jeudi 27 août 2015
The Bengal cat has high sensitivity and is very attentive to the mood of the people around him. These features, making it a great pet, allow it to adapt easily to any domestic environment and build friendships with people of all ages. Thanks to its friendly temperament, it will adapt to the master who will appreciate and manage to make him a "domestic small leopard." His need for movement and freedom is the only thing to be observed.
The origins of the Bengal cat
The Bengal cat can boast of Indian blood in his veins. He descends from Felis bengalensis Indeed, the Asian wild cat, also called Leopard Cat. Its history began in 1963 when Joan Sugden breeder Yurna, took possession of a female mated then copy it to his cat (black). From this union was born Kinkin, a beautiful female very similar to her mother and wildness.Joan Sugden, facing the beauty about it, then threw to arouse similar kittens; However, because of family and economic problems, she was forced to abandon his project.
Towards the end of seventy years, she discovered by chance that a California researcher, William Centerwall, conducting research on the Felis bengalensis because it was believed that he was immune against feline leukemia; the researcher to study the immune system of the animal, the leopard cat crossed with a US domestic cat. This accounted for Joan Sugden the opportunity to take over the project she had to give up years earlier: to create a domestic cat that resembles a leopard. She contacted Dr. Centerwall and managed to get himself assigned eight breeding hybrids (first generation), she mated to cats of various breeds, including the Egyptian Mau.
The first examples appeared in 1983 were presented by Joan Sugden internationally Cat Association TICA (The International Cat Association), which accepted them in "New Breeds and Colors" under the name of Bengal, in honor of their ancestors . 1985 is an important date for the Bengal because for the first time, he participated in a cat show. The official recognition of the breed dates back to 1991 and, since then, the Bengal is accepted in the league.
The ideal cat
The Bengal cat is a wild appearance, his body is athletic and powerful, and is graceful in his movements. It has a long and robust girth and size can vary from medium to large. Its frame is sturdy and powerful musculature (especially in males).
The head is large, it has a rounded triangular shape and is a bit small compared to the body; the neck is long and proportionate to the head. The nose forms a concave curve is large and wide; The muzzle is broad and full, with prominent and wide mustaches door pads and pronounced cheeks and tall.
Ears, broad at the base and rounded at the tip, are short and at the corners of the head. The eyes are large, slightly sunken and sloping towards the base of the ears (they may be slightly almond). The legs are of medium length (the posterior slightly longer than the anterior) with large and round feet.The tail is long, medium size, thick at the base; it tends to refine and become rounded at the tip.
The color is bright, soft and provided and the hair length from short to medium. The male is growing rapidly and quickly reached 5-6 kilograms. The female develops slowly and is lighter: its average weight is about 4 kg.
Hair color
The dress Bengal cat is unique in design as color. It accepts two types of drawings: the spotted and marbled. Spotted in the drawing, spots (stains) are randomly disposed or aligned horizontally and creating a sharp contrast with the base color. In the marbled drawing, the arrangement of spots are also randomly and horizontally, but the contrast created is different; Indeed, in addition to the base color and spots, there is a dividing line of dark spots, which creates an extreme contrast, with distinct shapes and sharp edges. For color, three different tones are allowed: brown tabby, seal tabby point and seal sepia tabby. • The brown tabby variety allows all variations of brown spotted tabby; a strong reddish tone is preferable because it brings to the basic color shades of yellow, hot cream, light brown or orange. The spots are black, brown, light brown, cinnamon or chocolate. Around the eyes appear "glasses" clear and pads holder base color mustache, chin, chest, belly and inner legs is almost white. The rim of the eyes, lips and nose are black and circled the center of the nose leather is brick red. The pads of the feet and the tip of the tail must be black. • In the variety seal tabby point, the base color is a color between ivory and cream. The color markings can vary from dark brown to bright light brown, through the leather or the hot cream. The difference between the colors of the markings and the color of the points is minimal. The tip of the tail is dark brown shiny. • At the seal sepia tabby, the base color is ivory, cream or pale leather. The pattern is distinctly visible and may have different shades of brown chocolate sable. The "glasses" around the eyes, whisker pads holder and chin are ivory cream. It should not be a big difference between the color of markings and color of the points. The pads of the feet are dark brown and a pink hue is accepted. The tip of the tail is chocolate brown. Eye color may be blue in seal tabby point in the aquamarine seal sepia tabby and gold to green in brown tabby.
The character
The Bengal cat has a wild look and a very soft character in a leopard skin, it hides indeed a docile nature of domestic cat. His sociable comes from a careful selection, the program continued in "construction" of the race: it has retained the look and the independent nature of the leopard cat and acquired the meekness and gentleness of the domestic cat.
Whoever decides to host a Bengal in his house can only fall in love with its sweetness and sensitivity: it is indeed capable of adapting to the mood of his master. Chat with mild and quiet disposition, he is friendly, intelligent, enterprising, lively and playful. It is not just intrusive or insistent because he is able to grasp and respect the moods and needs of the one who takes care of him. He loves to be praised and stroked, offering in return very gentle and affectionate effusions.
The Bengal is also a great hunter instinct he expresses especially by the game. He likes to jump and climb everywhere (curtains, trees) and therefore needs a lot of physical activity and space. Moreover, even if it is a characteristic contrary to the nature of cats, he loves water, like the Abyssinians. This is not a cat that meows a lot and his voice, though unobtrusive, reminiscent of a fawn (Another feature inherited from its ancestor chatting leopard!).
Cares
The problem for those who choose a Bengal kitten regarding the character;this problem is easily solved by following simple but precise rules. It should be noted first that the domestic Bengal is considered only after the third generation. It is preferable that the first generation of kittens are separated from their mothers in the first few hours of birth and entrust them to a domestic cat; this way, they lose "wild" instincts and learn gesture gaming and social behavior.
Furthermore, cohabitation with small domestic mother promotes mitigation of wild nature and the emergence of attitudes adapted to living at home, such as the use of a litter (the urine and Bengalensis defecates in water to quickly cover his tracks).
