Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! She may look a lot like an Aby, but she's a somali--she was a mommy in a breeding program (they outcross to Abys to increase the gene pool, but the longhair gene is recessive and she just didn't get it double-fold).
Argh, that sounded long-winded... Anyway, thank you again! I've learned a lot from this website, enjoyed the stories you've shared--maybe someday I'll have something to offer, too.
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, I should of said any Shorthaired Somali or Longhaired Abysinnian is called a Abysinnian in New Zealand regardless of whether both parents are Somalis ,