We have shown and bred cats since 1983, off an on, mostly off with cats just as pets while raising two boys. We have worked with seven breeds of cats over the years, showing three of them (Siamese in CFA, Bengal in TICA, and Abyssinian in TICA and CFA). During that time we have also helped local humane societies and shelters adopt out their pets, care for them, and have given four of them a home h
ere over the years. We rescue, foster, and adopt out purebred (and sometimes mix) Abyssinians in the Southeast area of the U.S. as well as help local humane societies and shelters. I've been fascinated with Abyssinians since I first saw them in 1985 at a CFA show where I was championing my first show cat, a lilac point Siamese. We now breed and show Abyssinian cats in north Georgia, USA. We will send our Abyssinian kittens to you domestically in the cabin of an airplane, accompanied by a professional transporter or by us. If we take them to you within the continental U.S. you only pay transport costs. Aksum is a TICA registered cattery name and we have signed and abide by the TICA Code of Ethics. We show in TICA and CFA (Advance Abyssinians is our CFA cattery name). We have a separate line of Abys that is double registered and shown in CFA and TICA. We offer a health guarantee against all major and genetic diseases (including FeLv, FIP, T. foetus, ringworm, PRA, and PKDef) in our written contract. We raise our kittens in our bedroom and the kittens are integrated with the adult cats that sleep with us in our bedroom after they are vaccinated. Aksum Abyssinians started in 2007 by showing regularly in TICA and carefully choosing only the best Abys that have the conformation and characteristics we are looking for as our foundation cats. We mentor new breeders. The name Aksum comes from the ancient name of Ethiopia, known in the 1800s as Abyssinia, and the alleged source of the first Abyssinian cat imported into England in the 1800s from the Abyssinian War. The ancient city of Aksum still exists in Ethiopia.