Siberian Cats
Breeding Hypoallergenic Siberian Cats in Oregon.
An ethical cattery striving to produce cats with excellent confirmation, personality and health.
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Siberian Cats
We are a family-based cattery that loves breeding excellent cats for people! We want our kittens to grow up to be an enriching and enjoyable part of their new family.
Siberians are great cats! The breed is somewhat rare, but has popular because of their hypoallergenic properties as well as a being very personable, sometimes even being called dog-like. We are not a large cattery and raise carefully planned litters right here in our home. We prize quality over quantity. I am always happy to answer questions about Siberians! ​
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Why a Siberian from Crickview
Health
At Crickview Ranch, producing healthy animals is of utmost importance. We want our breeding cats to produce healthy babies! With that goal in mind, we do health screening and testing on all potential parent cats. Before a cat is considered for our breeding programs, we do advanced DNA testing to check for known congenital illnesses that a cat might carry, and will only use that cat if their results are clear. In additon, when a cat is around one year of age, we do a cardiac scan to check for congentall heart conditions such as hypertorphic cardiomyopathy ((HCM). We like to contineu to do these cardiac tests routinely for our cats. We also test for FeLV (Feline Leukemia Virus) and FIV (Feline Immunodificienty Virus) to make sure that everyone is healthy and sickness free.
Personality
The Siberian breed is known for its laid back, easy-going personality, sometimes being called dog-like. We like to support these traits in our breeding program, and work to choose breeding cats with these traits. Each cat, even within a breed, will have their own personality, but we try to choose parent cats that will be the most likely to produce kittens with hold with a typical Siberian personality, and will be a great addition to your household. We want your new kitten to be an easy presence in your home and give you companionship and joy.​​​
Conformation
We want to support the Siberian breed in all areas, including breeding cats that breed true to the conformation standards of the Siberian. We feel that showing our cats is an excellent way to get feedback from professional judges regarding how well our cats fit that standard. We try to attend as many cat shows as we can each year. All our cats are double registered with CFA and TICA and we participate in shows held by both organizations. We love seeing how our cats are evaluated at these shows, but we also go because its fun! Getting to chat and share information with other Siberian breeders is both enjoyable and educational. Remember, even a spayed or neutered cat can be shown at a cat show, and its lots of fun! Come join us sometime!​​​​​
Hypoallergenic
Siberian cats have a wonderful trait of being mostly hypoallergenic. This means that often people who are allergic to cats can be around Siberians without allergy issues. I have placed quite a number of Siberians in allergy homes and so far everyone is doing great! I don't test my parent cats for allergy levels because this has not been shown to be an inheritable trait, meaning kittens from a low allergen parent may not be as low as the parent. However, I can test individual kittens should a buyer request it. What I think is a better test (since even with a known allergy level from a cat, we don't at what level each individaul person will react) is if the person can handle a Siberian and see if they have a reaction. I will frequently meet people and bring a kitten or two so they can handle the kitten for a few minutes. We can than gage from that interaction if the allergen levels are acceptable for that person. Generally speaking, a cats allergen levels will be at their highest when they are a kitten, and also when the animal is stressed. Once the cat is grown and spayed/neutered, allergen levels will be at their lowest levels. So if a person can tolerate a "kitten interview" they will generally be fine with that cat in their home in the long run. ​​​
Reserve a Kitten
Please visit our kitten page for more information on reserving a kitten! All kittens are sold with a kitten contract that includes a two year health guarantee, and as well as appropriate shots and wormings, and a complete veterinarian examination.
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Find out more by clicking here for our Kitten Page!​​​​
ABOUT THE RANCH
Hi! My name is Kari Schroeder, and I live in the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Northeastern Oregon where I breed a number of animals including Siberian cats, French Bulldogs, and Pygora goats. Our family lives on a wheat farm that has been in my husband's family for over 100 years. Our ranch is in the Dry Creek valley and we have a view of the "crick" from our home, hence the name Crickview Ranch. I am happy to answer any questions about my animals, so feel free to contact me and ask!