About Bengal cats and kittens
Snow Bengals:
(Cats and kittens below are all Saranndotz Cats and kittens, which I own and/or bred)
Kittens are born with blue eyes, the actual colour of the eye doesn’t develop until the kitten is 6-8 weeks old. Brown Bengals (spotted, rosetted or marbled) have Green or amber eyes. Seal lynx snow Bengals have blue eyes, really deep blue is more desirable in seal lynx snows. Seal mink snow Bengals have green or aqua eyes (not blue like the lynx) and seal sepia snow Bengals have gold or green eyes, gold being the most sort after.
Seal lynx snow Bengals are born bright white, you do not see their markings develop for a good 3 weeks, even then they are very faint. The pattern develops slowly up until the cat is 1 year old+. Their back ground colour should be white-cream and markings light tan-light brown.
These are Flakes Seal Lynx babies at 10 days old, they are all white with very faint markings.
This is Snowballs, one of Flakes Seal lynx babies at 5 weeks old, as you can see the markings are getting darker.
Snowballs at 14 weeks of age. His markings are darker and as you can see he is rosetted :o).
Snowballs at 16/17 weeks. his markings are very prominant and hes becoming a stunner!
Below 2 pictures of Snowballs at 22 weeks old. He has beautiful markings and has turned out to be a gorgeous cat, he has gone to be a stud cat at Tropicalstorm Bengals and I know he will produce some amazing kittens there :o).
This is Flake at about 4-5 months old, her markings are very faint.
This is Flake now at 3 years old.
Seal mink snow Bengals are born with light beige markings, their markings then develop to a medium brown colour as they get older, their back ground colour is white-medium beige, slightly darker to the lynx snows.
This is one of Flakes seal Mink babies, she was born with her markings.
This is the same kitten at about 5 weeks old.
This is the same kitten at about 4-5 months old.
Seal sepia snow Bengals are the darkest of the snow Bengals and are born with medium brown markings which get darker as the kitten gets older, often ending up with dark brown markings and their back ground colours being from champagne-light brown.
The fuzzies
(Cats and kittens below are all Saranndotz Cats and kittens, which I own and/or bred)
Bengal kittens go through an 'ugly fuzzy' stage, when their coats look dull, this starts from around 4 weeks old, it usually clears up at 12-16 weeks of age. This happens because wild cubs usually start to explore at around 4 weeks old, so a layer of white tipped hairs grow to mask their coats to camouflage them from predators. As this stage stops you will see the real beauty of your Bengal baby. So don't be put off by this 'Fuzzy' stage as your Bengal will eventually emerge from this fuzzy mess.
Pictures shown below for example.
Saranndotz Autumns Leaves
(Wildsidebengals Storm Trooper X Jayuzuri Satin Feaver)
Around 3 Weeks old, her coat looks quite clear.
Around 5 weeks old, she just looks like a ball of fluff, cant see her markings at all.
around 8 weeks old, her coat is clearing and you can see her rosettes.
Around 18 weeks old, her coat is clear with lovely rosetted markings, she's turned out to be a beautiful cat.
The standard of Bengals:
(Cats and kittens below are all Saranndotz Cats and kittens, which I own and/or bred)
A bengals head shape should be a broad wedge, longer then it is wide it should also be small in comparison to the body.
Ears should be medium-small and have rounded tips.
Eyes should be quite large and oval, almost round. The richer, deep colours of eyes are more desirable.
A full broad muzzle with very prominent whisker pads is something that every Bengal should have.
Their body should be quite long with a medium-large frame and have a very muscular look.
Legs need to be slightly longer on the back then the front.
A thick, medium length tail with rounded tip is very sort after in a Bengal, the tip of a bengal’s tail MUST be black.
They should have a short-medium coat which is soft and luxurious like velvet to the touch.
Bold chin strap and mascara markings are very desirable, aswel as white goggles around the eyes and black eye liner on the eye rims. White under sides are a bonus, the belly MUST be spotted.
Pattern (marble, spotted, rosetted) should be random or horizontal, there should be a contrast from the pattern colour and back ground colour so the pattern is clear and distinctive.
Bengals should not have Any distinct locket (small patch of white) on the neck, chest, abdomen or any other area. Bengals should not have random patches of white, ginger, tortoise shell markings etc. anywhere on the body – this means they are a cross and not full Bengal.
