czarina siberians
the czarina ethic
CZARINA SIBERIANS is situated in the heart of the Canadian grasslands.
The clean air and pristine water of southern Alberta inform the ethic and mindset of Czarina Siberians. These deep-rooted values keep us invested in perfecting the balance of our Siberian Cats’ sweetness and glamour. Bred and raised with an eye to beauty, health, and affectionate nature from a lineage of World Champions; at Czarina Siberians, our cats’ genetics and personalities are unadulterated and unmatched.
CZARINA SIBERIANS is committed to raising well socialized, champion pedigree kittens with immaculate bloodlines and origins. We are experienced, registered breeders in good standing.
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED & AWARD WINNING members of The International Cat Association (TICA), Czarina Siberians Cats and Kittens and Alters perform with excellence in TICA Cat Shows. TICA judges frequently commend us on the calibre of our Siberian Cats in their conformation to the TICA Siberian Standard and on the excellence of our breeding program seen through our show cats, kittens, and alters.
IW BW SGCA CZARINA GALADRIEN, our Siberian Alter (show category for neutered and spayed cats), enjoyed a phenomenal 2022-23 show season, finishing strong with our first International Winner (IW) title as one of the top 25 Alters in the world. He achieved another first for Czarina Siberians by earning his Breed Winner (BW) title as the Best Siberian Alter in the world. Highly competitive, this is an extremely difficult title to achieve. We are so proud of all that our darling Galadrien accomplished his first show season!
Galadrien quickly became a Supreme Grand Champion Alter (SGCA) by placing Best In Show after earning his Champion, Grand Champion, Double Grand Champion, Triple Grand Champion, and finally Quadruple Grand Champion titles - at only 11 months of age. A 2-show Supreme is highly coveted but rarely happens, and our boy did it!
Galadrien keeps blowing us away, along with the esteemed TICA Judges who have loved our darling and have repeatedly chosen him for their Top 10 Finals.
We showed Galadrien again for the 2023-24 show year, and he continued to perform as an exceptional example of the Siberian standard, including a beautiful show temperament - he loved showing and finished his year as Regional Winner in the Top 25 Alters in the Pacific NorthWest Region of TICA. This current show year 2024-25, we have a goal for our outstanding Alter to bring another huge first home as Czarina Siberians’ first Lifetime Achievement (LA) title holder. To reach this goal, he must place in the Top 25 Alters Internationally (IW completed 2022-23) and he must place twice in the Top 25 Alters in the Pacific NorthWest Region (RW completed 2023-24, so just one more to go hopefully in 2024-25).
CZARINA SIBERIANS is ecstatic to introduce our fourth generation home-grown TICA star: IW BW SGCA Czarina Galadrien.
ONGOING EDUCATION, both formal and informal, influences every aspect of care of our beloved cats and kittens. We are continually furthering our understanding of ethical breeding, Siberian standards, and exceptional cat care. Our sense of pride in our progress over the years and excitement to continue learning, refining, and improving every aspect of Czarina Siberians keeps Czarina Siberians among the best Siberian Cats and Kittens available around the world.
Czarina Siberians cats and kittens receive superior care. They are given, and readily give in return, exceptional love. When you reserve your own Czarina Siberians kitty, you are receiving the culmination of all our expertise and love in the background and socialization of your precious kitty.
czarina siberians
preservation breeder
CZARINA SIBERIANS, as preservationists, undertakes to protect, preserve, and propel forward the Siberian Cat.
Internationally, pedigreed cats make up less than 5% of the domesticated feline population, rendering every pedigreed cat breed a minority breed in need of human intervention to avoid extinction in our lifetime. Siberian Cats are a landrace breed, meaning they evolved naturally without human intervention in their native habitat of the Siberian wilds, which adds to the critical need for preservation efforts in ensuring the longevity of the Siberian breed. Ethic breeders who understand this legitimate concern work tirelessly to preserve and improve their chosen breed of cat, thus ensuring their cat breed will continue to be a healthy, beautiful, structurally sound representation of the breed for years to come.
Every home that welcomes a pedigreed Czarina Siberians kitty is both supporting and benefiting from the passionate and educated work of Czarina Siberians as preservation breeders.
To be classified as a preservation breeder, a number of key foci in the pursuit of genetic management of the chosen breed is required. For example, in looking to national park preservation efforts, preservation of animals, plants, and other organisms classified as endangered or nearing extinction (and even in the example of preservation of historical structures); there is a clearly defined purpose, process, and proof of increasing success. As humans, we understand it is vital to protect our natural and historic sites, flora, and fauna. Preservation breeders of pedigreed cats follow this established procedure as well.
SIBERIANS are medium-large, semi-longhair cats originating in subarctic Siberian, Russia. Siberians evolved for survivability in continuous permafrost across 13,000,000 square kilometres of tundra, steppes, swamps, taiga, and mountains. Slowly maturing in their harsh environment, Siberians grow for approximately 3 years then bulk out for 2 more years. Touted the most cold-resistant domesticated cat, Siberians are a landrace known for circles and roundness from well-furnished ear tips to tufted feet to barrel-shaped torso to bluntly thick tail to rounded muzzle and head.
Siberians’ slightly thicker nictitating membrane protects their eyes from blowing sand or snow, just as their coarse guard hairs help prevent unwanted moisture etc. from settling in their coat. A uniquely textured triple coat, including warmly insulating resilient down hairs and water-repellent awn hairs, enables Siberians to hunt in any terrain and thrive despite the extreme cold of Siberia and its extreme heat a few weeks each summer. Canada is second to Siberian for these extreme weather conditions.
Preliminary research indicates Siberians are hypoallergenic with notably lower levels of secretoglobin Fel d 1 (Felis domesticus 1) responsible for 90% of cat allergies (affecting 20% of the human population). Further targeted research is undergoing and needed; however, anecdotally, a significant portion of Siberians live with allergy sufferers who report mild to non-existent reactions to their Siberians. The majority of our Czarina Siberians kitties live in homes that formerly could not have any cats due to allergies. Amazing!
Avid hunters, Siberians love playing solo or with their family or other pets. Siberians thrive on living in community with their people, other kitties, dogs or other pets. Many of our Czarina Forever Families who do not adopt two kitties at once return for a second, third, or even fourth kitty to cherish in their home.
Siberian play hearkens back to their pre-domesticated roots: playing in water, leaping in the air, climbing up their cat trees, pouncing and batting toys about during energetic spurts. We love playing with our kitties and seeing the ways they use their clever minds to change vantage points for better success in hunting their toy prey in our home.
The Siberian’s belly has loose skin near the rear legs, called a primordial pouch. This primordial pouch has a gelatinous feel in stark contrast to the Siberian’s otherwise firm musculature. In the Siberian wilds, the primordial pouch serves multiple purposes from protection in a fight to a place to store starvation rations to housing stretchy skin necessary for extending into powerful leaps. Firm muscles and thick boning along with the squishy primordial pouch work together to create the unique rounded look and unexpected heft characteristic of the Siberian breed.
Siberians are a quieter breed known not for mighty meows but for simply being present or their rumbling purrs, delightful chirrups, and squeaky meows. Slavic folklore, writings, paintings, and oral tradition is peppered with Siberians, who domesticated themselves to Siberia’s sparse inhabitants and monasteries as sociable and agile kitties able to handle rodents and other pests. In return, Siberians quickly earned the affection and care of the people they chose. Eager to please, Siberians bond deeply with their family on a foundation of mutual trust. Loyal, affectionate, gentle, patient, comical, and playful; Siberians are well suited to loving and prepared homes, including homes with seniors, children, and other pets.
