The Bengal was first produced by mating a domestic cat with the wild Asian Leopard Cat. The resulting spectacularly spotted cat instantly won the affection of cat owners who wanted to 'have a leopard' of their own. The resultant Bengals have a unique combination a beautiful spotted pelt, wild looking walk and movement, but loving nature. Our aim is to try to breed Bengals that look as much like the Asian leopard cat seen here with the long lithe body, small head and ears, and of course the beautiful spotted pelt.

This is Lilli our Sepia Snow Bengal queen. She is a lovely friendly girl with a wild looking face - nice small head and ears, and a terrifically soft pelt. We are concentrating on producing snow kittens although our breeding programme is always likely to give us brown spotted kittens as well.

Purdie is our F1 hybrid queen - her father is an Asian Leopard Cat and her mother is a Bengal. One of the best ways to improve the type and conformation of Bengals is to introduce new Asian Leopard Cat genes into the programme. This we are now doing with the help of two beautiful F1 girls recently imported from Germany. As part of our long term breeding programme, these new types are invaluable and we have high hopes for the future.

Purdie has now generously given us two beautiful girls - Snow Hunter and Sand Dancer, who are absolutely gorgeous. 'Hunni' is a blue eyed snow with stunning markings and pelt texture. 'Sandi' is a brown-spotted kitten, but her background colour is so pale that her brown and apricot spots stand out superbly. These kittens are so affectionate we are amazed - we often find them curled up on Jamie's lap fast asleep as he sits watching TV. We are so overwhelmed by these babies that we have decided to keep both girls as new foundation stock.

Watch this space for photo's soon.

F2 and F3 kittens are available very occasionally. These extremely rare and beautiful cats have the Asian Leopard Cat either as the Grand Father or Great Grand Father, and are not eligible for showing in the United Kingdom (although they can be displayed in exhibition pens). But, if you want a spectacular 'leopard on your lap', these kittens are beyond compare. Because of the rarity of these babies we have to operate a waiting list - please contact us for details.

These kittens are only available to carefully selected owners.

Hawk - our Stud Boy is big, soft and beautiful. He has now proven himself to be gentle but firm with his lady friends and is producing lovely spotted kittens with the same soft luscious pelt that he has. His favourite pastimes include lying on his tree catching the sun, eating, and calling to his girl friends to see when they want to visit him next. Although he has his own harem he is occasionally open to invitation from very special ladies who might want his services.

Stop Press 16/03/00- Hawk has now been re-homed and is settling in well.

KITTEN PAGE RECENTLY UPDATED – 2^nd April 2000 with our new kittens.

Kittens Available Soon

I found a very old print of the Leopard Cat. If you're interested skip across to our Curios Page to download the print (92k JPEG)