Breeding Philosophy

Aq-Bars Siberians are bred with respect of the origins of the breed. In Russia, everyone knows about the brown big cat. Well known for its' endurance in cold weather, intelligence and hunting skills. 

The simple truth is that the Siberian Cat must look like a Siberian Cat. A long fluffy coat, too rounded head, very small ears and too round eyes are faults in this breed. Ofcourse, such a cat looks adorable with all the fluffiness in early kitten age and appeals easily to people. It takes long time for the Siberian to develop, up to 4-5 years and a young traditional Siberian Cat can resemble a house hold cat for an untrained eye, before developing to a true Siberian beauty. If You look for a Siberian, then look for a traditional one, go for the real thing.

Our kittens are well socialized, used to children and life in a family

We do tests on breeding cats: FEL ,FIV, blood type and in certain age they are scanned for HCM.  A negative HCM result does not give any guarantees for a permanently HCM free cat. Therefore, we have taken measurements in adding fresh lines in our cattery and avoid inbreeding. Luckily, HCM is not a common desease in this breed. Please, do note that HCM can appear in any cat regardless the breed.
Our cattery is tested negative for skin fungus, Microsporum canis a test we regularly take.

Kittens are well fed with top quality food since, only the best nutrition is enough for an Aq-Bars Siberian kitten. We give them fresh meat, boiled chicken, fresh pork heart, Whiskas cat milk, cheese, Royal Canin kitten dry food, shrimps, boiled fish. Canned food: Almo Nature, Feline Porta-21, Sheba, Animonda Carny kitten, Whiskas Junior, Latz Junior, Hills i/d,Eagle Pack Hollistic
Supplementing with Multicat.

Adoption of a precious Aq-Bars kitten

We rarely sell kittens outside Scandinavia. At this point we have decided not to sell to for breeding at all since the lines are already in use for breeding in couple of catteries from our B and C litter.
 

For us, it's  important that the kittens get a good loving home. Over showing or over breeding doesn't make me happy either. I think the cat should be able to rest now and then between shows. Each cat deserves a normal life at home.  Cat shows are ofcourse a nice thing and  important for many reasons,  but in moderation for each cat. I really like the TICA and the CFA shows, thank you to the pioneers in Finland in bringing TICA and CFA to Finland.

We want to protect the Siberian cat breed from too much inbreeding. 

Cages are a big no no, so is declawing.
We don't sell kittens to be alone either, they should have a cat friend to play with.