A clean home is the best thing for the health of both pets and their owners.īengals are easy to care for.
As a good practice for those with pets is to maintaining a clean household. Some have said, Bengals feels like mink! They do not need to be taken to a groomer, which makes them easy to care for. A high quality Bengal have very fine, tight, slick, shiny, silky coat. When visiting our cattery, we are happy to show you official TICA Pedigrees in person.Īs a breed, Bengals do not shed much compared to other cats. Posting real pedigrees online is an easy way for other people to copy and make fraudulent pedigrees. Due to pedigree fraud, we do not post our pedigrees online. And only legit pedigrees are issued from TICA, not a computer print out from the breeder.
Only legit register breeders can give you kitten registration paper from TICA. All our Bengals have at least 5 generations of SBT pedigrees, which means they are at least 8 generations away from their wild ancestors. They are called SBT (Stud Book Tradition). Starting the 4th generations, they are considered as a “domesticated breed”. If you see those advertised, they are false advertising, and it's not recognized internationally by TICA and CFA. Make no mistake, there is no such thing as F4,F5.etc. In many countries and US states these "hybrids" are illegal to own, because they are not recognized as a domesticated animal. In most cases, they are false claims with no official proof. The early generation "hybrids" have no official breeding records or pedigree. The first 3 generations (F1,F2,F3) from the wild are considered "hybrid" and they are not recognized by The International Association (TICA) and The Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) as a domesticated breed of cat, therefore they are not Pedigreed Bengals. Brown Bengals generally have green or golden yellow eyes, Snow Bengals have blue or aqua eyes, Silver, Charcoal, and Blue Bengals usually have golden yellow or green eyes. A well designed Clouded Leopard Bengal is highly prized because of the dramatic markings. Huge irregular Spots/Rosettes are called Clouded Leopards, because they resemble the large markings of the wild Clouded Leopard without actually using a drop of actual Clouded Leopard blood. In our cattery, we only breed Spotted/Rosetted, and Clouded Leopard Bengals. Usually Marble Bengals are priced lower, because they have lost the “leopard print marking”, instead they are just large swirls of irregular coloring. They are the spotted/rosetted, clouded leopard, and marbled Bengals, all three types of markings appear in all colors of Bengals. There are basically three types of markings on Bengals. These markings are often called rosettes. A quality bengal will have the leopard markings all over it’s body. Today’s Bengals are bred to resemble wild leopards. Unfortunately we lost Jean Mills in 2018, she will be forever remembered for her creation of Bengal Cats. I loved the conversations we had, and I’m so glad that she thought my cats were true to her vision of what Bengals should look like. I had the privilege to have met the creator of Bengals, Ms. Despite false beliefs, pure bred pedigreed SBT Bengals are NOT wild cats, they only "look" wild. Today’s Bengals are “designed” to have the wild and exotic looks of a leopard, but their temperaments are very much domesticated not aggressive, not wild. Today's SBT Bengal Cats are not hybrids from wild Asian Leopards. Bengals are recognized by biologists as it’s own “specie” of cat, the scientific name for Bengals is Felis Bengalensis. Through proper breeding programs, today's Bengal Cats are recognized by The International Cat Association and The Cat Fanciers' Association as an official “domesticated breed” of cats back in 1986. Bengal Cats were originated by breeding the Asian Leopard Cat with domesticated short-hair back in 1963 by the creator of the Bengal Breed Jean Mill.