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17 Feb 2010
Carol and Andrew Hebden
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Our Bengal Queens
It only seems 5 minutes ago that we started breeding, and I said I would just have one girl, maybe two. But I find Bengals so addictive - so our family grew over the years. Now we are approaching retirement, and over the next few years we will be reducing the number of breeding cats we have.
We love all of our cats, and try to give them the best possible life whilst they are giving us the pleasure of their kittens.
Champion Eriador Quilotoa (Lotty)
Eriador Thunderball x Purebliss Calamity
We had a kitten called Furrari in 2006. He had the clearest coat I have every seen on a Bengal, with glossy black markings on a clear cream background. And he had a whited tummy.
Calamity and Thunderball both come from that same line, but aren’t too closely related.
So I mated them, and in their first litter I had the joy of having another kitten just like Furrari - but this time a girl - we call her Lotty.
She has glossy black markings on a pale tan background, with dark centered rosettes. She has never gone into the fuzzies as so many kittens do - she was born with the clearest coat, and it has stayed.
And to make it even better, she has a wonderful whited tummy.
Lotty is now giving us some beautiful whited tummy kittens.
We were thrilled when Lotty became a Champion at her first show.
Lotty has the following Asian Leopard Cats in her pedigree:
Abu, Baghara/Segura Khan, Bonzai, Kabuki, Maia Wild Heritage (Centrewall ALC), Pretty Lady, Rajah Singh, and Sly.
Eriador Trianna
StarwindsUK Frodo x Eriador Tangle
When Tangle gave us this beautiful daughter, we knew we wanted to keep her, especially as it was time for Tangle to retire. Trianna is so like her mother both in her type and her lovely temperament.
Her mothers lovely honey colouring has come through into Trianna's rosettes, and she has the most wonderful whited tummy.
We had Trianna gene tested, and are so pleased to be told that she carries the burmese gene (sepia).
Trianna has the following Asian Leopard Cats in her pedigree:
Abu, Baghara Khan, Bonzai, Feliz, Kabuki, Pretty Lady, Rajah Singh, Sly and Maia Wild Heritage.
Eriador Septyni (Tina)
Towanreef Jetstream x Purebliss Olga B of Eriador
I had no intention of keeping another of Jet's babies, but.....
Septyni is such a lovely girl, with a really clear coat, superb glitter, and rosetted too.
So I just couldn't resist keeping her.
Septyni has the ALC’s Art Decco, Baghara/Sergura Khan, Bonzai, Dominic, Kabuki, Kubla Khan, Maia Wild HEritage, Maya, Stoney (Hatfield ALC) and Taro in her line.
Purebliss Hotpants
Purebliss Pleasuredome x Purebliss Flaunt It
Jacky did me such a great honour by letting me have one of Pleasuredomes babies, and I can't thank her enough.
I wanted to concentrate our last few years of breeding on having seal mink snow bengals, so when Hotpants came along I was absolutely thrilled that Jacky let me have her.
The Princesses
Kiabindhi Thistle
Blissnmore Snowy Blizzard x Kiabindhi Love Bug
And our beautiful Thistle completes our plans for breeding seal mink bengals.
Beautiful clear strong colouring, and the silkiest coat - she is such a lovely girl. Thank you so much Gail for letting me have her.
Eriador Always
Eriador Nijinsky x Eriador Utopia
I love this girl. She has the softest, silkiest coat, full of glitter, and I love her whited tummy and great big fat whisker pads.
On top of that, she makes me laugh. She has all the funniest traits of her mum Utopia, and her gran Summer, and is the most loving but cheeky girl.