Red Ferne Abyssinian's

 GC Red Ferne Voodoo

  Welcome to Red Ferne Abyssinian's                     

Hello and welcome we are Walter and Lisa Kaelin, and have been active in CFA for 10 years now. We are a small cattery and have about 2 litters  a year on average. We breed all four colors of Abyssinian's the ruddy, red, blue and fawn. We are members of the Abyssinian breed council and the ACCA. We live in a log cabin on 5 acres in Ky.  Health is my number one priority and I pk test all my breeding abys as well as blood type them.  Tritrichomomas foetus a protozoan parasite of the colon is becoming quite common in abys so I screen all incoming cats for this now as well. My passion for cats began as a child at the age of 7 when I sat a basket under the tree for Santa to bring me a kitten needless to say I did not receive my kitten that year my family was a dog family. I did not get my first cat until the age of 12 a lovely DSH named Elsa who died of Felv 2 years later. I am thankful for the testing we have today so that we do not see that disease as much as we used to.  My aunt used to take me to cat shows and I had always dreamed of showing and breeding purebred cats but what breed of cats to choose.  Well after watching the "The Cat from Out Space" I fell in love with Jake the star of the movie who is a ruddy Abyssinian so this is how I chose the Abyssinian breed.

My cattery name Red Ferne is from the movie "Where the Red Fern Grows" a movie I love very much, I am of Cherokee heritage, my Great-great grandmother was Cherokee.  The Story of the red fern is a Cherokee legend. My goal is to improve the Abyssinian for the show ring and to breed healthy Abyssinian's with great personality. My pet buyers become part of a extended family and I welcome pictures to see how the aby grows into the new family. Please always feel free to call with questions if you have one about your new Abyssinian. I love to see new pictures of my abys in their new homes.

Retired adults will vary with their sx cost I charge very little for adults for I just want them in loving forever homes its harder to place adults and I have had to learn I cannot keep everyone for I find letting my adults go harder then my kittens.

 The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air,
the fragrance of the grass speaks to me.
The summit of the mountain, the thunder of the sky,
The rhythm of the sea, speaks to me.
The faintness of the stars, the freshness of the morning,
the dewdrop on the flower, speaks to me.
The strength of the fire, the taste of salmon, the trail of the sun,
and the life that never goes away, they speak to me
And my heart soars.
- Chief Dan George

 
 This is Red Ferne Judah Ben Hur blue male he is my best friend. Aka Do-Lou is now struggling with diabetes .Do Lou's Blog for diabetes  

 Do Lou's profile

 Picture below created by Daniel Kaelin

The above pic is Baby Judah

This is Judah Ben Hur my best buddy, he was the first kitten born to my Abyssinian breeding program and we thought we were going to lose him he was a miracle kitten. He is a blue Abyssinian neuter. He was the only kitten in the litter. His Mom was on day 67 and had not gone into labor yet so I took her in to my clinic . It was a  work day for me that day as well. A xray showed what appeared to be one dead kitten.  But after assisting the vet with the c-section he was born very weak, another vet was present  to help. It would be another 48 hours before he and his Mother Ch Micoaby Blue Diamond and Rust of Red Ferne (GA) would start to do well and the rest is as we say is history.

We alter all of our kittens before they leave our home, on occasion I will sell kittens with a spay/neuter contract. They do not leave here until the age  4 months. All kittens/cats are sold with a written contract, a non-refundable deposit of 200.00 is required to hold a kitten at Red Ferne. We are a Felv free cattery. Before inquiring about a Abyssinian do your research on the breed they are very curious and very active breed and do not like to be alone so they are not a breed for everyone. They get on your tables, counters and into well pretty much everything. They attach themselves to you almost like a dog in many ways. They bond so closely to their owner. Once you have owned a aby you will never go back. We advise that you keep your Abyssinian indoors at all times for their safety. I also advise you to not declaw your kitten its very hard on the cat I think if more of you saw it done you would think twice before putting your cat through it. If you have multiple scratching posts notice I said multiple then your cat will use them your kitten will come from me trained to use a post but its up to you to continue I have posts all over my house. I hate declawing and consider the act barbaric. Link here to read more about declawing and how it hurts the cat.       

DECLAW INFORMATION

Many people wonder why we will not let a kitten leave here at a early age. Well the answer to this is first off to evaluate for the show ring we cannot tell if they are show quality until they are a minimum of 3 months of age,  and since we alter before leaving that of course makes the wait a bit longer but I have never had a pet owner tell me they could not bond because of this I think you can bond with a cat at any age of their life. We try very hard to keep our mother and kittens happy with one another. If we do not have any kittens now we would be happy to add your name to our waiting list. Just fill our my inquiry form and I will get back to you asap. Thanks so much for reading about Red Ferne.  

 This is Red Ferne Judah Ben Hur aka Do Lou below in his bomber jacket picture created by Daniel Kaelin.

 Our new member of the family Lily Mae female chihuahua as of 12-22-09 

 Our Home below we have a log cabin on 5 acres, cabin below is a cattery next to the house that Walt built for the boys. 

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Walter and I below in a old time style photo taken in TN