ABOOKSIGUN BENGALS - UK Bengal Breeders

I first became intrigued by these wonderful cats 13 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 have always had a fascination & respect for BIG cats, Lions, Tigers, Leopards & Cheetahs, so to be involved with domestic cats with a wild heritage is an absolute honour. I am based in Hampshire UK & I have been breeding beautiful TICA/GCCF registered pedigree Bengal kittens for almost 2 years now. I show regularly with TICA as I passionately want to be part of helping the breed progress, not only in looks but health & temperament too! Kittens 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 & find it informative, any feedback is very much appreciated! Visitors are always welcome so you can see just how amazing these felines are & of course have lots of free kitten cuddles!

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, including non pedigree. I feel as a responsible & ethical breeder that the only way forward is to have my breeding cats screened & all results will be posted on FAB (Unless screened in another country or screened by a cardiologist not on the FAB site). 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. Our current breeding cats will be screened every 12-18 months.

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!!

Huge Congratulations to our Rudy who has ended the TICA show year 2010 as 2nd Bengal cat in the UK, 2nd Bengal in W. Europe & 22nd Bengal Worldwide & he has gained a Regional win too!! (TBC) As we have only been breeding for almost 2 years we feel very honored & privileged, firstly for being given the opportunity to add Rudy to our breeding programme as one of our first stud cats & secondly only joining the TICA show circuit in February 2009. We are absolutely astounded & very, very proud!!