Of course there were some heartaches, but we accepted those too. Suffice to say they were many and varied, but we accepted them as they came, and managed to overcome most. It would take far too long to enumerate all the difficulties and incidents that "happen" in a programme such as ours. We raised the two wee girls with a dolls bottle and carnation milk, until they were old enough to digest solid food. Sadly Rose developed milk fever when her babies were three weeks old, and we lost her. They were exquisite and we were delighted. Our two first generation White Russian kittens were registered in November 1971. White Rose grew to be a beautiful white queen, long, svelte, elegant, with all the appearances, and the charming characteristics of the Russian Blues.Įventually we mated Rose back to her sire, Myemgay Yuri, who had already established quite a reputation for himself, as best shorthair stud cat for two successive years. Russia or Siberia, is the only cat suitable to cross with a Russian Blue.
She produced two white kittens in her litter, the best of which we kept, and named White Rose, then applied for permission to breed White Russians.
We exchanged a Russian Blue for this.īeautiful white cat, and mated her to one of our Russian Blue studs. She was the family pet of an official at the Thai Embassy, who brought her to Australia with him. "Our project began in earnest when we acquired a genuine white Siberian cat, albeit a "domestic", as she possessed no pedigree. Below is an excerpt from an article by Mavis Jones. In Australia, The Russian White program started on the by Dick and Mavis Jones of Myemgay Cattery. It is appropriate to consider their origins first. The Black and Tabby Russians came from the original mating which created the Russian White. The Russian White, Russian Black, and Russian Tabby are breeds of cat created in 1971, derived from crossing the Russian Blue.
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