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About Siberian Tale

We didn't set out to run a cattery. We fell in love with one cat and built a life around the breed.

How we started
2015, first litter

How we started

The first Siberian came home as a brown tabby named after a city neither of us could find on a map. A year later, after importing a male from Russia and registering with TICA, the first litter arrived on the kitchen floor.

Eleven years on, still in Edmonton, still doing two or three litters a year, still hand-raising every kitten in the living room, not in a separate building, not in cages.

Scale was never the plan. Three or four families found us in those first years, mostly through word of mouth, and that became the rhythm: two or three litters a year, every kitten named long before pickup day.

We don’t ship. No shortcuts on the waitlist. Every kitten leaves at twelve weeks knowing their name, vaccinated, microchipped, and comfortable with vacuums, kids, and other pets.

Philosophy

What "small cattery" actually means.

There's no industry definition. Here's ours.

One or two litters a year

Not per queen, total. Each queen has a rest year between litters. We choose pairings carefully, not opportunistically.

Twelve weeks at home

Kittens leave at twelve weeks, never eight. Early spay/neuter at 11 to 12 weeks by our vet, vaccinated, microchipped, socialized to children, dogs, and the vacuum cleaner.

No production breeding

We don't breed colorpoint Siberians ("Neva Masquerade"). We don't breed to maximize kitten counts. We breed for temperament, health, and longevity.

Public waiting list

You can see exactly how many families are ahead of you. No surprises, no fake scarcity.

Lifetime support

If your situation ever changes, our kittens come back to us, for life. It's in the contract.

No declaw, indoor only

Both are in our contract. Non-negotiable. We've placed cats with families across Canada and turned down inquiries that didn't agree.

What we test for
Health testing

What we test for

Every breeding cat in our cattery is screened for the three conditions that matter most in Siberians: HCM (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy) via annual echocardiogram by a feline cardiologist; PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) via genetic test once; PK Deficiency via genetic test once.

We also test all cats for FIV and FeLV before any pairing, and we don't over-vaccinate. Our protocol matches AAFP guidelines, not what's profitable for the clinic.

Certificates available on request, and visible on each cat's profile page.

Reference reading: HCM (petmd), PKD (petmd), PK Deficiency (petmd), and Cornell’s Feline Health Center on FIV/FeLV.

See our cats

Registration

TICA #111871

Our registration with The International Cat Association can be verified directly on their website · never take a breeder's word for it.

Verify on TICA.org

Want to come meet the cats?

Visits are available by appointment once your application has been approved. A $100 visit fee applies, credited toward your deposit if you proceed with adopting a kitten.

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