*About Bengals*

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*The Bengal Cat was created through the breeding of an Asian Leopard Cat (Felis Bengalensis) and various domestic cats.  The goal was to create a well tempered domestic cat with the looks of the wild ALC.  Filial generations include F1, F2, and F3.  These are the first three generations from the original breeding to the ALC.  The ALC bred to a domestic has F1 offspring.  This offspring bred to another domestic (nowadays to other Bengal Cats) is an F2 offspring.  The next is an F3.  The next generation is considered domestic and can be shown in TICA and other registries.  We call these offspring of the 4th generation and beyond, SBT or studbook tradition.  These are considered to be Bengal Cats with domestic temperaments with the look of their wild ancestor, the ALC.  The males of the filial generations are sterile.  The filial females were used to perpetuate the breed.  To learn more, read Gene Ducote's book, Getting To Know The Bengal Cat.*

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   *There are several colors of the Bengal Cat that are accepted for Championship status.  These colors include the Brown Spotted Tabby (BST), the Silver Spotted Tabby (SST), and the Snows including Seal Lynx Point, Seal Sepia, and Seal Mink as well as Silver Seal Lynx Point, Silver Seal Sepia, and Silver Seal Mink.  These colors are also accepted in the Marbled Bengal Cat.*

  *The Spotted Bengal Cats can have either solid spots or rosettes.  These should be arranged in a diagonal or a horizontal flow from shoulder to hips.  The rosettes can be shaped as doughnuts, half doughnuts (open), arrowhead shaped, or paw print shaped.  A true rosette has two colors: the outline should be darker than the fill color.  The fill color should compliment the ground color.*

  *The same is true for the Marbled Bengal Cats.  The flow should be horizontal to diagonal from shoulder to hips and can also be tri colored like a rosette.  Darker outlines around the fill color.  Background color would be the lightest in any tri color Bengal cat.  Rosettes can extend down the tail as well.  Marbled Bengal Cats can be sheeted, with mostly dark coloring but may have the tri color mixed in like a stained glass look with virtually no or very little acreage (background color).  Others can have high acreage and chaotic patterns.  You truly don't know what you will get with a Marbled Bengal kitten because the coloring can continue to fall out for two years.  They can be simply amazing to look at.  This pattern was derived from the use of the classic tabby patterned cats being used in the development of the Bengal breed.  The goal is to have as little bulls eye pattern as possible with intricate marbling detail throughout.  Tri color is simply beautiful.*

   *There are also several colors of the Bengal Cat that are not accepted for championship status including blue, cinnamon, chocolate, fawn, and melanistic (black, some with ghost markings).  They can come in both patterns, spotted or marbled.  These colors can also be Snows.  To learn more about Bengal Cat colors go to my Bengal Cat Genetics page.*

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   *The Bengal Cat can exhibit behaviors of it's relative, The Asian Leopard Cat.  They are known to be extremely active and love getting involved in everything that you do.  Bengal Cats tend to like to play in their water dishes or even from the sink's faucet.  Some Bengal Cats even enjoy playing in the bathtub.  They tend to cover their food as well when they are finished eating as though they are trying to cover up the smell of food so no others can find it.  Bengal Cats, at times, have a strange meow.  Not quite like a regular domestic cat.  Bengal Cat sounds can be quite unusual.  Some may even carry on conversations with you.  Like many cats, they tend to observe their territories from high places, although they seem to get to places where other domestic cats cannot.  My boy Max even jumps on top of the shower door and can balance like no other.  He even jumps on the wall mounted television!  Bengal Cats  do tend to be very outgoing with their people as well as strangers.  Not afraid to been seen.  That could be a different story for the filial generations.  Bengal Cats get along extremely well with other pets including dogs and are well behaved with children.  They make a wonderful family pet with that wild cat look.  Many times two Bengal Cats are better than one so they can keep each other company when you are away.*

ADD A LITTLE GOLDNGLITTER TO YOUR LIFE WITH A BEAUTIFUL BENGAL KITTEN!

*You too can be owned by a Bengal cat!*

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