Meadow's does it again!

We had another fantastic show weekend with Meadow at the Taunton show last weekend.  She was Best of Breed in 9 out of the 12 rings and despite her lack of a full winter coat she came away with another 7 finals :-)

We also had the pleasure of having her photos taken by the world renowned cat photographer Helmi Flick.  Helmi and her husband Ken are an amazing team and within just 20 minutes we came away with a CD full of beautiful images of our gorgeous girl. It was amazing to watch- I've never before seen such a choreographed photo session.  A big thank you to Helmi and Ken and also to the show team for organising for them to come to the UK for the first time.

All photos in this blog post are by Helmi Flick.

Astra nominated for best in show!

We took Astra to her first show last weekend and despite a few nerves she performed wonderfully and was awarded her first CAC and then went on to be awarded Best In Variety and was Nominated for Best In Show! Well done Astra! We are very proud of you!















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Welcome Astra!

We have a new edition just in time for Xmas! Astra has just joined us from Moscow where she has been awaiting her PETS passport for many months. She is settling in well and is a sweet and loving girl.

All 4 of Astra's grandparents are foundation certified Siberians. She will provide a total outcross bloodline for us here at Snowgum.

Many thanks to her breeder Zhanna for entrusting us with this lovely girl!



























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Recovering well

I had a ligament reconstruction and clean out of my ankle a week and a half ago and have been lying on the sofa recovering since. I can definitely say that recovery has been made more enjoyable by having our new addition "Musrafy Trotskiy" around! He is settling in well and is an absolute joy. He's such a happy, friendly, cheeky chap!

He had his full physical, microchip and rabies vax yesterday in preparation for our move to Australia next year. The rules have changed recently so we now need to do rabies vax plus 6 month wait before they can come home with us in Sydney (one month of that is spent in a quarantine facility in Sydney) Such a pain :-( So all of our cats have had their jabs now and most have had their rabies blood tests.

I must say a huge thank you to Nanna for travelling all the way from Australia to look after my baby boy Ethan while I am on crutches! What would we do without family?

Here are some pics of Trotskiy recovering from his vax with me. Isn't he a sweetie!


















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Trotskiy

We are very pleased to be able to announce an unexpected edition to Snowgum! Please join us in welcoming Trotskiy, a gorgeous golden shaded tabby Siberian who we hope to show from early next year. He has fantastic boning, beautiful green eyes, gorgeous lynx tips and a wonderful sweet temperament. A big thank you to his breeder for letting this handsome guy join us.

Here are some pics taken at 8 weeks:
























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Another great show

Meadow had yet another great show at Newbury last weekend. She came away with another 9 finals:
3 Best Cats, 3 2nds and 3 3rds! Well done Meadow!

Snowgum Spirit & Ninja were there with their human slaves Darren and Erica and they too did us proud! Spirit came away with his Quadruple Grand Champion Alter title and Ninja with a BoB. Wow! Well done handsome guys!

A big congrats to the other Sibis there too- esp to Akiro for his SGCA title and Yana for her many Best Kitten wins!

Meadow did brilliantly at the previous show too. We only went one day and she came away with 7 finals including 2 Best Cats and 2 2nds!

Here is Meadow with one of her Best Cat wins on Saturday:



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Meadow Supremes at Swanley!

Meadow had another brilliant weekend at the TICA show in Swanley last weekend. She started the show with a Best Cat from Pascal on Saturday morning and then continued to her success right till close on Sunday evening. She came away with 6 Best Cats! Plus 6 further finals, most in the top 5!

So we are very pleased to announce that our Meadow is now a TICA Supreme Grand Champion!!! There are only a small number of female Siberians to ever achieve this title (she is just the 3rd in the UK!) and Meadow would have to be one of the youngest to do it at just 12 months of age! Wow! Well done Meadow, we are so proud of you!!!!

A big congrats to Darren and Erica on Spirit's continuing success on the weekend too!


Pascal deciding between Meadow and a very nice Maine Coon for Best Cat:

And Meadow wins it!
Ethan enjoying the show:

in his very cute cat socks!!!