We will be bringing home our first Bengal kitten in a few weeks time. After visiting breeder, and seeing just how much love and care they gave to their cats and kittens, how adorable, playful and stunning beautiful and healthy they looked, lots of questions to the breeders, and research, the obvious pleasure the breeders got from breeding their cats, we decided on a female breeder :) I've read the article on here regarding breeding, and realise it's not going to be all fun, expensive, and could be heartache too.
I work part time from home carrying out admin duties for husbands business, so cat/kittens would not be left alone for long periods. More importantly looking after newborn kittens with mum would need me to be around 24/7
I'm prepared for hard work, dedication, and sleepless nights looking after Bengals, in return for fun, and hopefully love and affection from them.
We have got a very much loved DSH ginger neutered tom who we've had for 12 years since he was a kitten. We'll be keeping the new kitten in a separate part of house to begin with, and will try a very slow introduction and hope they eventually accept each other.
We did adopt an orphan DSH tabby kitten last year from RSPCA, who sadly got out one night and was killed. She was only 8 months old and we'd had her from 10 weeks old. Our older Tom accepted her to the extent that he would allow her to play fight with him each morning and each evening only. He would hiss at her any other time and she soon learnt to respect his wishes. When they did play together, they were so funny. She would lay hiding in wait ready to surprise and pounce on him. I have lots of videos of them together. She was a very, very playful kitten, and we were devastated when she died. After, our Tom cat continued to look for her each morning and evening, running madly up and down the stairs on his own. I swear it was her spirit that he was chasing :/
My husband had always liked the look and temperament of Bengals, so after lots of research, and YouTube videos we decided a Bengal was for us. Found a reputable breeder and now can't wait to bring our baby home.
As well as advice from breeders, I will be visiting this forum often too :)
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