This Bengal cat is straight out of The Greatest Showman. He’s the Ringmaster in a circus. The compère of a high energy show, dazzling the customers who roar their approval. At their best, Bengal cats have a stunning high contrast … continue reading…
The Bengal cat was created in America (Covina, near Los Angeles). It is an American cat despite its name hinting at Asia. The name is taken from the scientific name, in Latin, of the Asian leopard cat which is the … continue reading…
In general the Bengal cat is considered to be larger than average for domestic cats. This must be due to selective breeding because as you may know this is a wild cat hybrid but the wild cat species used for … continue reading…
The woman, Jean Mill, who founded the Bengal cat breed made a fatal mistake at the very beginning because she chose the wrong small wild cat. There are a number of small wild cats that could have been chosen to … continue reading…
Conclusion If there is a conclusion to this discussion about Bengal cat personality problems, then it must be this: potential adopters should understand that they are going to live with a high-quality cat that is active, intelligent and in general … continue reading…
This explains some key appearance characteristics that help to identify, as genuine, a cat advertised as a “pedigree Bengal cat”. There are lots of Bengal-mix cats, which are not purebred, pedigree cats and which look like a Bengal cat to … continue reading…
This is a discussion about the tip of the cat’s nose and a follow up to my page on a condition called “Bengal Nose”. The tip of a cat’s nose is a triangle of skin and is made up of … continue reading…
I don’t think you can generalize and say that cat breeds are less healthy than the rest of the cats. There is, though, a feeling that inbreeding, a part of creating cat breeds, leads to less healthy animals because inbreeding … continue reading…
The Bengal cat can have an embossed coat. The coat can also glitter. These are two elements of the Bengal cat coat that add glamor and interest to the cat. What do I mean by embossed? Well, the picture above … continue reading…
By June (28th August 2013) Hello, I have an almost 5 month old F1 female Bengal cat. I am overwhelmed with her and afraid I am not giving her the home she deserves. I work long 12 hour days and … continue reading…
Introduction This is a little news story about hybrid cat DNA and cat species evolution. You won’t read it anywhere else. The story comes from Kathrin Stucki, who is a well know figure in the world of cats partly because, … continue reading…
By Ruth Edward Anderson Here is a photo I’ve taken of my wonderful Bengal, Kiva. She’s a female who is now 6 yrs old, extremely intelligent & inquisitive. Hope that you can post a few pics of Kiva. I think … continue reading…
A photograph of a photograph being taken by one of the world’s best cat photographers. The cat is a fine example of a Bengal purebred, pedigree show cat. He was well behaved. I took this photograph some time ago and … continue reading…
This is a frustrating story and a sad one. It is about a complete failure by both the cats’ owner and the media to understand the Bengal cat. I am very surprised actually because the Bengal cat has been around … continue reading…
These are the cat photos that stick in my mind for whatever reason from the 11,500 currently on PoC. They are in a slideshow. They are not all photos of purebred cats and I have deliberately excluded photographs of cats … continue reading…
