Melanistic Boy

Rebecca · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:12 pm **Posts:** 87

Hi guys,

I have posted on here a few times but just wondered if anyone out there has a melanistic, I know they are not exactly rare but I do not see them often and despite following numerous posts and wonderful stories on here of some beautiful fur babies I have yet to see one of a melanistic. I know they are not everyone's cup of tea but does anyone have one?
I also have a brown spotted girl and a snow lynx boy, we brought our melanisitic home a couple of months back at the age of 12 weeks he has settled in amazingly well and in typical Bengal fashion is a darling one minute and a terror the next!
Here's my trio...

jodonut99 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:25 pm

Look for posts with Marmite - He is a gorgeous Melanistic, with an equally gorgeous sister called Evie.

Rebecca · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:12 pm **Posts:** 87

Rebecca · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:12 pm **Posts:** 87

jodonut99 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:34 pm

At the top of the forum is a search engine - Type in "Marmite Eevee", and you will be pleasantly surprised...
Your furbabies are stunning as well! x

Munashi · **Joined:** Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:35 pm **Posts:** 87

Lovely cats! I rarely see melanistics here, and I have never seen one person... would definitely like to!

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

Melanistics are pretty rare, which is why we don't see them very often. I heard one breeder was trying to get to the point where the parents were melanistic and all babies were as well. That might take several generations. They are gorgeous kitties.

socalprincess · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:17 pm **Posts:** 89

What beautiful babies you have!

As Sherry said, I think the melanistics are pretty rare, and the high demand seems to be for brown rosetted or snows. There was actually just a post on here recently by someone asking how the melanistic bengal is any different from a plain black cat. :confused:

They aren't easily identifiable as a bengal, so the appeal is probably lower, but they obviously (to us anyway) still have spots and that amazing bengal energy and personality. I'm sure if the demand was higher for melanistics, breeders would have more incentive and figure out a way to make them more prominent. :)

brianj12 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:24 pm

Awesome! I love seeing pictures of black bengals. They really are rare! We've had very few in this forum, so they are really a treat to see. I hope you post lots more pictures :biggrin:

I used to have a black moggy who was a great cat and she was like a little ninja. Able to seemingly vanish at a whim, only re-appearing when she wanted to be found. I can only imagine what a black bengal would be like :lol:

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

Melanistics resemble a black panther and some people find them desirable. Melanistics carry a certain gene. I remember a segment of Cute Kittens on the Animal Planet channel and there was Walter in the litter -- a melanistic that looked so totally different from the rosetted bengals in the litter. He was the little trouble maker and the breeder kept him.

Rebecca · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:12 pm **Posts:** 87

Eggman · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:22 pm **Posts:** 730

Would love to see some more photos :biggrin:

Rebecca · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:12 pm **Posts:** 87

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

There is no such thing as too many pictures of a kitty cat.

Fenstar · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:11 am

You can find recent photos of Eevee and Marmite here https://instagram.com/anouska_x

:mrgreen:

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