Photo taken by Helmi Flick on July 27, 2008

Candy is an exceptionally nice example of a chocolate Aby. Her coat is clear of extra marks and has nice resilience, length and ticking with rich, warm color. Candy has a sweet expression, nice ear set and a well shaped head. She is extremely intelligent, as well as active, playful, affectionate and friendly to everyone she meets.

RW QGC Alexy Braeside Candytuft of Aksum

Candy is a chocolate Abyssinian carrying cinnamon and dilute, born 10/24/07. TICA (The International Cat Association) recognizes six main colors (plus the silver versions for a total of twelve colors) for Abyssinians. Chocolate is one of the newer colors, and is still gaining acceptance by Aby breeders and judges.

As a kitten, Candy won a regional award for the Southeast Region's 18th Best Kitten & 2nd Best Abyssinian Kitten as well as TICA's International 16th Best Abyssinian Kitten, even though she had been shown only three times in the two months left in the show season. (Kittens can be shown from four up to eight months old.)

At barely eight months old, Candy became a Grand Champion in just one show! She is now a year old and a Quad Grand Champion with enough points for a Supreme Grand Championship (lacking only the Best Cat ribbon) and is TICA's 17th Best Abyssinian Internationally, and Best Chocolate Abyssinian Internationally. In the Southeast Region, Candy was 14th Best Allbreed Cat, 9th Best Shorthair Cat, Best Abyssinian, and Best Chocolate Abyssinian, despite only being shown half of the show season. Candy is the second chocolate Aby ever to become a Quad Grand Champion!

It is much harder for an Abyssinian who is not a ruddy to place in the top ten finals as Candy has done many times now. Many judges prefer the traditional look of the ruddy, and chocolate and lilac Abys are so rare that some of the judges have never seen a chocolate before in person.

Halfway through the regular show season she was retired as a show cat and became Aksum Abyssinians' second foundation queen. Candy was bred by Bruce Alexy of Alexy Abyssinians.

Candy's kittens can be ruddy, chocolate, or cinnamon and the dilutes of those colors as well (blue, lilac, fawn), depending on the sire's genetics. Candy is chocolate carrying cinnamon and dilute. Her first litter of kittens was born February 24, 2009. Her second litter with Linc as the sire was born April 13, 2010.

Photo taken by Genevieve on January 26, 2008

Rose is a Cinnamon Torbie Aby. Her coat is very clear and has nice resilience, length and ticking. She has a very typical Aby personality and is quite active, playful, friendly and affectionate. She purrs a lot and is always happy!

Alexy Gypsy Rose of Aksum

Rose is a cinnamon torbie Abyssinian carrying dilute, born 6/29/07. Cinnamon is the new TICA name for Sorrel, and is also known as Red in CFA. It is one of the four generally accepted colors for Abys.

Cinnamon Torbie is also one of the sex-linked red colors. It is the hardest to distinguish from the original Cinnamon color because the Cinnamon and Red colors are nearly the same shade of red and are mixed together in a random pattern, which is why we thought she was a Cinnamon until very recently.

Rose was the third best Aby kitten in the SE region for the 2007-2008 season with several ribbons.

Rose and Candy's inbreeding coefficients are quite small, meaning that there is essentially no inbreeding in either cat. Rose is also a foundation cat for Aksum Abyssinians and was bred by Bruce Alexy of Alexy Abyssinians.

Our first litter of Abyssinian kittens was from Rose and Traveler born 8/31/08. The two available cinnamon female kittens were both sold in December as soon as they were available to go to new homes. Fire was kept for the Aksum showing program. She was spayed and placed in a loving forever home after her showing career ended.

Rose's kittens can be any of the following colors depending on the color of the sire: red male like Linc, very rare cream male, ruddy female or male , ruddy torbie female like Fire, blue male or female like Roxy, blue torbie female like Sky, cinnamon male or female, cinnamon torbie female like their mother Rose, fawn male or female, or fawn torbie female. All will have TICA registration papers. Rose's second litter of kittens by Linc will be ready to go in late August 2010.

Photo taken by Helmi Flick on April 5, 2009

Sky is a Blue Torbie Aby. She is a beautiful example of this new sex-linked red color. Sky has a sweet personality and is very playful and affectionate.

Alexy Blue Cream Sky of Aksum

Alexy Blue Cream Sky of Aksum is the second foundation queen in our sex-linked red breeding program, born June 25, 2008. As a blue torbie (also called blue cream tortie) with both blue and cream coat colors blended together, Sky's coat color is a dilute of the ruddy torbie. Rose, our cinnamon torbie, was the first Aksum sex-linked red queen.

We asked Bruce Alexy for a stud and queen pair that would produce the very rare cream females, and Sky is the queen we took home at three months old on October 2, 2008. She was paired with our red male stud Alexy Hot Rod Lincoln of Aksum aka "Linc" (who we also took home on October 2nd) to produce several different possible colors, including the extremely rare and beautiful creams.

Sky was bred to Linc's half brother Temur and produced a sex-linked red boy and a sex-linked cream boy on June 21, 2010. We plan to breed her to Linc after she has weaned this litter and then retire her.

Photo taken by Helmi Flick on July 11, 2009

Dancer is a Chocolate Aby. She has wonderful color, type and personality. Who could ask for more? We love her!

Photos taken by Helmi Flick on July 11, 2009

Aksum Tiny Dancer

Aksum Tiny Dancer, born February 24, 2009, is the second generation queen in our TICA chocolate breeding program. Dancer's beautiful mother, Candy, is only the second chocolate Abyssinian to achieve the title of Quad Grand Champion and Regional Winner.

We hoped for a chocolate female in Candy's first litter of kittens who would have an exceptional personality and nice color and type, and we have it with this beautiful girl!

Dancer is outgoing and affectionate and purrs a lot. She is unafraid and curious about her world. Dancer also travels very well in cars even for long distances, which is quite helpful for a show cat. And of course, she loves to play!

Photo taken by Helmi Flick on July 11, 2009

Dancer had her show debut as a four month old kitten in Raleigh, NC at the Southeast Regional show July 11-12, 2009 and took home two finals ribbons, 5th Best Shorthair Kitten and 9th Best Allbreed Kitten.

At the same show, Dancer's beautiful mother Candy received her second Regional Award plaque and ribbon as 14th Best Allbreed Cat, 9th Best Shorthair Cat, Best Abyssinian, and Best Chocolate Abyssinian, all in the TICA Southeast Region. Candy is also TICA's International Best Chocolate Abyssinian.

We bred Dancer with Alexy Temur Khan of Aksum. Temur Khan is a beautiful big chocolate Aby boy and made his show debut at the Southeast Regional show in July with Dancer. He is Linc's half brother (same sire). Dancer and Temur are both TICA Champions now. Their kittens were born April 14, 2010.