Siberian Cats and  Siberian Kittens

 While Siberian Cats are a very old native Russian breed, they are one of the newer breeds in the USA. Siberian Cats were first imported to the USA by Elizabeth Terrell in 1990. Those first three Siberian Cats came from St. Petersburg, Russia to Baton Rouge, LA. The cats became the beginning of Mrs. Terrell's Starpoint Siberian cattery. The cats are seen below.

        CH Ofelia Romanovna  

 They are Ofelia, Naina and Kaliostro. I was fortunate to be given Ofelia by Elizabeth Terrell. I showed her and loved her until her death in 2000.

  RW SGC Tribblecurl 

           Deemeeknatsh

        Photo by Ken McVay

"Deemeek" is the great grandson of Kaliostro, the first Siberian male imported to the USA. Deemeeknatash was my very first breeding Siberian Cat. He was the beginning of my Sibirskiy Cattery. He is now fourteen years old and I still show him. He is in wonderful health and plays like a kitten.

The first Siberian Cat imported from Siberia, Russia was IW SGC Treskuchiy Sibirskiy Moroz Mur. He was imported by TICA Judge Judy Chappetta to New Orleans, LA. "Irdie" was the first Siberian Cat of the Year in TICA. He was TICA Cat of the Year in 2000.

       Photo by Helmi Flick

IW SGC Treskuchiy Sibirskiy Moroz Mur

My Deema was "Irdie's" nephew. Deema was the son of Irdie's sister, Ninza. He was the next Siberian male that I added to my cattery.

              Photo by Helmi Flick

  RW SGC Cooncreole Deema

             Sibirskiy

Deema has been featured in Cat Fancy and his image can be found on everything from checks to notecards.

        SGA Dimitri of Sibirskiy 

  Russian import and brother of "Irdie"

         Photo by Ken McVay

 Dimitri retired from the show ring and became a volunteer for CAAWS's Pet Touch Therapy.

         The love of my life.

          Photo by Helmi Flick

                "Irdie"

Siberian come in all colors, solids, tabby and colorpoint, lynx point and solid point.

Photo by Larry   Johnson

DGC Sibirskiy Lev

Siberian Cats are a hearty breed that are slow to mature. It takes about five years for Siberian Cats to mature.

Photo by Helmi    Flick

DGC Sibirskiy Alyosha

Siberian Cats are  rounded cats with no extremes of contours to freeze in the cold Siberian winters. They are semi-long haired with a triple coat and dense fat layer.

Look at the dense coat and rounded body on this siberian Cat. 

 The Siberian is broad chested with a short neck and a 55-gallon barrel torso. The ears of a Siberian tilt forward slightly and have rounded tips. The ears are set more to the side of the head than the top-one to one-and-one-half ear width apart. The eyes are rounded and set with the outer conrner tilted toward the base of the ear.

The Siberian Cat is slightly longer than it is tall and has rounded feet and tree trunk legs.

SGCA Dimitri of Sibirskiy

  Photo by Ken McVAy

The head is rounded with a short, round muzzle and rounded cheek bones not prominently set.

Siberian have a flat portion between the ears and a slight curvature from forehead to tip of the nose when viewed in profile.

RW SGCA Cooncreole Nehkov of Sibirskiy

The CFA Siberian Standard can be found on the CFA Website at:

www.CFA.org

The TICA Siberian Standard can be found at:

www.TICA.org

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