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Your right Kelly, I'm not dead set on a pure breed. I really just like
that wild look they have. The brown/gold coats with the black dots. Like I said in my previous post, I will research this, and have no problem adopting an adult (female) cat. I will look at those web sites you & the others posted. Thank you again. Brian |
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Some cats at the shelter have exotic or unique looks. The brown classic
tabby patterns on some cats look really cool. My Icarus has the classic tabby pattern which I read is rare for Japanese Bobtails but it isn't so rare it doesn't happen. -- Cat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "B B" wrote in message ... Your right Kelly, I'm not dead set on a pure breed. I really just like that wild look they have. The brown/gold coats with the black dots. Like I said in my previous post, I will research this, and have no problem adopting an adult (female) cat. I will look at those web sites you & the others posted. Thank you again. Brian |
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"B B" wrote in message ... I just walked in from work, and "WOW"...that was my first reaction to the amount of feedback this post received. Thank you to each person that posted. A little more about me, I'm a massage therapist from metro Detroit (Michigan). I already own a tabby, she is 7 years old. Her name is Fury. I did get her from a shelter, near the macomb county jail for those who know macomb county. She was about 9 months old when I adopted her. She was shaved in certain area's on her body, I guess the community college nearby use the animals for the veterinarian classes. So I would be fine looking into adopting an adult bengal. Super! I saw some mixes I would dearly love to take on Petfinder. Love those turquoise eyes some of them have. If your wondering, I'm moving soon, and I'm going to let my mom have Fury. Fury has lived in the home her whole life, and she is good company for my mom. I will include a photo of Fury at the bottom. What a pretty tabby she is!! Fury and your Mom are lucky to have you. |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:38:07 GMT, "Mary"
wrote: You can look at the eye color and body shape of many of these cats and tell they do indeed have Bengal bloodlines. It is not necessary for someone to pay $400-$1000 for a cat when others have done so and thrown said cat away. Have a heart, will you? I am going to have to disagree with you about the conformation on many of the alleged Bengals. Allow me to get one thing out at the beginning. != Bengal DOES NOT mean != good. Like I said before, wonderful, loving, deserving cats -- just not Bengals. I think part of my position on this issue (which has come up before) comes from what breed *I* own -- because Bengals have become very popular, many shelters are labelling anything with a spot anywhere on the body as a 'Bengal'. You may not be aware of this, but some states are outlawing hybrid anything because of problems with wolf-dog hybrids. Because of this, Bengals, which are loving domestic cats with fantastic temperaments are being banned as 'vicious'. Bengals are illegal in Georgia, Denver, and Conneticut, and legislation has been considered in New York State as well. The only defense we Bengal owners have is to introduce the public to our breed's incredible temperaments. So what happens when a shelter adopts out a 'Bengal mix' with an uncertain temperament? What happens if the cat hurts someone? Is the cat described as a domestic shorthair? No. The cat is described as a Bengal, which gives anti-Bengal people another piece of ammunition. The other part is how totally unfair it is to the cat. A cat does not have to be a Bengal in order to be beautiful and worthy of a home. I'll go over the first few cats listed as Bengals/Bengal mixes on Petfinder (that do not have papers associated with them, as a few do -- more on that gripe later). http://makeashorterlink.com/?E24812E3A *might* have some Bengal blood. The temperament sounds pretty close, and her many conformation flaws could simply be poor breeding (which is pretty much a given, as she was apparantly a stray). http://makeashorterlink.com/?G15852E3A is *not* a Bengal. He is a brown mackeral tabby with some broken stripes. His conformation is entirely wrong (cobby head, big pointed ears on top of his head, short-bodied (as compared to a Bengal)). His coat pattern is entirely wrong -- big clear tabby 'M', vertical stripes all over, no spots on his tummy, and ticking, ticking, ticking. http://makeashorterlink.com/?S56812E3A is another brown mackeral tabby. http://makeashorterlink.com/?H27854E3A is yet another brown mackeral tabby (though I find her lack of an 'M' to be intriguing and jealousy-inducing) with a short, cobby body. http://makeashorterlink.com/?W68815E3A is so young and it's such a bad picture for determining conformation that it's difficult to be exact about his Bengal status. Good breed-determinant pictures have a full face shot, a profile shot, and a body shot in profile. But, from his head I'd say his ears are wrong (very large and pointed), his 'M' is the most clearly defined M I've ever seen, and his nose is black (Bengal noses are brick-red outlined in black). But he's adorable and I just want to cuddle him all day. http://makeashorterlink.com/?E1A851E3A is probably a Bengal. A really, really overweight Bengal, which is just wrong. Her spotting is awfully vertical, but not every Bengal has good coat. http://makeashorterlink.com/?S4C825E3A is, for the love of goddess, not a Bengal. A classic tabby pattern does not make a Bengal. Marbles, believe it or not, were an 'accident' -- their pattern is a combination of the classic tabby pattern and the horizontal 'pull' of the ALC genes. Sadly, this has come to mean that classic tabbies are now called Bengal mixes. And, to prove that I am not just anti breed rescue, http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?act...=0&tmpl=&stat= is not a Bengal. Sal is a wonderful man, but sometimes his enthusiasm for rescuing *all cats* causes him to make bad identifiers. Tink is really sweet, but she's a mackeral tabby and white. Yes, we've argued over her identifier, but he's the boss. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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"B B" wrote in message ... Hello...I was thinking of buying a Bengal cat. A person told me these cats really like water, and will even walk in the shower sometimes....is this true? If so, is it rare or common with this breed? I think the Bengals look pretty cool...those with the gold coat with black dots are my favorite...very wild looking. Anything major to know about this breed? I have always owned a short haired tabby. I have 2 cats that love the water. I got them both from a gal I used to work with. Her barn cat had a litter and I took 2 of them. They have both been bathed weekly since I got them last year. Both of them will get into the shower with me. I don't believe this has anything to do with their breeding, but credit it to their early and repeated baths. One of them even naps in the tub. Brigitte |
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"Orchid" wrote in message ... On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:38:07 GMT, "Mary" wrote: You can look at the eye color and body shape of many of these cats and tell they do indeed have Bengal bloodlines. It is not necessary for someone to pay $400-$1000 for a cat when others have done so and thrown said cat away. Have a heart, will you? I am going to have to disagree with you about the conformation on many of the alleged Bengals. Look at what I wrote. In your analysis below, you agree that you can look at many of them and tell. Allow me to get one thing out at the beginning. != Bengal DOES NOT mean != good. Like I said before, wonderful, loving, deserving cats -- just not Bengals. I think part of my position on this issue (which has come up before) comes from what breed *I* own -- because Bengals have become very popular, many shelters are labelling anything with a spot anywhere on the body as a 'Bengal'. You may not be aware of this, but some states are outlawing hybrid anything because of problems with wolf-dog hybrids. Because of this, Bengals, which are loving domestic cats with fantastic temperaments are being banned as 'vicious'. Bengals are illegal in Georgia, Denver, and Conneticut, and legislation has been considered in New York State as well. Hmm. Thanks for telling me this, I had no idea. I wonder if this alleged viciousness is why I saw several so-called "four-way" declaws. The only defense we Bengal owners have is to introduce the public to our breed's incredible temperaments. So what happens when a shelter adopts out a 'Bengal mix' with an uncertain temperament? What happens if the cat hurts someone? Is the cat described as a domestic shorthair? No. The cat is described as a Bengal, which gives anti-Bengal people another piece of ammunition. Is the Bengal a naturally occuring cat that is indigenous to somewhere? The other part is how totally unfair it is to the cat. A cat does not have to be a Bengal in order to be beautiful and worthy of a home. I'll go over the first few cats listed as Bengals/Bengal mixes on Petfinder (that do not have papers associated with them, as a few do -- more on that gripe later). http://makeashorterlink.com/?E24812E3A *might* have some Bengal blood. The temperament sounds pretty close, and her many conformation flaws could simply be poor breeding (which is pretty much a given, as she was apparantly a stray). http://makeashorterlink.com/?G15852E3A is *not* a Bengal. He is a brown mackeral tabby with some broken stripes. His conformation is entirely wrong (cobby head, big pointed ears on top of his head, short-bodied (as compared to a Bengal)). His coat pattern is entirely wrong -- big clear tabby 'M', vertical stripes all over, no spots on his tummy, and ticking, ticking, ticking. Mackeral tabbies have straight stripes, not spots. http://makeashorterlink.com/?S56812E3A is another brown mackeral tabby. http://makeashorterlink.com/?H27854E3A is yet another brown mackeral tabby (though I find her lack of an 'M' to be intriguing and jealousy-inducing) with a short, cobby body. http://makeashorterlink.com/?W68815E3A is so young and it's such a bad picture for determining conformation that it's difficult to be exact about his Bengal status. Good breed-determinant pictures have a full face shot, a profile shot, and a body shot in profile. But, from his head I'd say his ears are wrong (very large and pointed), his 'M' is the most clearly defined M I've ever seen, and his nose is black (Bengal noses are brick-red outlined in black). But he's adorable and I just want to cuddle him all day. http://makeashorterlink.com/?E1A851E3A is probably a Bengal. A really, really overweight Bengal, which is just wrong. Her spotting is awfully vertical, but not every Bengal has good coat. http://makeashorterlink.com/?S4C825E3A is, for the love of goddess, not a Bengal. A classic tabby pattern does not make a Bengal. Marbles, believe it or not, were an 'accident' -- their pattern is a combination of the classic tabby pattern and the horizontal 'pull' of the ALC genes. Sadly, this has come to mean that classic tabbies are now called Bengal mixes. And, to prove that I am not just anti breed rescue, http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?act...=0&tmpl=&stat= is not a Bengal. Sal is a wonderful man, but sometimes his enthusiasm for rescuing *all cats* causes him to make bad identifiers. Tink is really sweet, but she's a mackeral tabby and white. Yes, we've argued over her identifier, but he's the boss. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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"Brigitte" wrote in message ... "B B" wrote in message ... Hello...I was thinking of buying a Bengal cat. A person told me these cats really like water, and will even walk in the shower sometimes....is this true? If so, is it rare or common with this breed? I think the Bengals look pretty cool...those with the gold coat with black dots are my favorite...very wild looking. Anything major to know about this breed? I have always owned a short haired tabby. I have 2 cats that love the water. I got them both from a gal I used to work with. Her barn cat had a litter and I took 2 of them. They have both been bathed weekly since I got them last year. Both of them will get into the shower with me. I don't believe this has anything to do with their breeding, but credit it to their early and repeated baths. One of them even naps in the tub. Well this is a sane observation! I suppose it does make sense that those who wish to bathe their cats get started early. I have actually never heard of cats that liked baths. I am supposed to bathe mine due to my allergies etc. but would rather suffer than scare them to death as bathing does. |
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Well this is a sane observation! I suppose it does make sense
that those who wish to bathe their cats get started early. I have actually never heard of cats that liked baths. I am supposed to bathe mine due to my allergies etc. but would rather suffer than scare them to death as bathing does. I"ve never seen a cat who actually likes a bath, although I'm sure there are some. My daughter's cat gets a bath regularly. He doesn't fuss, he doesn't try to run away, he just sits there. But just judging from the persecuted look on his face, I don't think he actually likes it. Sherry |
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Just in my state, California, it seems like over half a dozen purebred
Bengals have either been "surrendered" or rescued from a bad breeder. I just find the idea rather precious that buyers of purebred cats don't abandon their cats just like other folks do. And a couple of abandoned unneutered Bengals and the genes are out there in the general cat population. For the OP, just look for a cat that has the look and the personality that you like - that's what's important! |
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