Bengal cats

Re: Bengal cats

loopylou711 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:31:59 GMT

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These cats are gaining popularity in Australia, and the poor things are riddled with problems. They need Caesareans for litters, have no leg/leg veins, they cant jump, or hunt, or play like normal cats, and as prev mentioned, arthritic. Not a good breed :(

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erm off topic i'm assuming? never heard of bengals having these problems!?

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is she maybe reffering to the munchkins breed or whatever they are called??

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tis why i said assuming! but the thread is about bengals and the munchkin topic was not quoted in the reply so i was confused!

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Re: Bengal cats

Steph Worsley — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:33:33 GMT

we do seem to be getting more bengals through as well (not a 1st opinion practice) but we also see ragdolls, BSH's, siamese, oriental, burmese pretty much all sort of cat!

Personally I wouldnt have a bengal, too high maintenance for me!!

Re: Bengal cats

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:23:52 GMT

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erm off topic i'm assuming? never heard of bengals having these problems!?

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is she maybe reffering to the munchkins breed or whatever they are called??

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tis why i said assuming! but the thread is about bengals and the munchkin topic was not quoted in the reply so i was confused!

Re: Bengal cats

loopylou711 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:06:13 GMT

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erm off topic i'm assuming? never heard of bengals having these problems!?

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is she maybe reffering to the munchkins breed or whatever they are called??

Re: Bengal cats

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:07:27 GMT

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erm off topic i'm assuming? never heard of bengals having these problems!?

Re: Bengal cats

Alana Dent — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:58:13 GMT

Re: Bengal cats

Maisy — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:26:00 GMT

Only seen one munchkin in practice, arthritic with spinal and hip problems by the age of two-not good.

Re: Bengal cats

Phrin Vernon RVN — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:01:07 GMT

We see mostly moggies, but the odd bengal, persian or siamese.

On another topic has anyone come across a 'munchkin' - an american 'breed' - if you could call them that! Looks like a bad case of breeding to get an aesthetically different cat to me! Probably riddled with health problems!

http://cats.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=cats&cdn=homegarden&tm=16&f=20&su=p284.9.336.ip_&tt=11&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.munchkin.net/

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=munchkin%20cat&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

Re: Bengal cats

Kim Buckley — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:57:31 GMT

Used to see lots of bengals in my last practice. We even had a stray one. Beautiful cats but I would never have one. Give me a moggy any day!

Re: Bengal cats

Polly P — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:54:46 GMT

I haven't ever actually seen one in practice! The most pedigree's we get are the 'meezers...' Siamese and Burmese and the odd Tonk. Second in line would be Ragdolls. I am getting a bit of a thing about ragdolls but I won't have a pedigree cat so no point thinking about it lol!

Re: Bengal cats

BengalcatRVN — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:34:16 GMT

Oh my god! I loved blues, not that many people confessed to breeding them. Esp long haired blues, they looked like powder puffs! lol!

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mine is a blue - love him to bits but wouldnt want another!

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Re: Bengal cats

Sal the 1st — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:35:14 GMT

mine is a blue - love him to bits but wouldnt want another!

Re: Bengal cats

BengalcatRVN — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:29:45 GMT

I have 2 bengal cats, can't scruff my boy cat (he had an injection site reaction and now has an added needle type phobea thing going on, crush cage, sedation doubled and has to stay on gas or wakes up and runs off the table) but my female is better behaved. Neither liked to be picked up (I never wanted attention demanding cats) and my boy will never sit on your lap facing you (on the rare occasions he does) but I'd never be without a bengal. I love the breed and everything about them. Love my snows and brown spotted, not so keen on the silvers tho (they came in after I'd left the breeding scene - I worked for a few breeders, one is/was very well known on the circuit. My attempt at breeding was a disaster, one litter, one kitten and I kept him......epic fail! lol!) Even saw a few blues, but breeders rarely confessed to breeding them. Long haired blues are walking powderpuff balls, so sweet!

I love my cats soooooooo much, they've been there so much for me :)

Bengal's rule, period.

Re: Bengal cats

Sally Howe — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:55:41 GMT

Not seen a pixie bob.

I've got a serengeti cat (bengal x oriental) that can be very vocal and he loves to sleep between me and my hubby. He loves catnip and goes mad at valarian.

Re: Bengal cats

Claire Cameron — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:40:25 GMT

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Has anyone come across Pixie Bob's - just done a locum at a practice and they had 2 in for spay - very pretty - O paid a lot for them but just look like DSH with extra toes!!

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Yup we have an overweight one sweet cat though

Re: Bengal cats

Kathryn Welsh — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:33:35 GMT

Has anyone come across Pixie Bob's - just done a locum at a practice and they had 2 in for spay - very pretty - O paid a lot for them but just look like DSH with extra toes!!

Re: Bengal cats

Claire Cameron — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:26:54 GMT

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We had a crazy client with 2 bengals and one of them was difficult to live with. One of his problems was that he kept her awake all night prowling around the house looking for her and the only way she could get any rest was to sneak out of her bedroom into another room without the cat noticing and this was every night and it had to be at different times so he didn't work out what she was doing as he settled down on her bed when she had gone but wouldn't settle if she was there........mad what some people would put up with (and she paid £3000 for the pleasure of owning this cat from a well known bengal breeder)

I must admit though he was one of the most beautiful looking cats i'd ever seen but having to clip his nails was a nightmare as he was so strong

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£3000?? wtf, stud cats don't even go for that much unless they are ALCs or F1s... Had she taken some time to work with him she prolly could have worked out a way of chilling him out and getting some sleep. They usually look for attention for a reason, he was probably just asking her something. They are very intelligent. They turn things into games when you tell them off as well.

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£3000 I am shocked. I have never heard of anyone paying such a price,

I agree with Steph. VERY intelligent cats. not for the faint hearted I think

Re: Bengal cats

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:25:41 GMT

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I must admit though he was one of the most beautiful looking cats i'd ever seen but having to clip his nails was a nightmare as he was so strong

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Re: Bengal cats

Vicky RVN — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:45:03 GMT

They are beautiful cats...i can imagine a lot of hard work though!

Re: Bengal cats

loobylou — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:42:31 GMT

We are seeing a lot more but also seeing a lot more bengal crosses too. They are lovely cats and would like to be owned by one, or maybe two one day! We are seeing a huge variation in markings/ coat etc with some looking just like tabbies to me!!

Our boss has two of them 'Gavin' and 'George' and they are amazing! Keep me entertained for hours with their comical ways. They are what you would call ''special'' cats

Re: Bengal cats

Claire Cameron — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:48:39 GMT

Hey

Working in a cat only practice I see several pedigrees and we have a fantastic Bengal breeder.

I have to say they are unlike any other breed of cat. They are beautiful but a real handful. If you aren't 100% you can commit a lot of time to the breed I would suggest it isn't the breed for you

Re: Bengal cats

Emma Bartlett — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:45:56 GMT

I must admit though he was one of the most beautiful looking cats i'd ever seen but having to clip his nails was a nightmare as he was so strong

Re: Bengal cats

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:13:20 GMT

Bengals are not for everyone and most prefer to be with another bengal or ideally litter mate! they are brilliant cats though!! They don't take well to scruffing though and they have very strong flexible necks.

Re: Bengal cats

Sal the 1st — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:00:58 GMT

indeed - i would have to think very carefully before taking another!

Re: Bengal cats

Diane Westwood — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:57:37 GMT

Yes, we are seeing more. Being the owner of a rescue bengal I don't think people know what they are getting in to when they take on a bengal.