And then onto Australia? I know Max wouldn't be able to say no to my repeated, persistent, daily beggings for a Bengal if he saw one of yours!Originally Posted by Bullit
All I can say is WOW.What a beautiful cat. Can you please move your cattery to the UK so I can have a kitten from you
Not stupid at all, it can get confusing.Originally Posted by sharky
He is lovely... Now for my stupid question.. what is the difference between silver , snow and sepia??
Just to add a little to the already excellent info. above~~Originally Posted by Kai Bengals
Not stupid at all, it can get confusing.
Snow is a generic term for three different colors:
Seal Mink, Seal Sepia, and Seal Lynx Point
The ground color should be ivory on the snows.
Sliver tabby is a whole different color.
Ground color is a sparkling silver, like what might be seen on an american shorthair.
Yah just to add to what you said: silvers in bengals come from the Egyptian Mau outcross. Hope has a silver bengal in her heritage who in turn has Egyptian Mau in his heritage. It seems to be a really strong gene as far as litters are concerned. If one parent is silver most likely everyone in the litter is silver (as was with Hope). Because her mom was a brown spotted she actually has a little color break-through along her spine. Eventually in a breeding program you don't want any break-through at all.Originally Posted by bengalbabe
Just to add a little to the already excellent info. above~~
The snow colors come from the Burmese and Siamese gene (depending on what kind of snow your talking about) and the silver is actually a totaly different gene which inhibits colors. It not technically a color it actually keeps the background color from showing itself. You can have a silver anything, even a silver snow.
There are 96 total combinations of color that a bengal can have but only 8 are accepted!
The most popular silver lines come from American Shorthairs =0)Originally Posted by SolarityBengals
Yah just to add to what you said: silvers in bengals come from the Egyptian Mau outcross. Hope has a silver bengal in her heritage who in turn has Egyptian Mau in his heritage. It seems to be a really strong gene as far as litters are concerned. If one parent is silver most likely everyone in the litter is silver (as was with Hope). Because her mom was a brown spotted she actually has a little color break-through along her spine. Eventually in a breeding program you don't want any break-through at all.