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Big Creek Cattery
KITTENS IN THEIR NEW
HOMES
Mischa
Brunswick, MO
Glinka
New York City, NY
Jasper
New Oxford, PA
Lexi
Eden Prairie, MN
Cayman
Fairway, KS
This is Nikki.  She lives with a wonderful family in Wichita,
Kansas.  Nikki is a "pointed" Russian which is a rare occurrence
at Russian Blue catteries.  
Sveta
Grand Forks, ND
Sputnik
and the
Paper Jam
Trick
in
Omaha, NE
When the effects of World War II took its toll on the catteries of Europe, Russian
Blue breeders found they needed to outcross to either blue British Shorthairs
(similar in type) or blue point Siamese (for the breed’s hardiness) to save the breed.
The result of this latter outcross introduced the pointed gene into the breed, and
even today if both parents possess this gene, their offspring may be colored like a
blue point Siamese (referred to as a pointed Russian). As blue is a recessive color
gene, all Russian Blue matings must produce a blue cat unless this other gene is
present.