It’s hard to evaluate kittens because they change quite a bit as they grow. I’ve often placed a kitten and later get pictures of the grown cat showing an exquisite animal I would have loved to keep for breeding and showing. That said, I have years of watching kittens develop and know pretty well how they’ll develop. “Pet quality” is a broad classification that is defined by whether they will be spayed or neutered. Within that pet quality range can be your average Bengal to a premium show quality animal. When I say show quality, I mean that a cat has a good chance of performing well in a show a ..read more

There are only a few illnesses that affect Bengals that can be tested for in one way or another. A few breeders post a long list of test results from the Optimal Selection (TM) test panel for all breeds of cats that have nothing to do with Bengals. This is misinformation. Simple recessive genetic based illnesses are preventable through testing. All of our cats are tested for PRA and PKDef and none of our kittens will be affected by these health conditions as a result. These are: PRA-b (Progressive Retinal Atrophy-Bengal gene) which causes blindness PKDef (Erythrocyte Pyruvate Kinase Deficienc ..read more