our links and friends

We wish to share some links with you, links that are very useful to know more about the Siberian Cat and others that were very useful for general information on cats. We are also sharing our friends'links.

First, we would like to mention my "Mentor": Josée, a Ragdoll Breeder and Mountain Bernese Breeder. Josée has become a very good friend and she encouraged me and guided me in this wonderful adventure. I now have the pleasure of sharing our mutual passion for cats and also to participate in Exhibitions with her.

http://www.chatouille.ca, for Ragdolls and http://www.elevagedemichaudville.com for her Mountain Bernese dogs.

We are member of the Club Félin Laurentides-Lanaudière, a cat club for cat lovers, breeders and owners.
http://www.clubfelinll.ca

Our good friend, who allowed us to adopt Nokomis, Sue Case, from Prekrasne Cattery in Arizona, US.
http://www.prekrasne.com/index.htm

We are also indicating links of catteries where we found our other princesses.

Branch River Farm, where Gabrielle wa born, our beautiful Blue Torbie with white.
http://www.branchriverfarm.com/

Joy's Hope, where our Soleil came from, a beautiful cat with expressive eyes!
http://www.joys-hopesiberians.com/

Onix Gloria, where Kira was born, our superb Brown Classic Tabby. Kira represents for us the Traditional Siberian Cat because of her "wild" look.
http://www.sibcats.ru/

Sibaris *RU, where we found Drema and Fiona. We also had the pleasure of meeting with Arina and Alexander. They are very nice and interesting people. We had a lot to discuss together !
http://www.sibaris.ru

Last, but not least, the cattery Rossity, the home of our beautiful Altyn (Aly). Elena is also a very good person and is very experienced as well in Siberian breeding.

http://www.geocities.com/rossitycattery/

Also, a link of another Siberian Cat Breeder, with whom we exchanged our links.

Sibirische Katzen "vom Ohlenberg"
http://www.vom-ohlenberg.de

USEFUL AND INFORMATIVE LINKS

Our veterinary hospital, where all our animals are treated with professionnalism and love. We are customers of the Hôpital Vétérinaire de Prévost for more than six (6) years and we are very satisfied of services rendered. We thank Dr. Simon Lachance and Dr. Michael Palmer for treating our cats and dogs so well.
http://www.hopitalveterinaire.com/

CCA/AFC, the Canadian Cat Association. We are members of this Association that exists in Canada since 1961. The Canadian Cat Association has grown and evolved into a registry of great merit, with affiliated clubs across Canada.
After months of work, our efforts were successful: the Siberian Cat is now recognized and accepted with the CCA.
http://www.cca-afc.com

The Siberian Cat World, extremely well-done and very complete information about the Siberian Cat.

Siberian Cat World

http://www.siberiancatworld.com

Magazine Animal - a magazine that provides informations with very interesting articles on all domestic animals, and more ! We are inscribed as Breeder fo the Siberian Cat in this magazine. The magazine is in French.

http://www.magazineanimal.com


to know more about the Siberian's personality

hypo-allergenic properties

Are you allergic to cats? Do you sneeze and wheeze? Do your eyes water around cats? The Siberian may be just the breed for you. Many long time allergy suffers have been very successful with the Siberian. Although it is not going to work for all allergy sufferers it has worked for many. It is working about 90 % of the time.

Many breeders claim that people with cat allergies can tolerate Siberians. Various reasons are given for this, the most popular being that Siberians produce little or none of the allergenic protein Fel D1. This protein, which causes allergic reactions in humans, is secreted via saliva and sebaceous glands and is spread onto the fur during grooming. Also, the dander produced by these cat's (FEL D1) is measurably less than that produced by most domestic cats and is considered to be hypo-allergenic.

The fact that a cat does not have fur (like the Sphynx) or has very short hair (like the Devon Rex) has nothing to do with reducing allergies because the protein is not produced in the hair but in the saliva. So far more people with cat allergies can tolerate the Siberian cat quite well as proven through hundreds of testimonials. However, little testing has been done to confirm this so it would be unwise to buy a Siberian solely on the basis of these claims. There is no scientific data available supporting this and also none that can disprove this either.

However, in order to know if the Siberian produced less Fel D1 than other cats, some laboraty tests were done in the US (Linda Tartof (member of TAIGA). She sent different samples of fur from different cats, different sex, pure or domestic. Results were conclusive and scientifics noticed that the Siberian has very low protein Fel D1. Also, the rate is modified if the cat is neutralized or if it is a male or a female. On the other hand, no conclusion has been achieved regarding colors.

Don't forget that you may be allergic to one Siberian and not another. Breeders have had experiences where allergy sufferers have not been allergic to a kitten but reacted to this kitten's mother. Is color a factor? Some breeders say yes and some say no. Is sex a contributing factor? Again some say yes and some say no. It all comes down to YOU and the individual cat/kitten near you at the time.

BUT DON'T FORGET THAT NO CAT IS TOTALLY HYPO-ALLERGENIC. WE CANNOT GARANTEE THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY ALLERGIES OR REACTIONS TO OUR CATS.

It is strongly advised that you see your doctor before purchasing a Siberian Cat or any other animal.

Updated: June 9th, 2009