Favst's First Show

Favst did very well but was rather scared. We are hoping that as we continue to take him to shows he will relax. Especially in July when another cat joins him on the show circuit.

In this photo he was finally starting to perk up though I think it was just to flirt with the pretty Ragdoll next door.

We had professional photographs taken of him by Larry Johnson. Favst wasn't very cooperative and I was pleased with how the photographer got him interested by using various teasers and also talking gently and petting Favst. I cannot wait to see these photos!

Thank you to the great people who put on this CFA cat show! I know with these tough economic times it is not easy for the breed clubs to get the shows going, get enough entries and break even on the shows. I wish we could have attended Sunday's show but we are attending my sister's birthday party instead and it is good as our toddler (and his daddy!) are worn out from yesterday.

We are also grateful to all the people who not only tolerated a rambunctious toddler running around the show hall but many seemed to enjoy watching his antics. The gentleman running the raffle was one of Gabriel's favorite people and they had a blast.

Favst will be an uncle at the end of the month and also have new brothers and sisters . His sister Dica and his mom Lily are due almost at the same time. We look forward to more outstanding cats! Grisha is the sire for both litters so we should see some fantastic coats and type.

Favst was commented on by one judge as having great promise, an outstanding head shape and good boning for a kitten his age. She said she looked forward to seeing him as an adult. Favst's next shows will be in the Open class in CFA and Championship in TICA as he ages out of the Kitten class on May 14th.

Have a blessed day!

Dawn, Doug, Gabriel & the Pendraig Siberian Cat Family!
Breeder of Siberian Cats & Siberian Kittens in Texas

Siberian Kittens - 3 weeks old!

We have the 3 week old photos of the Siberian kittens up now! 

Godava - The mostly white Siberian kitten is developing nicely.  We have decided to keep her at least long enough to get her evaluated by some judges.  If she gets a good evaluation then we will keep her on for showing (unless a suitable show home would like her).

Galina - The lovely silver torbie is going to be so beautiful and will make someone a wonderful pet.  She is a doll who loves to sleep on my feet on the ottoman.  She could possibly be shown but her type isn't quite what I look for in a show cat.  She is a striking girl and will have a bright and clear silver color to her.  She is still available.

Gertruda - The warm brown tabby, with the flame of red on half her face is now reserved!  She is a gorgeous girl also and has very good type.  I wouldn't mind having her evaluated either but she will probably leave for her loving home before that.  We are so grateful to her new Mom for providing a future home of love and happiness for her.

We are very pleased with this litter of Siberian kittens!  Thank you to Zoya the wonderful mom for taking such awesome care of her babies.  We've never had kittens so huge and fat.  It's wonderful.

Zoya's going to retire to her new home in August after the babies leave.  We are going to miss her but she has a very wonderful new Mom waiting for her. =)

Love to you and yours!

Dawn, Doug & Gabriel plus Our Siberian Cat Family and Connor our ASD!
Pendraig Siberian Cats

Siberian Kittens - new Photos at 2 weeks up!

We finally have our photos of the flashy calico litter of Siberian kittens up on our website.  Please visit soon and take a peek!  We are planning to take photos again on Wednesday as they change so much ever day and they will be 3 weeks that day.

The brown torbie and white, Gertruda is on hold pending a deposit.  The lovely silver torbie and white girl, Galina is available to a pet home and the striking van patterened Siberian kitten Godava is available to a show home only.

We hope you all had a happy and blessed Easter!  Those in Russia, or following the Russian orthodox calender, we wish you a joyous Easter. =)

Love to you and yours,

Dawn, Doug and Gabriel Campbell
Siberian Cat Breeders in Texas

Raw Diet Research - good thing?

We are interested to see that the Winn Feline Foundation agreed to support a study on raw diets in cats.  We do have concerns however as even a raw diet can be bad if not balanced properly and many times these studies are useless because of the approach.  They are then used to vilify the raw diets... much like the faulty science behind the lipid hypothesis.

We look forward to reading the results of this study and the full proposal.  This is a sign of good things to come we hope with more people embracing raw and natural diets for superior health in their cats and dogs.

Best wishes,

Dawn Campbell
Healthy and Raw Fed Siberian Cats

NEW PROJECTS
#09-002: Nutritional adequacy and performance of raw food diets in kittens
Beth Hamper, DVM; Claudia Kirk, DVM, PhD, DACVN, DACVIM; Joseph Bartges, DVM, PhD, DACVN, DACVIM; University of Tennessee; $14,878
There are many benefits claimed for feeding raw food diets to cats, including improved immune function. Although 4% of U.S. cat owners feed raw diets as all or part of their cat's diet, there are no published studies examining whether these diets are complete and balanced for feeding cats or whether immune function is improved in cats on a raw food diet. The goal of this study is to determine whether a commercially produced raw food diet and a homemade raw diet are nutritionally adequate for feedings kittens and whether these diets enhance immune function and improve digestibility. The outcomes to be measured include growth rate, feed efficiency, digestibility, and various blood and immune status parameters. The long term goal is to evaluate ways of improving feline immune function through diet.

Winn Feline Foundation

P.O. Box 1005,

Manasquan, NJ 08736-0805

Phone: 732-528-9797

http://www.winnfelinehealth.org

HCM Screening on our Boys!

We have excellent news so far in that they received a preliminary "clear" or "good".  Both our boys behaved well though Aslan was a bit scared and squirmed.

We will get the official results in a few weeks and it is a great relief to have our first HCM health screenings done with such a good preliminary result.  We were hoping to take Lily as well but unfortunately didn't have enough room in the truck with our son as well.

At the next screening we will take Dica and Lily if they are not pregnant or caring for kittens.  It is our goal to have all of our breeding stock scanned regularly once they are 1 or 2 years of age.

It is important to us as breeders, and stewards of the Siberian Cat Breed to help prevent major health problems within our breed by screening our cats and maintaining healthy lines.  We also donate money to the research fund to find a DNA marker but even if one is discovered we will continue to have the screenings performed.

Thank you to wonderful CFA Region 3 who helped us get our boys screened for HCM.  Thank you to Christie for organizing it and helping us get a good time for our appointment to accomodate our drive from Austin and our 19 month old son.  Thank you also to Darlene Thomas for letting us use her store Cats Unlimited and for letting our son run amok among the cat toys.  He had a blast.

Have a great weekend!

Regards

Dawn Campbell
Siberian Cat Breeder @ Pendraig Siberian Cats

Siberian Cat Updates!

We hope you all have had a wonderful week!  It's nearly Friday and we cannot wait for the weekend.  We will be working on our raised bed gardens and getting ready to build our chicken tractors!

But enough of the farm updates... onto the Siberian Cats!

We are happy to announce that Dica was put with Grisha, again and this time it *seems* like they successfully mated.  We are hoping that she takes this time as it is our 3rd try with the two of them.  If she does not we have a dear friend who has offered her male to us and we will try them.  Thank you so much for the kitten buyers on her waiting list who have been so patient with this unusual situation.

Also, Lily was due for her next mating so we put her with Grisha a few days later.  He's been busy the last two weeks!  We are hoping that mother and daughter can have their babies around the same time and Lily can help show her the ropes.

If these girls took we are expecting kittens around May 28th for Dica and June 2nd for Lily.

And of course we still have 3 of Zoya's kittens available to loving homes.  See their photos on our Siberian kittens for Sale page.

Have a wonderful week.  Bless you!

Regards,

Dawn Campbell

Siberian Cat Breeder
Pendraig Siberian Cats

Siberian kittens in a riot of color!

As promised here are some photos *and* a video!  We have another video to upload though it's no more exciting.  As the kittens get older and move around more we should have some great fun then.

We are thrilled with the overall size and health of the litter.  We are also seeing some nice coats and of course the striking colors are just wonderful.  We hope this little girls will have the great type of their sire but the bigger size of their dam.  We'd love to see one or two of these girls shown in CFA or TICA but likely it will only the kitten we keep.  Show homes are difficult to find in these difficult economic times.

First here is the YouTube video.  Sonja, the grandmother of the litter is also there.  She had to be part of the scene.  Also the strange background noise is our son, Gabriel, making strange noises that kind of sounding like the kittens mewing but on the video sound smore like a Yorkie.

And now for some photos! Here is one of the more striking color combinations. She looks like a tortie and white, almost a van pattern but I suspect she's really a smoke and the red isn't showing well yet. You can also call her a calico.



We are not sure yet of any show or breeding quality though I do have my eye on one that I think will be the keeper for us from this litter. Zoya is being retired to a wonderful pet home so this is her only litter. This is also Aslan's last litter before he was retired so these kittens are very special.

We will update with more photos and of course we also have a photo album created on Facebook in the Siberian Cats Page.

We hope you enjoy these as much as we do and we look forward to meeting the new families that will join the Pendraig Siberian Cat family!

We do have some reservations on this litter. However, some of these kittens may be available please contact us for more information.

Be sure to catch us on Twitter ( http://www.Twitter.com/siberians ) and on Facebook. We'd love to meet you.

Regards,

Dawn, Doug & Gabriel Campbell
Pendraig Siberian Cats
--- The Eco-Friendly Siberian cattery producing loving and healthy kittens for your family.