Once again this is not strictly a question about Bengal cats funnily enough. I’ve just written a post about Maine Coons making good pets and this topic is very similar. With regard to domestic cats getting on with other cats, it is almost irrelevant that they are Bengal cats or not. What is relevant is …
People thinking of adopting a Bengal cat ask Google, ‘What does a Bengal cat look like?’. There is no better way of finding out than looking at a photograph of this popular cat breed by the renown, American cat photographer Helmi Flick. You can find very many wonderful examples of Bengal cats at American Bengal …
Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), as administered by the Department of the Environment and Energy, and the Biosecurity Act 2015, as administered by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources the importation into Australia of the Bengal cat above fifth filial is prohibited. A fifth filial Bengal is considered …
This is a lovely Bengal cat with clear arrowhead markings. There are many different types of coat markings for this breed. The arrowhead is not the most common. However, it is easy to identify as the shape is clear. The arrow always points towards the rear of the cat. It seems to me that if …
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 appearance supported by energy and athleticism. It is all there in this great photograph which …
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 wild cat element of this popular breed. The scientific name of the Asian leopard cat …
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 its breeding is quite a small animal. In Southeast Asia the Asian leopard cat weighs …
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 create a wild cat hybrid suitable for living with families in their homes. But she …
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 more demanding than the average house cat and therefore they should ensure that they are …
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 an untrained eye. There are also poorly bred Bengal cats that look wrong. The breed …
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 nostrils, the nasal plane (planum nasale) and the philtrum (a groove). This area is called …
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 brings forward recessive genes associated with deleterious health issues. Breeders inbreed (selectively breed) to fix …
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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 shows it. The darker parts of the tabby coat are raised above the remainder. It …
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 she is home with my husband who she has not bonded with and our 2 …
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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, with her husband, Martin, she owns and manages A1 Savannahs in Oklahoma. A1 Savannahs is …
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