Hi there, just wanted to see if any cats are homeless and in need before looking into buying a cat as we have always rescued our animals as much as possible.

Little bit about us, we have just lost our 13 year old cat, she was literaly my shadow for 13 whole years and has left a big hole in our lives, and the house just doesnt feel the same without her, she unfortunately developed cancer and we watched go from a beatifull full of life cat to a mere shadow of herself, she wouldnt eat, tried literaly everything, the cancer spread and nothiong could be done.

We also lost one of our other cats at the beginning of the year to suspected poisoning, but the vets couldnt really tell exactly what was wrong, she had multiple organ failures, she was around 11 years old.

This has left us with our one remaining cat, who is really lovely, but incredibly nervous, and she wont come downstairs other than to go out to the loo when our daughter of 3 is around, she will come down and have fuss and love when shes in bed, but anyone other than my wife or me and shes upstairs or outside.

So idealy looking for a young cat if possible, the younger the better really as I feel it makes getting them used to existing animals alot easier, more than happy to take on multiple cats if they have a friend, this isnt a problem.

I run my own business from home, so I am pretty much always here, we have two children, one of 3 and a baby of of 5 months old, so alot going on all the time and think a bengal would fit into our little mad house perfectly.

As I said at the start would like to rescue a cat if at all possible, prefer to give an animal in need a home, but if this isnt possible will start to look around at breeders.

Havnt told my wife I am doing this, I would idealy like to surprise her for christmas as we have had a bad year really.

Thanks for reading, and sorry for the long post.

awww sorry to hear about the loss of you beloved cats.... must be really hard..... i hope you find a lovely kitten/cat soon xx

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Miki & My Beloved Bengals http://mybelovedbengals.blogspot.com/

Shiloh, Darcy, Rudy The Roodster & Ozzy...

Thanks for the reply, you have some truely stunning cats in your signature, totaly awesome.

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Miki & My Beloved Bengals http://mybelovedbengals.blogspot.com/

Shiloh, Darcy, Rudy The Roodster & Ozzy...

Sorry to hear about the loss of your cats - it leaves a big hole in your heart doesn't it. You can sometimes find breeders who are rehoming young cats who are no longer part of their breeding programme or who have been returned for one reason or another. It could be worth contacting some of the breeders in your area to see if they have any. Be prepared though that some breeders are a little reluctant to let cats go at Christmas unless they're absolutely sure you know exactly what you're doing - there are so many instances of people getting cats (and dogs) for Christmas and then changing their minds. I'm not suggesting for one minute that you're doing that but you may come across some reluctance.

Personally with small children, I'd go for an older kitten or young cat so that they're behond the very bitey, scratchy phase. I wouldn't want to let my Alfie loose anywhere near a small child or even an inexperienced cat owner because he still hasn't learned when it's OK to use his teeth and claws - they grow out of it but it's a painful time until they do

Good luck with your search.

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