ABOOKSIGUN BENGALS - UK Bengal Breeders

I first became intrigued by these wonderful cats 12 years ago, but didn't take the plunge to buy one until I had researched them for 8 years!! After a lot of reading I finally purchased my first girl and brought her home as my show/neuter.

Then 2 years later (as you will soon learn they become VERY addictive) I went back to the same breeder ( Zawadi) & purchased my first breeding girl as I realised I wanted to become much more involved with these beautiful cats. I am based in Hampshire UK & I am breeding beautiful GCCF/TICA registered pedigree Bengal kittens that are raised in my home along with my children, other cats & my dog. I would like to thank you for browsing my site & hope you enjoy looking.

A brief description about the Bengal Cat. The Bengal Cat is a combination of the Asian Leopard Cat with a domestic cat which has led to a confident, fearless beautiful looking cat with a fascination for water & some even playing fetch like a dog!! For a more in depth look about how this beautiful cat came about please look here Guide to a Bengal Cat

HCM

HCM (hypertrophic cardiomyothopy) is found in all breeds of cat. I feel as a responsible & ethical breeder that the only way forward is to have my breeding cats tested & all results will be posted on here. For anyone wanting to gain some knowledge on HCM please read here Feline Advisory Bureau & use the navigation bar on the right hand side under hypertrophic cardiomyothopy. My first girl & both boys have been screened.

You can find a fantastic new site here SVCC which has some great information regarding cardiology. It is run by Dr Luca Ferasin who is a European & recognised specialist in veterinary cardiology.

This is Gogees Wild Daze at 4 weeks whilst still with Gene. He has matured into an amazing looking boy with great head type, small ears & a strong chin.

He has a lovely friendly nature which we feel is an important part of our breeding programme & know that he will pass this onto his kittens, who will then go on & fulfill the life of any new loving family!

This is Moto (Gogees Wild Daze) at 4 weeks showing his wonderful rosetted coat. Not quite into the fuzzies as yet but gives you an idea of his pattern flow & colouring.

The fuzzies can be very misleading & sometimes hard to explain to outsiders. They are guard hairs, a bit like cubs get in the wild to help camouflage them from predators. Once the fuzzies clear the coat pattern becomes much more prominent & you can see how wonderful they will look once they have matured.

This is Rudy as a kitten whilst still with Madeline & Virginie of Jesmewlan. As you can see he has a completely different look & colouring to Moto. Rudy is still known as a brown spotted but is a cooler brown & has a more wild look. His coat is totally pelted, feeling very tight to the skin!

His markings look like they have been painted on & he has more length to his face, which I think adds to his wild look. His first litter seem to have taken after him in his cooler colouring & coat texture, except for a little boy who has his grandfather 'Colour's' colouring

This is Rudy as a kitten showing how his colour developed. As Rudy is a cooler brown it took a while for his true colouring to come in. This colouring I feel doesn't look as dramatic as some of the more rufus bengals, but I think bengals like this will not fade & do end up looking just as or even more dramatic in my opinion.

Rudy is a very confident loving cat, having the most wonderful purrsonality! He took to the show scene really well, & have to say he is a complete show off!!

This picture was taken at the Naturally TICA Return to Paradise Show on 15th November 2009 just after Rudy gained his Supreme Title! It's still hard to believe he actually did it as there is some stiff competition out there but he did & we couldn't be prouder of him! Way to go Roodles what an achievement!!