Bengal Cats

[owen.richards]

hey, does anybody else here keep bengal cats? i am wondering because a stray we found a few months ago turns out to be a bengal kitten. for those that dont know a bengal is a hybrid of an Asian Leopard Cat and a Domestic house cat. Mine is named lucy and when we brought him into the vet the vet was completely surprised and told us lucy was a bengal, i personally had never heard of the breed and searched around on google and found a truckload of info on em, n e ways heres my bengal

(yes lucy is a he)

this is lucy the day we got him with our old bedrethen camera








and here are some older pics from about 2-3 months ago



here he is holding our adult tabby down and licking her head profusely lol


and here are some brand new pics of him








enjoy

[MAG_Pythons]

my friend leslie has one - she paid alooot of money for it but it's a really awesome cat

[toker]

Ok, that is wild... that could very well be my Max!

Awesome cat you got there.

[toker]

I dont want to hyjack your thread, but I could very well have one of those Bengal cats... odd, mine was a stray as well..

Max_1379.jpg

[gwen524]

Awwww hes so cute! I don't keep any, but they have fresh kittens at DarkForestReptiles!

[owen.richards]

yah they are getting more and more common because of breeding and kittens not getting neutered, they have incredible soft fur and no undercoat so they dont shed much, and they get big, males around 15-20 lbs i read, they range in price from 500-1000 for a nice one too

[owen.richards]

that looks like it could be toker...

[Reptscue]

I don't wanna be the big bubble burster, but I do not think that these guys have any Asain wild cat in them. They look to have the spots, but they just aren't right. I will show this thread to a friend of mine that keeps exotic cats tomorrow morning and see what she says.
Either way, very cute kitties!!!