Featured Breed: The Siberian

I figured this could be a cute monthly thing, along with dog breeds and rodent/exotic pet breeds. No it's not complete information from start to finish but it does give a person a little insight into the breed mentioned, hopefully. Though of course I and I'm sure all the other little critters in shelters would love it if you adopted one of them before going to a breeder. :)

The Siberian is a long haired breed of cat that originated in Russia. It was recognized as a breed somewhere between 1988 and 1990. They are a fairly recent and rare breed in the North America, but back in their home country they can be seen in several old paintings and in writings.

Siberians are not only exceptionally beautiful but are known to be wonderful jumpers and powerful cats. Their weight ranges between 15-20 lbs in males and 10-15lbs in females. Their body is usually shorter and blockier then Main Coons. They are slow to mature like Main Coons, usually reaching their mature size at around 5 years old.

Siberians are known to be devoted and attentive felines, intelligent, playful and are said to be the dog of the cat world. They’ll come when called and have been known to hold lengthy conversations with their owners using their little voices. They love attention and become easily attached to their owners, they usually have a fondness of water even swimming in it at times and love going for walks (on a leash of course). These cats are confident, good natured, and fond with children. They love to be underfoot, just waiting for the chance of a good belly rub or chin scratch.

Siberians aren’t only unlike other cats in their personality they are also Hypoallergenic. Fel D1 is very low or doesn’t exist at all in this cat. Fel D1 is a protein that cats will leave behind on their fur when grooming that seems to irritate many people causing allergies. Their fur is also said to be less likely to mat and come in a wide variety of colors though the color point versions are called Neva Masquerade and has several breeders working to save the original version of the Siberian where that are no color points.