UMary Allen
I-Abyssinian enomdla ayiyongonyama yesofa yobuthongo. Ufuna isenzo! Nangona kunjalo, ukuba umenza umthambo owaneleyo, uya kufumana umhlobo onothando kunye nokrelekrele wenyamakazi ubomi bakho bonke. Fumana yonke into malunga nohlobo lwekati yaseAbyssinian apha.
Iikati zaseAbyssinian ziphakathi kweekati ezidumileyo phakathi kwabathandi beekati. Apha uya kufumana ulwazi olubalulekileyo malunga nama-Abyssinians.
Imvelaphi yama-Abyssinians
Ikati yokuqala yase-Abyssinian yaziswa kwi-Great Britain xa imikhosi yamakholoniyali ishiya i-Abyssinia (namhlanje kumazwe aseMpuma Afrika ase-Ethiopia nase-Eritrea). Ukukhwelana kunye neekati zaseBritani zasekhaya kunye neekati zomnombo zaqhutyelwa ukuphepha ukuzalanisa. Kwangowe-1871, ikati yaseAbyssinian yaboniswa kumboniso odumileyo weCrystal Palace eLondon. Kwakunjalo kanye ngeli xesha, ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19, apho kwafunyanwa into entsha yokuzonwabisa eNgilani. Baye bazinikela ekukhuliseni ikati kunye nomzekelo onomdla onjengoko iAbyssinian yayiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo yomnqweno.
Imbonakalo Yama-Abyssinians
I-Abyssinian yikati ephakathi, enezihlunu kwaye ebhityileyo ebonakala lithe. Udla ngokubizwa ngokuba yi “mini puma”. Intloko imile okwe wedge kwaye inobude obuphakathi kwaye ithambile, iicontours ezintle kunye nebunzi elirawndi kakuhle. Iindlebe ze-Abyssinian zinkulu kwaye zibanzi emazantsi, zineencam ezingqukuva kancinci. Imilenze yabo mide kwaye inemisipha kwaye iphumle kumathupha amancinci a-oval.
Idyasi kunye nemibala yama-Abyssinians
Uboya be-Abyssinian bufutshane kwaye bulungile. Yintoni ekhethekileyo ngeekati zase-Abyssinian kukuba inwele nganye ibotshwe izihlandlo ezininzi. Oku kunika imbonakalo yekati ephantse ingaphawulwanga. Iibhanti ezimbini okanye ezintathu zombala kwizinwele ezimnyama ezikhethiweyo zikhethwa (i-tabby ephawulweyo). Kuphela liliso eliqhelekileyo lesakhelo kunye no "M" ebunzi zisabonisa ngokucacileyo iimpawu ezikhoyo ze-tabby.
Namhlanje ama-Abyssinians akhuliswa ngale mibala ilandelayo: Imibala yasendle (ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-“Ruddy”), iSorrel kunye ne-dilution yayo eBlue kunye neFawn. Le mibala nayo iza ngokudityaniswa nesilivere, etshintsha kakhulu imbonakalo yombala. I-Abyssinians iphinda ikhuliswe kwitshokholethi, i-lilac kunye ne-cream. Nangona kunjalo, le mibala ayiqatshelwa kuzo zonke iiklabhu.
Umbala wamehlo we-Abyssinian ucocekile, ucacile, kwaye u-amber ogqithiseleyo, uluhlaza okanye ophuzi. Ukongezelela, amehlo e-Abyssinians achazwe kumbala wokukhanga.
Umoya Wama-Abyssinians
I-Abyssinian luhlobo lwekati olunomoya. Unomdla, uyadlala, kwaye ukrelekrele. Ukongeza, i-Abyssinian ngumzingeli okhawuleza umbane xa enikwe ithuba. Uhlala enomdla kwaye edlala, akafanelekanga njengekati enye kubantu abasebenzayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kufuneka umphathe kwikati enye enomsindo kakhulu ukuba awukwazi ukujongana nobomi bakho bonke kwiimfuno zesaqhwithi esinjalo.
Ukugcina kunye nokukhathalela ama-Abyssinians
Ikati yaseAbyssinian idinga indawo yokuhlala eyaneleyo kunye nomsebenzi omninzi. Njengekati enye, ifanelekile kuphela kwinqanaba elilinganiselweyo. Uninzi lwabantu baseAbyssinian bayathanda ukulanda kwaye bayazingisa, kwaye ezi kati zikrelekrele zineenwele ezimfutshane nazo zilinyathelo elingaphambili xa kuziwa kwizinto zokudlala zobukrelekrele. Ewe kunjalo, indawo egqibeleleyo yaseAbyssinian ikwathathela ingqalelo iimfuno zokunyuka zabadlali abancinci. Ukuba ama-Abyssinians akhethe wena njengomntu abathandayo, unomthunzi omtsha. Ikati yaseAbyssinian ifuna ukubakho kuyo yonke indawo kuba kunokubakho into enika umdla ukuyifumanisa.
Ngenxa yobume bayo, iAbyssinian ayilohlobo lwekati olugcinwa lula ecaleni. Ulilungu losapho elincamathelayo elikwenza iimfuno kuwe xa kuziwa kumba wengqesho. Indlu enabantwana abafunde ukuphatha iikati ifanele i-Abyssinian edlalayo kakuhle kwaye akanangxaki nenja enobuhlobo nekati. Into ephambili kukuba kukho into eyenzekayo kwaye akufuneki ukuba abe yedwa.
Xa kuziwa ekuqeqesheni ama-Abyssinians, umniniyo unento elula. Idyasi emfutshane, ecolekileyo ine-undercoat encinci kwaye iinwele ezifileyo ziyasuswa ukuba zixutywe rhoqo ngekheri yerabha okanye ngesandla.