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           Silversmoke   Abyssinians and Ocicats

 
Welcome from Barbara and Ron Darby
 

We live in Kent with our ten Abyssinians, two Ocicats, two bobtail boxer bitches called Bobbie and Becky - and a number of other assorted creatures !
We saw our first Abys at the National in 1963 while living in our flat in Earls Court and working for British European Airways. When we bought our first home in Kent in 1965 top of our "want" list was an Aby! Our first queen was Broughton Gipsy Queen (Ch. Taishun Leo x Icletwee's Nefra) which we bought from Phyllis Hughes in 1967. Her first litter was born in 1968 from Pam Evely's Tranby Red Tutankhamen and included a red (sorrel), although her pedigree appeared to be five generations of usuals! She was later mated to Fairlie Mehesso, one of the first blue Abys (also owned by Pam Evely), which also produced sorrel kittens (no blues though) but her favourite stud was Mavis Quinton's Ch. Linquenda Giovanni, a mating which only produced usuals. One of our early successes was at the National in 1971 when Silversmoke Kandy won Best of Breed as a kitten when there were thirty seven Abys entered! Needless to say we kept Kandy and later one of Gip's penultimate litter, Silversmoke Queenie. We later took a break from breeding cats to raise our own family but have always kept Abys.
Our Ocicats came about as we have both admired Oci's for quite a while.  Ron saw a beautiful chocolate kitten (Thickthorn Meadowsaffron) at the East Sussex show in 2005.  He spoke to her breeder, Rosemary Caunter, and asked if we could reserve a future kitten.  Much to our surprise and delight a few weeks later Rosemary offered us Saffi and she came to us shortly afterwards.
To see our current breeding cats and neuters (and some kittens) click on their names or the buttons.

 

Aby Boys
 

Grand Champion Silversmoke Dan Dare (Dan) (usual)
 

Makeitso Hawkeye Pierce (Hawkeye) (usual)

Aby Girls
 

Champion Silversmoke Katerina (Katie) (usual)
 

Silversmoke Daisybelle (Belle or DB) (usual)
 

Silversmoke Chantilly Lace (Lacey) (usual)
 

Wavetail Miranda (Miranda) (sorrel)
 

Annera Gypsyrose (Rosie) (sorrel)
 

Silversmoke Spindrift (Lucy) (blue)
Silversmoke Miracle (Cully) (usual)
 

Neuter Aby Girl
 

UK Grand Champion & Premier Agapae Macaria (Maxi) (blue)
 

Ocicat Girls

Grand Champion Thickthorn Meadowsaffron (Saffi) (chocolate)
 

Champion Silversmoke Pearl Diver (Diva) (tawny)
 

Kittens

Aby kittens  Ocikittens
 

Memorials

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Site updated 05.05.08

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