Mango's Favorite Links
Fun Stuff
- The Squid Art Gallery
- Squid is an Abysinnian cat who enjoys posing in some of the world's most famous works of art as well as some his own original art. Truely remarkable feline art! Click here to see a review by Jen Longshaw from the "Nature of Animals."
- Danté's Aby Gallery
- Danté is sort of the patriarch of Mango's extended family. He's a beautiful and sweet Ruddy Aby who was found wandering on the street in 2002 and was given a loving and safe home that he has really enjoyed since then. Enjoy some pictures of a happy and confident cat.
- Tess and Costello
- Costello is a lot like Mango in that he is an Aby who has a female Tabby as roommate. Some lovely and fun pictures of Mango's friends in Sweden. In English and Swedish
- The Cat Basket
- This charming cat site is in the U.K. and a testament to Matt's love for his kitties Simba and Misty (an Aby and a Tabby). Mango particularly likes Matt's cat food recipes.
- Flippy's Cat Page
- This site in Melbourne, Australia has an amazing amount of stories, pictures, treat recipies, links, health advice and other cat fun.
- 117 Cheese Road
- Göran Fernold in Umeå, Sweden created this site as a dedication to and his deep affection for Abys. He says Abys change your perception of what is "normal" (a minor understatement!) .This site is only in English.
- Inga's Cats (Kisurnar hennar Ingu)
- This site is in Icelandic but the pictures tell you everything you need to know. Inga has a gallery dedicated to her beautiful Blue Aby named Blámi ("Blue" in Icelandic), an Aby and Tabby mix named Lukku Láki ("Lucky Luke") and of her lost love, a sweet little Ruddy Aby named Alf (see the Friends of Mango section In Memory of Our Dear Friends).
- Purrsonalities - Our Cats Online
- Kirsten Scheffel has created a charming and clever site dedicated to her love for all cats.
- Aby Fun
- The life of two beautiful Abys, Poppy and Rusty, in pictures with a naration by Poppy. Just too cute!
- Punk Kittens
- Punk Kittens is a hilarious animation created by Joel Veitch that is sure to entertain you. It requires Macromedia's Flash Player.
Abyssinian Specific Sites
- AbyWorld
- This site has a lot of links to Abyssinian web sites and cat general interest sites all over the world
- The Abyssinian & Somali Cat Alliance
- This Aby and Somali group is in the United Kingdom
- Abyssinian Cat Club of Australasia
- Aby and Somali fans in Australia
- The Abyssinian Cat Association (UK)
- The official website of the Abyssinian Cat Association - the U.K. association for Abyssinian cats of all colours, and friendly helpful advice
- Danish Abyssinian & Somali Club
- An Aby and Somali group in Denmark (site is in Danish only)
- The National Abyssinian Cat Rescue (USA)
- As difficult as it is to believe, some people don't love their Abys. NAR works to rescue and place these wonderful companions.
Sites About All Cat Breeds
- Cat Fancier's Association
- Just about everything you are likely to want to know about cat breeds and cat health can be found here.
- TICA - The International Cat Association
- This organization recognizes a few breeds the CFA does not. Also a good source of breed information.
- Catz Incorporated
- This organization is in New Zealand and provides interesting information about the various breeds
- Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe)
- FIFe could be called the United Nations of Cat Federations. This organization works to standardize breed definitions among other efforts and has member organizations in 29 countries.
Cat Fun and Infomation Sites
- Comic Cats
- This site features funny cat photos, cartoons and vintage comics.
Website Operation Stuff
- Harris Media Web Hosting Service
- The company that keeps It's Mango Madness! on the Internet is Harris Media. Harris provide end-to-end service or any part you may need from registration of your domain name to hosting your web site on their server farm. Harris has great online support available 24 hours a day and is very dependable!
- Chi Kien Uong's Advanced Guestbook
- The outstanding guestbook on It's Mango Madness! is a product of a programmer named Chi Kien Uong. There are many more feature and options available in his Advanced Guestbook than are used her at The Madness (conserving disk space!) so you won't be disappointed if you choose this one. The software is free and runs in 24 languages. It's server-based requires that your host support MySQL and PHP and you need only a reasonable amount of skills on following instructions to set it up.
- BBClone Tracking Statistics
- Running in the background of It's Mango Madness! is a visitor tracker by BBClone. This code collects general information about a visitor (country, operating system, browser type, etc.) giving us an understanding of the visitors to The Madness as well as some vital information used in the design and maintenance of this site. Click here to see Mango's stats. This software is a breeze to install and easy to use... and it's free. BBClone maintains a bulletin board and a help service to walk a new user through the installation. Your host must support PHP.