yet. (It's developing). Hattie (Pen 5) did very well indeed, despite being next door to a restless male cat, which she found distracting. She got her first Champion Certificate, and got two other Firsts and a 2nd.

Judge Mrs L Ashmore's comments on Hattie:

USUAL ABY ADULT FEMALE
1 CC
............. WAVETAIL HATTIE
Pleasing type with nicely rounded muzzle. Expressive eyes and well placed ears of good size. Good body, limbs and tail. Coat fairly short and close lying but with some resiliance. Paler colouring but showing nice clear ticking. Some pale fur on chin. Some slightly dark roots at the back of her neck. Sweet girl who handled well.

Big Boy - now Christian - in his new home

Christian seems to have settled in well with Baboo, a one year old Bengal

Little Boy - now Edelweiss - in his new home

Apparently Edelweiss prefers freshly cooked salmon for breakfast. He looks very much at home in his castle

Only two left at home

Two of the kittens, Edelweiss (Little Boy) and Wiggle, have gone to their new owners. Pictures to follow. Hattie doesn't really seem to have noticed. Meanwhile here is some video of the remaining two.

Just occasionally you can get the bed to yourself - Wiggle stretching out

Recent pictures

Hattie looking wise







Big Boy
in a bag.



Wiggle left and Star right, just after Wiggle went for her passport;



Little Boy (Edelweiss) having a wash




Big Boy doing what he's good at and above him Star trying to look grownup

Little and Large

Star with Giggs - who is not Abyssinian. he's a ticked tabby Asian

The boys

Big boy left, little boy right. Just fed them all some raw lamb. Girls were keener than the boys, but all relished the chewing, and three of them growled. Fierce noise for a little cat.

The girls

Left picture: Wiggle on the left. Star on the right
Right picture: Wiggle and her mum

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Telling one kitten from the other

The two girls have been identifiable from their head markings for a long time. "Wiggle" has has a central wiggly stripe, "Star" has a broader diamond shape in the same place. Now the boys are becoming easier to tell apart. Not only is one bigger than the other, but he has a short sleek coat like his mother - shorter than other Abys I've had. In comparison the smaller boy looks quite fluffy. The kittens have free run of the house now while we are around, except for the kitchen, and interact with the other cats. Cold weather seems to have brought on a resurgence of suckling, but the attraction of a hot drink seems understandable. This isn't an easy house to keep warm. They've checked out the Christmas tree, but aren't overly interested.

Kittens playing

Lazy Sunday

The only time you can get them all in one picture is when they are sleepy

Development

The kittens soon learnt to climb out of their pen. If we net over the top we could keep them in but we would also keep Hattie out. So the Lindam type pen with bars would have been better. On the other hand they get plenty of exercise climbing up the mesh. So they are free range in my office, and are clawing round my ankles from time to time as I type. Every day they find a new trick, a new height to scale. I have blocked the chimney........ Quite fussy about food. I've been feeding Cimicat milk powder to mother and kittens. Just nearing end of second tub, and not sure if I'll buy another, though that always goes down well. Have been trying to give a mix of cheaper and more expensive kitten food, but, like their mum, they are prepared to leave the cheap stuff for a day rather than eat it. Weighed them yesterday, and it's still a straight line graph, with them around 800 gms each now

Feeding time looks very different now

Hattie feeds the kittens much more rarely now they are on solid food, and often it's just the one slightly hungry kitten. However this is what the entire crew look like

Fun with a small box

More cute pictures.

On the box.................

Bigger file - let's see if the quality is better