Dose Anyone Have Bengals?(the Cat Its A Type Of House Cat)

After reading a little about these cats, i don't know why on earth anyone would want one unless they wanted an active predatory cat to detroy all the local wildlife and hiss and scratch at you. Might as well keep a scorpion, would probably be easier too :p !
 
I resent that on behalf of scorpions! :lol: They are certainly WAY less destructive to the environment than cats, seeing as they pretty well die if they end up in the wrong habitat (instead of killing and eating everything). And they don't vomit in your shoes, track kitty litter across your floor, or shed on all of your black clothing. :rofl:
 
You never met my last house cat. :rolleyes: Eby was just an ordinary DSH, but she coulda wooped the stuffing out of a bengal, or a dog. She certainly did it to me on more that one occasion. It was inbreeding that caused it - it was a mental defect, not from abuse - her mother completely snapped after giving birth and sent my aunt to the hospital. I'm still wearing scars from Ebs, and probably will for the rest of my life. I couldn't bring myself to rehome her, because who would want a cat like that?

I love a cat with independance and a bit of a mean streak. :grr:

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As others have pointed out, Bengals are far from ideal "house cats". I personally wouldn't ever have one as I've read about them a bit and realise how much work they would be. TBH (and I don't mean to offend), they're just big tabby mogs in looks to me, can't see the difference - it's different with Bloo's lookswise of course, being a cross with a Siamese.

A Bengal's temperament just isn't appealing to me as I have kids and wouldn't want a cat that had the temperament of a feral and *needed* to roam - especially when the risk of going out would be higher with a pedigree cat in most areas.

If you like big tabbies, I would recommend a good big neutered tabby tom "moggie". Miles nicer, not going to cost you a fortune just for the same looks, and a miles better temperament in most cases.
 
TBH (and I don't mean to offend), they're just big tabby mogs in looks to me, can't see the difference - it's different with Bloo's lookswise of course, being a cross with a Siamese.
Look again.
He actually looks (from his face front as in my avatar) strikingly similar to a pure Bengal :) he's spots on his sides were just a lot less defined. Even his coat felt the same as a Bengal. He had no Siamese characteristics at all and no features to speak of note.

But how you can say Bengals like these look like your average moggy, I'm not entirely sure :dunno:
There are many less defined - but the ones from top breeders are all outstanding.
One cannot deny their unique look - and what makes them so "attractive".

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Yes, undoubtedly Bloo those are very well marked ones, but all the ones I've met have just been big tabby moggies to me - it's only when people have said they're Bengals that the temperament and markings tie in (they were generally cats that needed shall we say "extra supervision" at the vets). I wasn't meaning it offensively, they just don't seem very "different" to me (at least not enough to warrant putting up with an aggressive cat and a whopping price tag) - although I'll admit if you look on the web you can find more striking looking specimens.

Tabbies come in so many different patterns etc, that it's hard to tell one of the mass produced more commonly seen Bengals from a striking tabby mog - unfortunately for me that image has stuck because I've never met a Bengal that was like the pictures you've posted. They don't personally appeal to me because if I was looking for a tabby I'd want one with a nicer temperament - I'm sure that'll come down the line the more "domesticated" they become. I have to say yours is an odd one out for me though as he looks very siamese, which is one of my favourite cats, and I didn't mean any offense.
 
Bloo- How do you know they don't use wildcats, what about bengals that are not far removed from their wildcat ancestors? They must have been breed recently from leopard cats. Also, who's to say that many people still don't collect wildcats for breeding purposes?


Needless to say having a wild (well part wild) cat will usually end in disaster.
 
I won't even go into how he destroyed my house - quite literally - and made life a living hell.
Haha, sounds like my friend's bengal. Heaven help them during Christmas time when they put a tree up! :lol:

Bloo- How do you know they don't use wildcats, what about bengals that are not far removed from their wildcat ancestors?
Because low F-number cats aren't as desireable in most circles as cats with a higher F-number (thus further removed from their wild ancestry) due to the more dramatic behavioral problems in cats with a low F-number. By the same token, unscrupulous backyard-breeders who are just looking to make a buck can't afford a wildcat to produce their stock, so again, even in this case wildcats aren't used. In this day and age, few catteries exist that produce cats with a low F-number, and those that do usually care enough about their animals to find a wildcat produced from captive-bred stock. There is, unfortunately, a market for exotic wildcats, and types used to produce hybrid breeds like the bengal and savannah in particular are often readily available from captive-bred stock. In a nutshell, it just doesn't make much sense to use wildcats now that the breed is well-established.

I've seen some bengals that do look like tabbies, but those are the cheap ones from bloodlines that have been watered-down. I've also seen bengals bred by my friend's uncle who runs Mystre cattery, and they are some of the finest cats available. They are NOTHING like a housecat when you see these specimens in person, they are really a sight to behold. Their stud was nothing but muscle and had a neck as big around as a bodybuilder's arm. He was so muscular it was almost frightening, that big boy could have done some serious damage if he wanted to, but his temperament is exceptional as well.
 
Not wishing to join the debate but in bengals defence ours is not at all destructive - does not scratch furniture or anything.. but he spends alot of time outside ! he also is not a problem with the other cats to be honest we had a siamese who was just as tempestuous but its their sheer size that can make it difficult !

He also is fine with kids, when HE wants a fuss he is as friendly as the next cat.. its just when he doesn't ha ha ha
 
I'm just going to pop in here, in defence of Bengals a bit. I've had a LOT of them over the years, all of them rescued from shelters, and I currently have two top-of-the-line brothers now. (Yes, I'm a pushover who rescues all the pretty shelter cats :p) They have been some of the sweetest cats I have ever had. I've never seen a destructive or mean nature at all. They like some time outside, but they're also perfectly content to sit inside with you and sleep for hours. I wouldn't be so quick to generalize that all of them are horrors, because it is simply not true. Perhaps some, but not all.
 
man I'm surprised at everyone's reactions to Bengals. I think they're amazing beautiful cats. I've a colleague who has two and a friend who has 1 and they're all beautiful lovely cats. All of them are dead friendly, full of character and just amazing. Maybe they've just been lucky with the ones they've got but I have to say my experiences with them have been 100% positive.
 
I work in a vet's office. The name is Cat and Exotic Care which for some reason people seem to think means lions and tigers lol. But it does attract a lot of bengal owners. We see at least 5 a week. Unfortunatly there is a bengal breeder in the area so they are common around here. :X

And I've worked with F1 down to crappy lines that look like a tabby. They are all crazy :lol: The kittens are okay. An animal being scared in a vet office setting is one thing. But bengals are different. The way the act is just odd. They ARE wild, you can see it. Crazy. Don't like em. Beautiful cats but not worth it. I don't know why anyone would pay for a cat anyway.
 

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