Hi all,
I have just joined the forum. I read a lot of your posts and you seem friendly, knowledgable etc
We are the employees of a 7 month bengal queen on the active register.
I have much experiance re horses and sheep, but none re cats other than farmyard moggies.
When we lost our beloved farmcat to a speeding driver (its not slow heavy traffic that gets them, its the fast unexpected traffic that does) we swore we would not get another cat unless it would be an indoor cat.
It would have been unfair to ask a farm cat to stay in so my husband started looking at pedigrees, and fell in love with the bengal.
I argued that they were too expensive (usually his job
) but he argued that we would get our money back by letting her have kittens.
Of course, to do this one has to have a cat on the active register so it all costs far far more. (You need to remember that I have never paid for a cat in my life, and have always just had semi-feral rescue cats)
But by now we were both in love with the idea (bitten by the darned Bengal Bug) and went ahead.
Lyra, our bengal, surpassed any expectations re sweetness, intelligence, beauty, etc etc - oh, and naughtiness.
Now that she is 7 months old and will be ready to breed in a few months, we are in an overprotective flat panic re the dangers. "Oh no," we fret, "she's too little, it's too dangerous." LOL
I read a post in which someone had been advised against Bengals by thier vet. As a newby I realise that it is not my place to be opinionated, but I have to say that my vet is so in love with Lyra she comes in to visit her if she is passing - which is fine so long as I am not charged visit fees . . . - and she is known as "The Beautiful Bengal from the Benty" at the surgery. Even the horse dentist and blacksmith are utterly charmed by her and are asking questions re when she will be breeding.
The vet and I were chatting and she agreed with me that she would recommend a bengal to anyone that would like a dog - for the company, affection and interaction - but for one reason or another is unable to take it for walks. In fact, I think the bengal is more intelligent and fun than the average dog.