Our first Aussie litter arrives!

We have been very busy lately moving from London to Sydney and getting settled in.  Things are going really well and we are loving Sydney so far though there is still loads to do before we are totally settled. Our belonging are still yet to arrive- they are on a ship and won't get here for some time yet so it will be a while before we are fully relaxed here.

We are very excited to announce that last week saw the arrival of our very first Aussie litter. Meadow (RW SGC Tavolga Sibaris of Snowgum) had a litter of 8 beautiful healthy babies. This is a very special litter as the father is the very handsome Innokentii, a gorgeous foundation Siberian boy direct from the St Petersburg area, whom Meadow visited in the UK prior to moving. A big thank you to Maria for this very special mating!

This litter brings a completely new Siberian bloodline to Australia so we will be keeping one of the babies to further the diversity of our breeding program.

Meadow is proving to be an excellent first time mum and all her babies are big and strong and growing well.  She has 7 boys and one girl in a mix of mackerel, spotted and classic patterns, some with and some without white. They are really a beautiful bunch and we are loving having kittens around again after the short break we have had.

If you have emailed in the past month I do apologise for my lack of reply. I will be in touch shortly.

Here are some pictures of the gorgeous litter.  Apologies for the pics, they were taken on the phone. I have taken some on my SLR too but then realised that the cable to transfer them to the computer is in one of the boxes on the ship! How annoying!

The proud father Innokentii owned by Maria Bunina, Musrafy Siberians:

And one of Meadow as a teenager after winning Best in Show and Best of the Best in the Forest Show in Moscow last year:

Packing has begun

We have started packing for the big move to Sydney! 3 more weeks and we'll be there! Yay! Can't wait!




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Best in Show!

Meadow had another great show two weekends ago in Brigg.  The results just came out and we are thrilled to announce that she was the overall Best Cat in Show! Well done Meadow! We are so proud!

We have to say a huge thank you to Nicki of Amisit Brimans & Turkish Vans for having Meadow stay over, taking her all the way to the show for us and having her stay in the hotel. And also to Andy and Jo of Alexandrite Siberians for showing her all weekend for us.   Thank you guys!! Meadow couldn't have done it without you!

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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