In Loving Memory of Alexandrite Calix and Alexandrite Mercury

It is with great sadness and a very heavy heart that I write this blog and it is one I wish I didn't have to do.

At the beginning of February we had the very sad news from the people who had adopted Calix's aka Meka that in a very tragic accident where he had got caught up in the blind cord and had unfortunately passed away. This was a great shock to us all as Calix was only just 4 months old and had his whole life ahead of him. Kittens get up to all types of trouble but I would like for anyone who is thinking of getting a kitten to be careful with blind cords and if you do have blinds, tie the cord up if you can.

All we can do now is remember Calix as he was as a kitten growing up, always up to mischief but looking so handsome at all times. His life was short but he had so much love in that short time. Here are a few words from Chris and John, and we really think this is how he should be remembered

He is certainly feeling his feet now and has us both wrapped around his little "paw". He is turning into a beautiful little kitten and has stolen our hearts. He sleeps on my pillow most nights and has also taken to laying with the dog (as you can see from the photo). As I am typing this email he is sat at the side of me watching my fingers on the keyboard. He is a little darling. I have never heard a cat purr so much as he does and he loves lots of strokes and cuddles.

Some photos of Calix



On Friday we had the awful news that Mercury aka Hermes had been involved in a road traffic accident and he had passed away. This was another shock for us as Mercury had just reached a year old. None of us can believe it has happened, he was such a character in his new home from the stories Marina told us he got up too.

A few words from Marina

Most of all we miss his cheerful greeting chirp and all his accounts of his heroics and antics he used to ‘tell us’ when he was coming home, running for a cuddle.

A photo of Mercury



Both these boys were so sweet and loved by all who met them. Even though they had very short times with us all, they were spoilt rotten and added so much to each of our lives.

I am sure they are both with Kahlan and Dizzee now, playing and up to mischief and watching over us. We will meet again, watch over us and you are both so deeply and trully missed.

Night, night sweet Mercury and Calix xxxx

Alexandrite Siberians 2011!!

Well a little late but...

a Happy New Year to all
from Jo & Andy and our beautiful furry family!!

2010

Well 2010 was a great year for us and our Siberians we had 2 TICA REGIONAL WINS with

our home bred boy Regional Winner Champion Alexandrite Hendrix
BEST Siberian Kitten EW Region

and our adopted boy International Winner Supreme Grand Champion Cooncreole Paavo BEST Siberian Cat EW Region

Not forgetting the achievements of

Alexandrite Akiro who is now a TICA Triple Grand Champion Alter

and Alexandrite Phoenix Mishka who is now a TICA Champion

We also had some wonderful and very beautiful Siberian kittens who have given us a lot of pleasure and who have now gone on to their new homes and are being spoilt rotten by their new families. Thank you to their new owners for the lovely updates and photos of the kittens in their new homes. I am hoping over the coming weeks to update our Flickr album with photos of kittens in their new homes so everyone can see how much they are spoilt and how immensely proud it makes us to read the lovely comments which we receive about our kittens.

On a personal note it has been a difficult year for me health wise and sometimes I haven't been well enough to reply to emails or update the blog and website. Due to my ill-health we have also not been able to show our beautiful Siberians and currently I am not sure when we will be able to start that again, hopefully soon. At the moment I am just recovering from another dose of flu which has set me back quite a bit.

This last year at times I have come very close to stopping breeding this wonderful breed and without Andy's and my families support I think I would have. What has also helped me through difficult times is our beautiful furry family and of course the kittens, the antics they get up to here in the first 13 weeks and then the wonderful updates we receive from their new families. Receiving photos of the kittens being spoilt rotten, or in various modes of play and positions of sleep, have brought a smile to my face on what has been sometimes a very bad day. So a big Thank You for those updates and please keep them coming...

2011

So what does 2011 hold for us well I am hoping for a better year for me and of course we are planning on some beautiful Siberian Kittens throughout the year.

Our first kittens due this year are from Alexandrite Beonin (Boo Boo) and QGC Alexandrite Angelus Mishka, they are expected in February. So fingers and paws crossed for Boo Boo and babies.

Over the year (and probably 2012!!) we have plans for but of course it depends on the girls and boys and the order is not decided but here goes...

Champion Alexandrite Phoenix Mishka and Tomintouls Dreamgirl Santa Fe
Champion Alexandrite Phoenix Mishka and Sapphirensteel Asya (Gemini)

QGC Alexandrite Angelus Mishka and Astera Pantera

IW SGC Cooncreole Paavo and Musrafy Anuta
IW SGC Cooncreole Paavo and Alexandrite Memphis
IW SGC Cooncreole Paavo and Alexandrite Drusilla Mishka

RW Champion Alexandrite Hendrix and Alexandrite Serafina

So if you are interested in a wonderful kitten from one of these matings please contact me to go on the waiting list kittens@alexandrite-siberian-kittens.co.uk

It is going to be another busy year for us but with such beautiful Siberians how can we not have their gorgeous kittens to keep us busy!!

I couldn't post this without some Alexandrite Kitten photos so here they are in order we have Alexandrite Catrina and Alexandrite Sir Leon, then Alexandrite Morganna and the last one is of Alexandrite Catrina and Alexandrite Raven



And last but not least our beautiful boy TGCA Alexandrite Akiro, I think the last one is a perfect example of this wonderful breeds character...

Triple Grand Champion Alter Alexandrite Akiro

Andy took a couple of short videos of Akiro the other weekend doing his favourite thing playing!!

Akiro has such a sweet nature and doesn't seem to have grown up at all. He is now 18 months old and just as playful as when he was a kitten and still hasn't learnt to do as he is told :-) He likes to squeak at us alot and the noise for a boy of his size is very silly. Akiro also loves collecting things including sweetie wrappers, anything plastic, sponges, milk tops, just about anything!! We call him our magpie.

He looks so like his mum Gemini now and he is still his mummy's baby boy. She always greets him with a head butt, it is very sweet to see.

I have also uploaded them to our Flickr Album: Videos - Our Cats