Please help.

I have been looking at a kitten who has been advertised as a Bengal

The litter is from a registered mother whos mother and father were obviously registered with papers hense why she could register this litters mother. as she kept the daughter and bred it for this litter.

the litters father i have been told is 3/4 of a bengal.
he isnt registered but hasnt tried to

the fathers father was a cross between a bengal and a tom cat, he is a mellanistic black bengal and so is the father to this litter aswell

the parents to this litter also have the rare long hair gene
but are still Bengals

if that makes this litters father 3/4 bengal
what would that make my kitten if i buy her? and could i get her registered as she would still be a Bengal.?

thankyou

This definitely sounds like a dubious backyard breeder. This is not a cat that can be registered as Bengal since his parents are not registered Bengals.
I hope you would not spend any more money on this kitten than you would for any other moggie.

I'm sure others will have more to say but I would personally avoid this shady cat drover.

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I believe both parents must be registered in order for you to register your kitty. This is to keep the pedigree pure. Obviously, the father was not a purebred bengal. I'm sure the kitty is gorgeous and it really shouldn't matter whether the cat is purebred or not -- as long as you are not paying purebred prices and he can get a loving home with you.

To me it just really doesn't make much sense to buy a haphazardly bred, half-breed of a cat from a breeder. Legit breeders just don't do that, and they also don't usually advertise through conventional means. Just those two facts alone would make me disqualify that cat from my search if it were me.

I think the whole point of having a pure-bred cat is to get a good representative of the breed, to be able to experience those breed-specific behaviors and traits, plus get a cat that was meticulously raised, socialized, and selectively bred to other cats with very positive physical and tempermental characteristics (including health). And I think going with an arrangement like you are looking at, you get none of those advantages. If cost is the foremost concern, I think you would be much better off getting a cat from a rescue, because at least then you have an extremely wide variety of cats to choose from and you will be helping out a cat in need. There are even rescues that specialize in bengals, depending on where you live or how far you are willing to travel.

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