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Reader Stories: Living with a Siberian Cat

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MoMo

MoMo seeks beauty sleep

MoMo

Time for another bath!

Cat's Name & Age:

MoMo age 2 years

Best Characteristics of the Breed

Dog-like personality, loyal, a talker

Most Challenging Characteristics of the Breed

long hair is a little hard to maintain

When, Where and How I Got My Cat

I adopted MoMo from an add on Craigs List. She was a scared lonely misunderstood kitty who just wanted her forever home. Everyone thought she was a MainCoon cat but they were wrong, she was a Siberian!

I'd Describe My Cat As…

Very talkative, lap cat, loves to be near her owner, very gentle, very loyal, very beautiful fur, gentle eyes, hair tufts between toes and gorgeous undercoat.

Siberians are the national cat of Russia, and MoMo has such quiet grace in her eyes...

She ran from strangers, didn't like to be picked up, but would come to you and rub on you and lay on you, she just didn't like being picked up.

Advice

  • Brush their tail and underbelly weekly, they get hair mats
  • if you like quiet this is not the cat for you, Siberians are talkers!
  • They can be finicky about their food and water and litterbox

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