Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

chris beasley — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:21:18 GMT

We have a client with two bengals who we had to blood test following their rabies vacc for PETS. They were both spitfires. Eventully we had to sedate one of them to get blood.

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

BengalcatRVN — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:01:17 GMT

Thank you very much! I'm not giving you one of mine though

heeheehee! Can't imagine life without one, just don't tell the boyfriend. He loves them really, even when they mew outside the bedroom door at silly AM on a Sunday!

In fact, my female won't stop talking to him right now, and she's not normally that vocal. hope she's not trying to tell us something important....

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

loobylou — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:55:25 GMT

Beautiful cats bengalcatrvn, I WILL own one at some point in my life

We have a couple of fiesty bengals coming in but the boss has two which regularly stay with us and and they are the softest things ever. They love being picked up and tunrned upside down! They are the funniest things and so different in character, they keep me amused for hours

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

BengalcatRVN — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:08:07 GMT

Wow, just been having a Bengal kitten overload! He was the only kitten I ever bred, my one and only attempt. Free mummy cat + free mating = boy cat I have kept and cost a lot in vet bills!

Not that I'd have him any other way! Been told by another breeder friend who I'd helped out, that she'd consider selling me a show cat cheap so I could get out there and show. Not taken her up on the offer as these 2 don't like other cats, and living in a 1 bed flat isn't ideal to be filled with 100 Bengal cats....*sigh* maybe one day....

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:54:12 GMT

my they were tubbers!! lol but Very cute!!! lovely marble :D We're thinking of putting Erbsli with a snow this winter! hoping for some silver lynx snows! :D feel free to drool over this past years litter though if you'd like! www.nekosushibengals.com

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

BengalcatRVN — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:09:33 GMT

I'm afraid I'm a bengal nut case, having worked for the breeders long before I started nursing!

Yes, Bengal's were an experiment, done crossing an Asian Leopard Cat and domestic cats to see if the ALC's natural immunity to FeLV could be carried into the domestic cat. The funding for this research fell flat, and Jean Mill happened to see the striking ALC looks and markings in the domestic cat kittens hence the birth of this wonderful breed!

My terrible two are vaccinated every year. I have them Cat Flu, Enteritis and Leuk vaccinated every year as standard, although my boy-cat had a vaccination reaction 1 year and now can't be given a subcut injection (mostly coz he sees the needle and goes crazy, needle phobia just like me) And if they need bloods its safer for other members of staff if they are sedated (again, boy-cat has to be kept on gas as he loves to wake up suddenly and run off the table!)

I love Bengal cats, they have to be my fav, not only because I have 2 of my own, but for their beauty, and purrrr-sonality! Believe it or not, there are well behaved bengals that visit vets, but most just need a firm, confident hand and you can have a handleable cat.

Below are my 2 Babies, my boy is a blue-eyed snow marble and my female is a Brown (black) Spotted. If he was better behaved (and not ill all the time ), he would have been a show bench cat!

They are both a bit skinnier now, they were living the great life with my parents! Now they are on diets (they hate it!)

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Dippy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:47:33 GMT

She's back to her normal mardy self now thanks, rather than savage beast mode! She will be coming off the Zylkene next week when the decorators have finished at home (not the best time to add stress I know but it was already booked so she's been shut in the kitchen the days they have been here) so will see how much difference they made and report back!

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

dinkyd — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:15:59 GMT

Yea have to admit they are very unique!I did follow your post - hope all has settled now?

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Dippy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:45:20 GMT

Dinkyd

You wanna see a wild looking Bengal? You should have been in my house a week last Thursday (see post re feline behabiour help urgently needed) and she's only HALF Bengal. She does look exactly like Steph's photos though, spitting image in fact!!!

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

chris beasley — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:38:01 GMT

We had a client who wanted her two bengals Felv tested. They were both 6mhs old. They were very strong spitfires. After many scratches we ended up sedating one of them (Due mainly to the fact it was also due for a rabies titre testing also!

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

dinkyd — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:12:59 GMT

savage beast hehe

It is strange- dont know bout anyone else but i do find they 'look' wild?!

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Sal the 1st — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:02:00 GMT

meet the culprit!

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:44:13 GMT

lol this is my little angel RIGHT CLICK on the image (view image) to see the full version.

this is her stuffing her face full of kittuns!

hehe :)

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

dinkyd — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:29:27 GMT

yeouch!

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:12:36 GMT

couldnt resist posting this - yes they can be a bit fiesty

this is what i got for taking a chicken bone off mine earlier today

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

dinkyd — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:38:14 GMT

Ah i see - i knew they were 'wild' as such if you know what i mean - certainly every bengal i have nursed in practice are absolutely lovely - until you do anything with them!Beautiful cats.

Interesting - wonder how true this is.

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Helen Freer — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:20:19 GMT

I looked online and found www.bengalkittenlist.co.uk/aboutbengals.htm

The Bengal appear to be descended from crossing Asian Leopard Cats which where being investigated for their natural immunity to Feline Leukaemia with domestic cats in 1970's. This is probably why people think the Bengals still have this immunity.

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

dinkyd — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:34:37 GMT

just to add also we have a few clients with bengals - all are vaccinated - interesting tho- what makes them think they are naturally immune or who has given them this info?

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Sal the 1st — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:30:51 GMT

well I can tell you mine is vaccinated

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:18:11 GMT

i didnt think it would be true, i was looking online and it would appear that the Asian Leopard cat has some kind of immunity, maybe this is where some people get the idea from

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Dippy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:43:22 GMT

Only yesterday, my boss was telling me about a client with a Bengal who won't have the FeLV vacc as the breeder says they're naturally immune but he still has Tricat vacc. I'd never heard of this before either.

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:43:56 GMT

what a load of bullshit! this is not true. I own a bengal and she is vaccinated. All of the breeders I know all vaccinate and enforce proper snap kit testing before breeding, some are even being tested for heart conditions as well. A lot of bengals do however have poor response and reactions to the Pentofel mix. I find the Tricat/Felv to be much more successful and with less 'runny bums' involved. Someone is trying to pull the wool over this persons eyes saying they do not need vaccinations. I also have heard some of the Savannah imports have been having some really bad reactions to the vaccs and can not handle the live vaccines.

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Charlotte says smile — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:17:04 GMT

yes i do always recommend vaccination as i said in my original post. and yes i do know that just because they are a house cat it doesnt stop them getting sick!

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Helen Freer — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:53:45 GMT

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i think that maybe we dont see so many sick unvaccinated bengals because often they are just house cats.

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I do know that some owners think that just because a cat is a 'house cat' that it does not have to be vaccinated and that it cannot catch any diseases as it is not comming into contact with other cats!!

Also Charlotte do you ask new customers if their cat is vaccinated if they bring their cat in due to another problem? I have been told many times by owners that they take their cat to the vet if it is ill but have never been recommended to get their cat vaccinated!! and surprised that we will not board their cat without it being vaccinated.

Helen

Re: Bengal Cats and Vaccinations......

Charlotte says smile — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:55:37 GMT

I've heard about that too. I have to say im a bit sceptical about being "naturally immune" I always recommend vaccinating bengall or not. but i have heard some breeders saying that live vaccines should be used as they react to the normal vaccination. However I know alot of people who have bengalls and vaccinate them as normal and have no problems, also i think that maybe we dont see so many sick unvaccinated bengals because often they are just house cats.