Bengal Breeders in Florida

Contents:

• Poll for your favorite breeder in Florida
• Information on Bengal Cats
• Click here to see visitors’ submissions
• List of Breeders in Florida with links

Introduction

Looking for Bengal breeders in Florida? The search engines are good but if you add a human filter you get this very refined and complete list all in one place. Remember search engine electronic “bots” and “spiders” and their masters the search engines don’t have artificial intelligence. The spiders can’t tell if a picture is good or bad or if the words on a page are useful or not. Only humans (currently) can do that. However, they are getting better at measuring the effectiveness of the page by what happens off the page.

 
Any assessment of Bengal breeders in Florida that I might give, is based on my impression of the website, only (but see polls recently added). A good breeder is essential in my opinion. Ask questions (obviously) and if you get good and transparent answers delivered with confidence on the major issues such as the breeding program; you have made a good start in selecting your new cat. It may pay dividends to study some basic genetics before speaking with the breeder or read these articles. The video below can be seen in large format on this page: Kopa Bengal Cat Video. 

 
When you click on the link next to the listed breeder, it will open to a new window so you can check out the website and go back to this page a little more easily. The list of Bengal breeders in Florida is selected from websites that have at one time been listed in the first 3 pages of Google search listings. Why choose these? Better traffic must have put them there. Traffic means they are getting visitors and that means they are the most popular and/or established. Also, I have selected from breeders who’s website has come up on a Google search as opposed to only being part of a directory. This implies that the breeder is well established.

Poll – June 2012: the poll is now closed – sorry.
Please have a say, if you wish:

Poll and input form now closed (June 2012). Thank you for your input.

Just tell us. Promote your cattery as much as you like here. Don’t be concerned about grammar, spelling and formatting. I will create a link for you. Please scroll down for submissions.

What Other Visitors Have Said

Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page…

• Marble Bengal Cat
• On Bengal cats generally plus lots of links
• On Bengal cat behavior
• On Bengal cats and HCM (heart disease)
• On Bengal cats and PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy)
• Some more on the Bengal cat
• Bengal cat coat glitter
• TIBS Lightning Fund
• Bengal cat Toyger eyes
• Bengal cat origins, a critique
• Bengal cat and Taurine
• Smelly Poo…!!
• Weird Behavior
• Snow and Silver Bengals
• Bengal Cat Breeder – Bengaland – Peggy and Hugh Price
• Bengal cat prices – June 2008

List 

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New Addition:
Gone Wild Bengals –

Great Looking website. Owner is DAVID BROWNLEE – South Florida – tel 305-801-4600. This cattery was added after the start of the poll, above, & is not therefore in it. Note: because this is an new addition it does not form part of the above poll as the poll cannot be adjusted.

Etché (pronounced: et chay defined: “LOOK At Me!”in Latin)
Jacksonville Orange Park, St. Augustine, Gainesville, Lake City, Daytona, Fernandina, Palm Coast, Ponte Vedra, Palatka and Tallahassee.

– as at 19th March 2009 this link has been removed as this URL does not go to a Bengal breeders website!

ZawieCo Bengal — S. Florida
http://www.zawieco.com/

As at Nov. 2008 this is the top site on a Google search for Bengal Breeders in Florida (update: as at August 2009 the position is unchanged). What does that mean? It means, in my opinion, one or both of the following factors are in place. It is the website that is best search engine optimized. If this is the case it means the site builder (probably the breeder) knows something about optimizing a website, which in turn means a serious and committed approach (a good quality for a cat breeder).

The biggest element in optimizing a website is the content, so the content can’t be bad. Or it could mean that they have been around longer than the others (another good sign).

About Marechal Cattery
Chausie, Safari, Bengal, and Savannah breeds.
Kenna, WV and Jupiter, FL
http://www.bengalcat.net/
http://www.marechalcattery.com/

Note: I realise that this cattery is not exclusively in Florida. As I understand it, they have (or had?) a base in Florida and Kenna, West Virginia. Wrong? Please tell me by leaving a comment in the form below. I am hoping, in any event, to extend this page to cover breeders outside of Florida.
Why are the Marechal sites the best in my opinion? You might think, “what do I know?”. I know a bit. They are the best because they are the least flashy and best organized. Simplicity, readability and functionality is everything. Cat breeders have a liking for black or textured backgrounds, which is dated and makes it harder to read the text. The best cat sites of all should provide more than a sales pitch. There should be content that gives the visitor something of interest and value if possible. This is called pre-selling.

IMAGINIQUE,
TREVA COX
813-453-2064 — this appears to be a new number: 813-949-5590
http://www.imaginiquebengals.com/

Destiny Bengals — Bengal kittens.
http://www.bengalscats.com/
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. A very glossy website. You won’t get glossier!

Callista Bengals
Port Orange, FL (Daytona Beach)
Small breeder, one litter at a time
http://www.callistabengals.com/ — this is an impressive website and at March 2009 is listed 2nd on a Google search

Florida Bengals, located in Jacksonville, Florida
http://www.floridabengals.com

Everglades Bengal Kittens
Jean Hatfield, South Florida

SAVANNAH RIVER BENGALS
http://www.savannahriverbengals.com/Kittens.html

Blue Hills Cattery

Update 22-08-09: This website is non-functional as it goes to a holding site not a cattery. The link has been removed therefore. I don’t know if this cattery is still operating.