Meeka Gone For Breeding

Weird - this is the first time I've ever heard of keeping boys together and putting in a queen and only one cat breeding her. I suppose when the younger ones are interested they will have their own cage. As you know, a female can and will mate with more then one male - so you won't know who the father is.

IMO unless you are watching the entire time, one of the other males just might be sneaky enough to breed that female. Personally I would not put a female in with more then one male no matter how much limited space you have.

I can see keeping them together temporary - but I would have put the breeding pair in a separate place so that you are 100% who the father is.

Thanks for explaining it somewhat

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Weird - this is the first time I've ever heard of keeping boys together and putting in a queen and only one cat breeding her. I suppose when the younger ones are interested they will have their own cage. As you know, a female can and will mate with more then one male - so you won't know who the father is.

IMO unless you are watching the entire time, one of the other males just might be sneaky enough to breed that female. Personally I would not put a female in with more then one male no matter how much limited space you have.

I can see keeping them together temporary - but I would have put the breeding pair in a separate place so that you are 100% who the father is.

Thanks for explaining it somewhat

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Yep, I have to agree here. It's really of paramount importance that you know exactly who the stud is that breeds to your queen. If not, the pedigree is in question and that could cause problems down the line. Especially since bengals carry recessive genes for marble, snow, etc.

Im sure the breeder is keeping a close eye on the toms. If they start showing breeding behavior she'll probably seperate them. The breeder Solarity Bengals is speaking of is a respected breeder.
And just to point out that she said the breeder was interested in the dynamics of the males together. Im sure that meant that she was watching the cats when she had the queen in there.

Keeping two breeding males AND a breeding female in the same cage?

You're asking for trouble. Just because you may not have seen him display sexual behaviour, they can be sneaky.

It was temporary while she was watching.. Not a permanent arrangement as she knows very well there can be multiple fathers in a litter. It was sort of an interesting behavioral experience.

Its really hard to explain the situation guys exactly as it happened. I was just making a off-handed comment and didn't mean to get into it as a full discussion.

Originally Posted by SolarityBengals

It was temporary while she was watching.. Not a permanent arrangement as she knows very well there can be multiple fathers in a litter. It was sort of an interesting behavioral experience.

Its really hard to explain the situation guys exactly as it happened. I was just making a off-handed comment and didn't mean to get into it as a full discussion.

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I think your right, this thread has gone too far OT and the issue is becoming one about a breeder who is NOT here to defend herself

Originally Posted by bengalbabe

I think your right, this thread has gone too far OT and the issue is becoming one about a breeder who is NOT here to defend herself

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You're right, point taken.

Thanks guys. I didn't want to stir things up.

Woohoo! Meeka and Yogi will be coming home tomorrow . I hope she falls right back into her old habits again. Particularly that Hope is lost without her. Hope usually has those silent raspy meows but we've discovered that she actually has quite a voice on her!

Originally Posted by SolarityBengals

Woohoo! Meeka and Yogi will be coming home tomorrow

. I hope she falls right back into her old habits again. Particularly that Hope is lost without her. Hope usually has those silent raspy meows but we've discovered that she actually has quite a voice on her!

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I know your looking forward to it. I bet Hope is walking around the house looking everywhere for Meeka?

Originally Posted by bengalbabe

I know your looking forward to it. I bet Hope is walking around the house looking everywhere for Meeka?

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Yah I think the hardest part has been watching her roam the house with the bored expression and her meows sound lost. She has tried getting us to chase her too which we've done a few times (its hilarious). Shes just so used to playing chase with Meeka. She has however taking consolation with watching the birds - theres an activity Meeka was never that fond of. Maybe if Meeka dosen't like the birds on the patio, perhaps she'll go for the fish....whenever I get them... (the tank will be soon but it will be a couple months before I have all the accessories, fully cycled, and planted)

Weren't arguing or anything about it - just concered for the welfare of your breeding programme.

Is the stud coming back to your house?

I know everyone is concerned but its really hard to describe what was really going on so I don't want people to feel ill towards the breeder as there are a lot of circumstances/reasons left out that is really hard to describe accurately without false judgements being made when its not even my place to have even brought it up. Wow I'm the queen of run-on sentances.

Anyway yes the stud is coming home with me so we will see if Meeka i happier breeding at home. I'm sure it will be a while before she comes into heat again.

Hope it works out better for you. Studs are picky and if its not their territory you still may have problems. Wish you luck on getting Meeka bred

Yah I'm hoping he will be ok but only time will tell. I know I will have to make arrangements for spraying just in case. It will sure be a whole new experience for me!

Originally Posted by SolarityBengals

Yah I'm hoping he will be ok but only time will tell. I know I will have to make arrangements for spraying just in case. It will sure be a whole new experience for me!

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Just think of it as practice because I know eventually you'll want to get your own stud.
BTW-what type of aquarium are you getting? Salt or freshwater?
I am really experianced in reef aqariums so if you need any help let me know.
My cats don't pay attention to my aquarium.

Originally Posted by bengalbabe

Just think of it as practice because I know eventually you'll want to get your own stud.
BTW-what type of aquarium are you getting? Salt or freshwater?
I am really experianced in reef aqariums so if you need any help let me know.
My cats don't pay attention to my aquarium.

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I would loooove to have a saltwater but I haven't had an aquarium in over 10 years and then it was a sort of kiddie cheapo 10 gallon. I need to know I can maintain a freshwater and my fiance is scared to death of the work involved in a saltwater. I'm really interested in making it look a bit more realistic (ie nothing artificial). I want a black sand bottom, fully planted, slate/lava rock caves and maybe a coconut cave and driftwood. I'm going for a super friendly community aquarium, nothing remotely aggressive. I'd like to have dwarf gouramis, cardinal tetras, fancy guppies, otos and shrimp for cleaners, and an african dwarf frog. All these fish are pretty small on the bioload too. I'm soooo excited to get into this hobby. Its been about 1.5 years of planning and waiting and its really soon that I will get it set up. I want to do a fishless cycle too.

Originally Posted by SolarityBengals

I would loooove to have a saltwater but I haven't had an aquarium in over 10 years and then it was a sort of kiddie cheapo 10 gallon. I need to know I can maintain a freshwater and my fiance is scared to death of the work involved in a saltwater. I'm really interested in making it look a bit more realistic (ie nothing artificial). I want a black sand bottom, fully planted, slate/lava rock caves and maybe a coconut cave and driftwood. I'm going for a super friendly community aquarium, nothing remotely aggressive. I'd like to have dwarf gouramis, cardinal tetras, fancy guppies, otos and shrimp for cleaners, and an african dwarf frog. All these fish are pretty small on the bioload too. I'm soooo excited to get into this hobby. Its been about 1.5 years of planning and waiting and its really soon that I will get it set up. I want to do a fishless cycle too.

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Not trying to get too far OT but you can do a fishless cycle with urine...yeah it sounds gross but urine is almost all ammonia and that way you don't have to wait for a fish to rot before ammonia is produced.

Originally Posted by bengalbabe

Not trying to get too far OT but you can do a fishless cycle with urine...yeah it sounds gross but urine is almost all ammonia and that way you don't have to wait for a fish to rot before ammonia is produced.

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Actually a new article was put up at aquariacentral.com and they said this was a myth. They said yes there might be some ammonia in urea but there is so much waste products you probably don't want in the tank they said you are better off with a pure ammonia from Walmart.

Check this thread out - its awesome!! Its an article that just went up and is one of the most complete I've ever seen on cycling. I was thinking of doing a plant cycle but I'm not as experienced so I'm going with fishless and putting plants after the bacteria colony is established, some bacteria die-off will occur but not much. I also think I want to locate some Bio-spira but not all batches are good so its kind of iffy. I think I'll try to find someone with an established tank and take some of their filter gunk and gravel to see if I can jumpstart a bacteria colony. I really don't want to wait 5-6 weeks for the cycle to finish so all the bacteria I can find will be good.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums...ad.php?t=64301

I have been keeping "micro" tanks for almost 2 years.. I would say the gourami with a few ottos would be right for a ten gallon( technical rule 1 inch of fish per gallon, three ottos max at 5-6 inches and guarmi up to 3 in the dwarfs ... My tanks are "over stocked and my nine has a male beta three rainbows ( preacox and a pitbull pleco ... in order for it to work I water change a 1/3 every week and have two filters going..Zoey thinks the tanks are hers..lol..