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about our Abyssinian & Somali cats in Cape Town, South Africa
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Tchai ranked as the best Abyssinian in South Africa!
(And 8th best breeding cat in the country) at the 2025 Cat of the Year competition.
On the weekend of the 25th July Tchai took part in the South African Cat of the Year competition in Johannesburg. The best cats from each province qualify to compete for the sought after title of cat of the year!
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Tchai is only 1 year and 3 months old, and winning best Abyssinian in the country and 8th best overall as a teenager is an amazing achievement!
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We had a lot of fun looking at all the amazing cats and meeting the cool owners. Until next time :)
Tchai the top ranked cat in the Western Cape and set to participate in the cat of the year competition
After participating in 2 shows, Tchai came out on the top of the rankings in the Western Cape, and has qualified to participate in the Cat of the Year competition to be held in Johannesburg at the end of July!
At this competition, the top 5 cats from each province compete for the title of South African Cat of the Year! (The best cat in South Africa!)
Our first rainbow litter is born
On Sunday the 22nd of June, Indie gave birth to her first ever litter! (Our C litter) A beautiful rainbow of a fawn boy, sorrel boy and blue girl.
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We are super excited and this is a dream come true! It took years of planning to get a rainbow litter (getting the right cats with the right genes).
We are grateful for each one of them and that mom is doing so well with the kittens.
Tchai wins best cat on show at the WPCC show in May!
Tchai won the title of Overall Best Cat of the Day and Best entire of the day!
What does this mean? Of all 92 cats on show, he was judged the absolute best cat there! It is really a big honour because there were so many amazing cats on show. This was the first time an Abyssinian has won a show in a few years!
Western Province Cat Club Show March 2025
Tchai entered his first ever cat show and became a Champion, won Best breeding cat of the day, Best Abyssinian of the day, and also a prize for judges favourite cat of the day. The judges said he had " excellent body and substance, excellent profile and muzzle, excellent colour and excellent for his age (11 months)! " He was super calm at the show and just relaxed in his cage with indie (who also became a champion and was also nominated for best in show).
Our B litter born on 1 Feb 2025
Arizona had her first litter of kittens (with Tchai as the dad and his first litter as well) on the 1 February 2025. She had the kittens on our bed haha. She has been an amazing mom and produced such beautiful loving and amazing babies, which we named Banjo, Brooklyn and Barcelona. They will go to their new homes in May.
Cat of the year 2024
We went to say hi to the mom of our cats, Supreme Champion Purrissimo Kisho of Abymoon, and some of the other Aby breeders at this year's cat of the year competition in Cape Town. Kisho looked so beautiful as always.
Nova's first cat show
We took Nova to participate in her first (and probably last) cat show organised by the Western Province Cat Club, their 130th show! Everyone loved her and commented how soft and shiny she is. She got her Premier status, but the judges said she is a bit overweight haha! But its so cold this winter, a girl has got to eat!
The A litter kittens featured in a rawlove petfood commerical!
Earlier this year our A litter of kittens were featured in a rawlove petfood commercial. They were headhunted from instagram and we thought it would be a fun thing to do! You can watch the commercial here
Hunter's 1st catshow and Judge's Favourite!
At Hunter's first cat show he scored three 1st places and also got a special prize from the visiting judge from Norway, judge's favourite! We think it is his unique loving personality that won him the prize!
