our Princesses

In May, we will pick up Basniowy Kalipso in Poland. We are very excited about her, a red mackerel female is quite rare.

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Kalipso - born in August 2009


Prekrasne Nokomis arrived last November and we are very happy with her. She is very affectionate, beautiful and has a very sweet personality. She will be ready to become a "mother" in late Fall..

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Nokomis, at 5 weeks

 

From Fiona and Kyska was born Quelia, a beautiful Black Silver Mackerel. She was supposed to go to Norway but we kept her. She will also be ready to become a "mother" in the Fall.

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Quelia - born June 19th, 2009

 

The first "Lady" that we took home is Gabrielle. She is a magnificent Bue Torbie with White and she is from Branch River Farm, New Hampshire, USA. We thank Mary and Sheldon for letting us have this beautiful girl. She was born January 13, 2006 and her parents are Sir KatyMcFurr Erik of BranchRiver and Dame Kynaz Gvidon Adriana of BranchRiver. Gabrielle gave us four litters already. She will be "married" again soon hopefully.

Then, we fell in love with Soleil, from Joy's Hope. Soleil is the daughter of Sir Katy McFurr Vasily of Joy's Hope and Dame Chimneyhouse Maya Ekaterina of Joy's Hope. She was born on March 24, 2006 and she is a gorgeous Smoke Torbie. We drove down to Virginia to pick her up and we had a very nice time with Carol of Joy's Hope. Thank you Carol ! After giving us three litters, she is now retired and lives happily with our daughter Eve Line.

Finally, when we were looking for another girl, our eyes caught Kira (Biryusinka)... We could not let her go anywhere else but home with us. Kira (we named her Kira) is a fantastic Brown Classic Tabby. She was also born on March 24, 2006 and she is directly from Moscow, Russia thanks to Tatyana from Onix Gloria. Her parents are Sir Int. Ch. Lancelot Onix Gloria and Dame Angelur Hohloma of Onix Gloria.

Drema arrived in August 2007 directly from Moscow. She is a magnificent Black, with chocolate browns highlights and she has beautiful green eyes. She is from Sibaris *RU, in Russia. She was born April 7th, 2007 and her parents are Sir GICH (WCF) Antey Sibirskaya Zhemchugina and Dame IC (FiFE) CICH (WCF) Basyona Sibaris*RU. Thank you Arina and Alexander. She gave us three great litters and is now retired and lives happily in Gatineau.

Fiona is from Sibaris *RU and she was born August 7th, 2007. She is a black tabby mackerel. She is still young but very promising. She is the daughter of IC(FIFe), WCH (WCF) Baron Sibaris *RU and IC (FIFe), CH(WCF) Vorkuta Dostoyanie Sib *RU. Thank you again Arina and Alexander. She arrived on December 28th, 2007. She already gave us beautiful litters and she should have another one this summer.

From Kira and Jérémie, we kept a female, Béatrice, a Black Silver Mackerel. Béatrice, born November 7th, 2007, gave birth for the first time in June 2009. Then, she had another litter in December 2009. She is now resting until Fall 2010.

pictures of our princesses

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Gabrielle, born January 13, 2006
Blue Torbie with white
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Soleil, born March 24, 2006.
Silver Torbie with white
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Kira born March 24, 2006.
Brown (Black) Classic Tabby
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Drema born April 7, 2007.
Solid Black
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Fiona born August 7, 2007.
Brown Mackerel Tabby.
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Béatrice November 7,2007.
Black Silver Mackerel.

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: March 2, 2010