Siberian Cats and Siberian Kittens from Sibirskiy Cattery- raised underfoot with love, traditional colors and color points available.

SIBERIAN BREED STANDARD
IN PICTURES BASED ON TICA SIBERIAN STANDARD 2005

BY:  Vicki McCarroll

                           Photo by Helmi Flick

What to look for in a Siberian Cat-picture a cat in a cold, winter in Siberia, that cat would have no extremes to freeze. It would be a rounded cat-rounded ears, round belly with a thick layer of fat for insulation.

-Head, rounded contours

-Body, 55 gallon drum torso

-Coat, triple coat with resilient texture

                          Photo by Helmi Flick

The Head

-rounded contours

-broader at the top of the skull

-full rounded muzzle

-cheekbones not prominent

The Profile

-gentle slope from forehead to the nose

-slight convex curvature before the tip

-flattened area in the forehead between ears

                           Photo by Helmi Flick

The Ears

-set on the sides of the head at least one ear's width apart

-tilting slightly forward

-ears wider than tall

-rounded tip

The Eyes

-rounded eyes

-outside corner set tilting toward the outside edge of the ear

-top portion of eye slightly flattened appearing to have a heavy lid

            Photo by Helmi Flick

The Body

-medium length

-well muscled, barrel shaped torso

-firm belly with solid muscular feel

-legs medium in length, thick and heavy muscled

-heavily boned

You should be able to tell a Siberian even from the Back.....

                             Photo by Helmi Flick

                         Photo by Helmi Flick

-barrel chested, heavily boned, rounded contours

-wide stance

-broad chest

                           Photo by Helmi Flick

The Coat

Triple coat, heavy, resilient texture and body

Siberians are a natural Survival Breed

-coat and pattern are secondary to type

-all colors and patterns accepted with and without white

-no correlation between coat color and eye color except for color points

                         Photo by Helmi Flick

Notes:

-Siberians are a slow maturing cat taking up to five years to mature

-Siberian have warm weather coats during summer months especially in the South

-Siberians are a medium cat with a range of sizes, females are smaller than males

-Siberians have a sweet expression

-Siberians tend to be playful cats

-Siberians are adaptable companions

-great family pets

                              Photo by Helmi Flick

 
                            photo by Helmi Flick

This cat has it all......

                           Photo by Helmi Flick 

CremeRed mackerel

black smoke in center
Brown mackerel tabbyblack with white and silver with white
All colors with nd without white

TICA Siberian Standard

http://tica.org/public/breeds/sb/sb.pdf

brown mackerel with white

silver lynx point

photo by Helmi Flick

red mackerel with white

seal point

torbie with white

torbie

blck with white