Characteristics

• highly intelligent
• extroverted and extremely active
• not overly talkative and has a quiet voice
• loyal
• playful
• inquisitive
• enjoys playing fetch
• loves people and needs to be included in family life
• people oriented
• affectionate
• a cat that thrives on interaction and play
• not a constant lap cat
• prefers to observe what you are doing and insists on being included in all family activities.
• good family pet and tends to bond with adults and older children rather than with young toddlers.
• not a vocal cat, but have a small bell like voice to communicate

Description

• elegant, medium sized , muscular but slender bodied cat
• short silky, close lying coat
• slightly wedge-shaped head
• almond shaped eyes
• large ears
• tail is long and tapering
• regal in appearance
• their build is not as extreme as the Siamese, but not as rounded as the Burmese- somewhere in between
• an extremely beautiful and colourful cat with a distinctive agouti ticked coat
• it is this agouti ticking (flecking) that gives the Abyssinian the 'wild cat' appearance.