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Tan Bengel Cat
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i have a femail bangal and she is a lovely cat and is soon ecspecting kittins she is a silver thow but i like them beter than the orange 1 no offence to bulit hes gorgus
and yes she alot smaler than bulit she is only 7 lb not conting the kitten
she looks a littl like this cat but this cat isent a bangal lol
can u e-mail some to me to plz he looks just like my bindi
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I love bengals!
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i have a femail bangel she is very sweet and loveing but she is a silver and is alot smaller than bulit ( but awwww hes a cutie pie!)
do you have pictures of your female silver? When is she due?Originally Posted by bindi
i have a femail bangel she is very sweet and loveing but she is a silver and is alot smaller than bulit ( but awwww hes a cutie pie!)
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I'm fortunate enough to have TWO purebred silver Bengals, brothers but 3 litters apart. Unfortunately somehow a neurological problem got into the breeding line -- which are champion show cats -- and since the breeder refused to Sell the three with problems, I was lucky enough to get 2 of the 3 males.
Their problem isn't life-threatening. The symptoms resemble Cerebral Hypolasia. Takai, who is 1.5 years old, has severe weakness in his hindquarters and he trembles most of the time.
Bengie, born April 17th this year, only has mild ear tremors so far. But apparently Takai didn't show major symptoms until he was 4-5 months old, so we'll see.
I'd never had any experience with Bengals, other than to admire them from a distance
so getting these two was sheer luck. Needless to say the breeder has altered both "parents" of this pair. She said Takai is probably the most perfectly marked Silver she's ever bred.
I'm VERY grateful for becoming acquainted with, and owned by, this wonderful breed.
Their problem isn't life-threatening. The symptoms resemble Cerebral Hypolasia. Takai, who is 1.5 years old, has severe weakness in his hindquarters and he trembles most of the time.
Bengie, born April 17th this year, only has mild ear tremors so far. But apparently Takai didn't show major symptoms until he was 4-5 months old, so we'll see.
I'd never had any experience with Bengals, other than to admire them from a distance
I'm VERY grateful for becoming acquainted with, and owned by, this wonderful breed.
My boyfriend and I have two Bengals, Rishi (tan and black spotted) and Frankie (snow tri-color marble). Their dad was a 20-pounder, but their mom is a petite 12 lbs, so we are assuming that when they grow to full size they'll be somewhere in between. (They are probably both at least 7 lbs now).
Had to get a kitty fountain in order to get our two bengal boys (both under 1 yr old) to stop stalking the bathroom and licking the shower curtain/faucet any time anybody took a bath and also to get them to stop crying constantly for someone to turn on the water for them. (No mere water in a bowl for them...apparently it's much too "common" for their tastes.) So far the kitty fountain is working; they took to it right away!
Can't find any toys that can withstand the punishing force of two bengals...the wand ones I got (which they love, especially with large feathers and bells) usually don't last more than one play session before the string comes apart from the feathers or the wand breaks where it's attached to the string. Very strong cats!
Bengal destruction count so far due to their high-energy playfulness: one large metal living room curtain rod ripped from where it was attached to the wall (bent beyond repair from their tight-rope walking escapades; had to replace it with an extra-strong and much thicker wooden fixture and pole), one large glass decorative vase in a 3-ft stand (completely smashed to smithereens), one front screen door (bent out of its hinges before we could train them not to climb it), one fake tree (all the potting material pulled out and scattered), one broken louver window glass pane in the bathroom (where they jumped on it with all their force, I suppose), one ripped bedroom curtain (still teaching them not to climb that), several broken fridge magnets, a couple of ripped-apart dried Hawaiian flower lei, broken Hawaiian (gourd?)drum, tooth gouge mark in my new cell phone, one wall clock (they kept jumping up in the middle of the night and batting at it until they could knock it off the wall and onto the floor with a crash, despite it hanging five feet above--this happened repeatedly, waking us up from a sound sleep and scaring me half to death. My boyfriend finally held them up so they could examine the moving seconds hand up close--then they they lost interest, lol). They love their kitty tree, of course, but they also love pulling all the couch seat cushions off, and any any napkins, pens, stringy items in the trash are fair game to become "toys" once they cats pull them out or discover them lying about. We even have a picture of one of them, when he first arrived at our house, where we caught him climbing the back door screen, only to become sandwiched in between the screen and the sliding glass door...guess we should have known it was a taste of things to come.
Every morning they serve as a natural alarm clock with their daily wrestling sessions at 5am (thump, thump, thump, thud, crash!) as they chase each other and pounce on each other and slide across the wooden floors and growl and knock things over. They especially love playing the "skid-across-wood-floors-with-wet-paws-dipped-in-the-kitty-fountain" game, and they also like having us humans chase them around as they take turns hiding and then taunting us until we chase them again, kinda a strange kitty version of tag combined with hide-and-go-seek.
To let them get rid of some of that Bengal energy, we have to put them outside (on leashes and under supervision from us of course) for part of the day, and they always growl when it's time to come back in (which I interpret as "but we don't waaaant to go back in yet! Five more minutes, five more minutes! You're no fun!!! Sulk, sulk." One of them is quite the Houdini, too, so I'm looking for another type of leash that he can't squirm out of.) They make little chipmunk noises when stalking their favorite toys, "robble robble" noises when eating their food, and loud meowing constantly at all times in between.
Love 'em, wouldn't trade 'em for the world!
Beautiful dog-like cats that even our dog-preferring neighbors admire and make an exception to their "I don't like cats rule" for! Our Bengals are extremely social and friendly, though they aren't big fans of sitting still or sitting in a lap, and one even strikes up a natural big rumbling motor of a purr in welcome if a human he knows even vaguely starts walking in his general direction, only to plop and roll over to expose his spotted belly for more rubs if the human stops to pat him (Scooore! Bonus! Purr, purr....). They even put up with strange little neighbor children patting them awkwardly on the head in the way that little children are apt to do.
Definitely the most high-energy cats I've ever known after taking care of several non-Bengals though my lifetime...even one of them having a persistent heart murmur hasn't slowed him down that much. Yay for Bengals!
(Just don't have anything decorative or valuable in your house for them to jump at and knock over and break and rip up.
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Had to get a kitty fountain in order to get our two bengal boys (both under 1 yr old) to stop stalking the bathroom and licking the shower curtain/faucet any time anybody took a bath and also to get them to stop crying constantly for someone to turn on the water for them. (No mere water in a bowl for them...apparently it's much too "common" for their tastes.) So far the kitty fountain is working; they took to it right away!
Can't find any toys that can withstand the punishing force of two bengals...the wand ones I got (which they love, especially with large feathers and bells) usually don't last more than one play session before the string comes apart from the feathers or the wand breaks where it's attached to the string. Very strong cats!
Bengal destruction count so far due to their high-energy playfulness: one large metal living room curtain rod ripped from where it was attached to the wall (bent beyond repair from their tight-rope walking escapades; had to replace it with an extra-strong and much thicker wooden fixture and pole), one large glass decorative vase in a 3-ft stand (completely smashed to smithereens), one front screen door (bent out of its hinges before we could train them not to climb it), one fake tree (all the potting material pulled out and scattered), one broken louver window glass pane in the bathroom (where they jumped on it with all their force, I suppose), one ripped bedroom curtain (still teaching them not to climb that), several broken fridge magnets, a couple of ripped-apart dried Hawaiian flower lei, broken Hawaiian (gourd?)drum, tooth gouge mark in my new cell phone, one wall clock (they kept jumping up in the middle of the night and batting at it until they could knock it off the wall and onto the floor with a crash, despite it hanging five feet above--this happened repeatedly, waking us up from a sound sleep and scaring me half to death. My boyfriend finally held them up so they could examine the moving seconds hand up close--then they they lost interest, lol). They love their kitty tree, of course, but they also love pulling all the couch seat cushions off, and any any napkins, pens, stringy items in the trash are fair game to become "toys" once they cats pull them out or discover them lying about. We even have a picture of one of them, when he first arrived at our house, where we caught him climbing the back door screen, only to become sandwiched in between the screen and the sliding glass door...guess we should have known it was a taste of things to come.
Every morning they serve as a natural alarm clock with their daily wrestling sessions at 5am (thump, thump, thump, thud, crash!) as they chase each other and pounce on each other and slide across the wooden floors and growl and knock things over. They especially love playing the "skid-across-wood-floors-with-wet-paws-dipped-in-the-kitty-fountain" game, and they also like having us humans chase them around as they take turns hiding and then taunting us until we chase them again, kinda a strange kitty version of tag combined with hide-and-go-seek.
To let them get rid of some of that Bengal energy, we have to put them outside (on leashes and under supervision from us of course) for part of the day, and they always growl when it's time to come back in (which I interpret as "but we don't waaaant to go back in yet! Five more minutes, five more minutes! You're no fun!!! Sulk, sulk." One of them is quite the Houdini, too, so I'm looking for another type of leash that he can't squirm out of.) They make little chipmunk noises when stalking their favorite toys, "robble robble" noises when eating their food, and loud meowing constantly at all times in between.
Love 'em, wouldn't trade 'em for the world!
Definitely the most high-energy cats I've ever known after taking care of several non-Bengals though my lifetime...even one of them having a persistent heart murmur hasn't slowed him down that much. Yay for Bengals!
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Wow they sound more like kids
I love the apperance and the energy one has. I need something to keep me motivated. Don't get my wrong my siamese, beavis and missy like to play hide and sneak and with balls. Never that active. WOW. I would love to see pictures AbsolutChaos
Yep, bengals are like kids. Another Bengal trait is their distinct (and loud) meow.... and they are vocal. I wouldn't trade mine for the world though.Originally Posted by acarper21
Wow they sound more like kidsI love the apperance and the energy one has. I need something to keep me motivated. Don't get my wrong my siamese, beavis and missy like to play hide and sneak and with balls. Never that active. WOW. I would love to see pictures AbsolutChaos
Wow... $325. You got lucky. My bengal (not show quality) was $750. They wouldn't sell them before 4 months old, I was disappointed because she was pretty big when I got her. I wanted a little tiny kitten to play with for awhile. She's almost 4 now, but hasn't calmed down much.
Pics of Rishi and Frankie can be found under my profile on MySpaceOriginally Posted by acarper21
Wow they sound more like kidsI love the apperance and the energy one has. I need something to keep me motivated. Don't get my wrong my siamese, beavis and missy like to play hide and sneak and with balls. Never that active. WOW. I would love to see pictures AbsolutChaos
F1,F2,F3,F4 stands for the generation of foundation cat. A wild cat/domestic breed would be a F1. The F1's babies would be F2's. Her babies would be F3. Does that make sense? The F1 has the highest percentage wild blood (usually 50%) her offspring would have 25%, and so on. Usually the first 4-5 generations of males are sterile.
We happen to have a high percentage F2 chausie. He is at least 40%. His mom was a 75% wild blood F1. He acts just like our other kittens. He is not as outgoing as our Bengal, but just as crazy most of the time. Zeke the Bengal has NO fear... of anything. Jesse James is a bit more reserved at times.
Yes I was lucky to get Zeke at such a great price. I would have paid four times that if I knew how great a cat he was going to be at the time. He really is something to watch! And yes you can compare Bengals to kids. Our Bengal is VERY vocal too. He walks around the house talking to himself. If he is lucky someone responds.
Bobbie
At the cattery where I got Ripley the F1 and F2's were very wild... I just figured maybe that is why the rescue wouldn't give HopeHacker one. Who knows, some of the bengal breeders gave me a really hard time too, mostly b/c I didn't have another cat and worked during the day...
Is Ripley a foundation cat? I know foundation Bengals are a bit more "wild" than other breeds.
Bobbie
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