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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2004How to tell Breed?
We have two kittens that we adopted at a shelter a month and a half ago. They told us they were both brown tabby cats. This afternoon, I took a peek on Orchid's site and the pictures of the Bengal cats look almost identical to the younger kitten, Stella. Is there a way to tell for sure or if she has a bit of Bengal in her? Her nose seems more pointed than a regular tabby. TIA -- rach "Hipsters - UNITE!" > This afternoon, I took a peek on Orchid's site and the pictures of the > Bengal cats look almost identical to the younger kitten, Stella. Is there a > way to tell for sure or if she has a bit of Bengal in her? Her nose seems > more pointed than a regular tabby. Helps to have a picture. =^^= You have one? The thing is, you can describe to your heart's content, but you have to actually look at the cat to determine the breed.  SignatureDennis Carr - ke6isf@spamcop.net | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- *A* picture? LOL try hundreds. Where is the best place to send them though... I didn't want to send them off to anyone here because they may think they are a virus or something. -- rach "Hipsters - UNITE!" > > This afternoon, I took a peek on Orchid's site and the pictures of the > > Bengal cats look almost identical to the younger kitten, Stella. Is there a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. > ------------------------------------+------------------------------- >From: ".oO rach Oo." reachin@anewrefutationoftimeandspace.com >*A* picture? LOL try hundreds. Where is the best place to send them >though... I didn't want to send them off to anyone here because they may >think they are a virus or something. You can post them on one of the picture websites. I have my cats' pictures on Webshots. You can open up a free account where you can post I think 24 pictures. If you want to post more pictures, you can open a paid account. The link is in my signature for the website. Be sure to post a link here once you get it all set up. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm Thank you! :) -- rach "Hipsters - UNITE!" > >From: ".oO rach Oo." reachin@anewrefutationoftimeandspace.com > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html > Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm here they are! http://community.webshots.com/album/111231320oxUhPl -- rach "Hipsters - UNITE!" > > This afternoon, I took a peek on Orchid's site and the pictures of the > > Bengal cats look almost identical to the younger kitten, Stella. Is there a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. > ------------------------------------+------------------------------- > here they are! > http://community.webshots.com/album/111231320oxUhPl [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > The thing is, you can describe to your heart's content, but you have to > > actually look at the cat to determine the breed. What you have are two gorgeous and obviously very spoiled versions of garden variety grey and black tabby cat cat, otherwise known as a domestic short hair. :~) >What you have are two gorgeous and obviously very spoiled versions of garden >variety grey and black tabby cat cat, otherwise known as a domestic short >hair. :~) Yes, very cute but not Bengal or part Bengal. circa Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:25:04 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Sunflower (sunflwrNOSPAM@midsouth.rr.com) said, > What you have are two gorgeous and obviously very spoiled versions of garden > variety grey and black tabby cat cat, otherwise known as a domestic short > hair. :~) That's what I was going to say! :-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > here they are! > http://community.webshots.com/album/111231320oxUhPl [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > "Hipsters - UNITE!" Oh my goodness. I am in love! >here they are! >http://community.webshots.com/album/111231320oxUhPl They are adorable!!! :) She is *such* a cutie! But probably unlikely to be part Bengal. I'll explain why. :) Spotted tabbies *do* exist outside of the Bengal breed -- Egyptian Maus, Ocicats, and even moggies can have spots! However, what makes Bengals special is the flow of the spots. If you look closely at your tabby's spots, they align vertically, like broken tabby stripes. Now look closely at Temujin's spots -- they flow horizontally and randomly. The only way to get that horizontal and random flow is by introducing the Asian Leopard Cat gene for that horizontal pull. Conformation-wise, Bengals are much longer-bodied than Stella looks to be. From the back of Temujin's neck to the base of his tail he measures 18" long! As well, Stella's head is what we call 'cobby' in the cat fancy -- round, with a relatively short muzzle. Bengals have longer muzzles with well-defined, puffy whisker pads and a slight Roman nose. Bengals are still fairly rare as pets -- many people have never even heard of them, much less gotten an intact one and let him or her roam the neighborhood getting knocked up. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid Wow... thanks everyone ... especially Orchid. Regardless of what kind of cat... it's nice knowing all cats that live with the posters here are loved and cared for. -- rach "Hipsters - UNITE!" > >here they are! > >http://community.webshots.com/album/111231320oxUhPl [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage > Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid > here they are! > http://community.webshots.com/album/111231320oxUhPl Kyoot! =^_^= SignatureDennis Carr - ke6isf@spamcop.net | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- > We have two kittens that we adopted at a shelter a month and a half ago. > They told us they were both brown tabby cats. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "Hipsters - UNITE!" Unless you have pedigree papers for the kittens it will be impossible to tell if they are purebred or not. Signature"Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck |
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