Hello,
this is my first post here and I was looking for some information about the kitten I plan on getting this weekend
I am going to pick up a Bengal/Bombay kitten
One of the parents is a Bengal and the other is a Black Bombay
So I was wondering with a mixed Bengal is it going to act less like a Bengal? Will I be able to teach it to walk on the leash(As I have read both Bengals and Bombays can be leash trained) and is it still considered and Bengal or what exactly happens when you bread a bengal with Bombay?
Thanks.

I am posting some pictures of the little guy and the Bengal Parent.

Well, I think it really depends upon the individual. There are plenty of non-bengal cats who can be trained to wear a harness and walk on a leash, and I'm sure there are bengals out there who don't care for it. My cat is at least 50% bengal, but due to the circumstances where he was rescued, no one knows whether the mother was also a full bengal, or partial bengal, or what. But I can tell you he fits the "bengal" behaviour descriptions to a T. He goes for walks in the woods with my boyfriend and I without a leash or harness and runs around, climbs trees, follows us everywhere we go. So that's my experience with a non-pedigree bengal. I'd say you have a better chance of getting bengal behaviour out of a full bengal, of course, but I personally don't think being half bengal rules out those traits. If he's the offspring of a bengal and a bombay, he would be a bengal/bombay, just like you said. XD

I'll say it before someone else does, legit breeders don't normally breed bengals to other breeds, so make sure the cat is healthy, etc.

A Bombay and a Bengal mated together is cross breeding. If both parents are full pedigree the most the kitten can ever be is a cross breed. If the parents aren't pedigrees in their own rights then the kitten is a Domestic shorthair of no none heritage.

In short no you will not have a Bengal, you will have a cross. Yes you 'may' have Bengal traits but tbh a lot of other breeds have Bengal traits.

If you want a Bengal, go to a 'proper' breeder and get one

If you want a cross breed make sure you are not paying top whack for it and make sure you are getting a healthy kitten. People breeding crosses should not be encouraged - unless an accidental mating ie one off 'oops litter' The reason people cross breed is because they don't have permission to breed from the cats they are. A cat needs to be on the Active register with TICA, FIFe or GCCF to have kittens from. Many breeders will sell kittens on the non-active register because there is a valid reason - the kitten has a heart murmur, born with a flat chest or another abnormality that cannot be bred from. Then when that kitten is fully grown sometimes unscrupulous people will breed from it because they either want 'cute' kittens or to make some money............imagine the effects a defect could have on the resulting kittens......your kitten.

So tbh I think whether your cross breed kitten will have traits of a Bengal is the least of your worries.

Sorry if this is not what you wanted to hear.

PhelanVelvel - am not sure why you have taken my post to be aimed at yourself? I was giving my opinion to the original poster of the thread.