100% Purebred DNA Tested Bengal Kittens
Description
Boho Bengals is a family based hobby cattery located on Vancouver Island. We breed and raise heathy, DNA tested and cleared, happy and well socialized bengals kittens. Our breeding cats can produce classic brown (warm and cool toned), silver, tricolour, snow lynx, snow mink, snow sepia, melanisitic and blue Bengal kittens! We are very passionate about the breed and we exclusively breed bengals!
We proud to offer our spring/ summer 2023 kittens! We have kittens from 3 litters available.
We currently have silver, tri-color, cool brown, warm brown, seal snow lynx, snow mink, brown marbled and silver marbled kittens available.
Prices vary from $1500-$2300.
Our kittens go off to their new homes with the following:
- veterinarian checked and cleared
- up to date on deworming
- vaccination record
- regularly dewormed
- a pre-measured dose of dewormer for their next scheduled deworming
- standard kitten contract
- spay/ neuter contract
- our kitten care sheet
- a sample of their kitten food
- fully litter box trained
- familiar with having his claws trimmed
- the fundamentals of harness training
- 30 days of free health insurance with Trupanion
- lifetime breeder support/ advise
- 1 year congenial health guarantee
- a baby blanket with mama cat’s scent for comfort
- a few of their favorite toys
We are available day and night to our Boho Bengals families. We are very experienced and educated on the breed and we can offer advice or help on almost any Bengal topic.
We ALWAYS keep our kittens to the age of 12 weeks, minimum. No exceptions! Kittens learn how to be cats from their mothers. As bengals are descendants of Asian leopard cats, they inherit that need for bonding time with their parents. Asian leopard cats stay with their parents for up to a year after birth before they are ready to venture out on their own. Bengals are intelligent and more bonded to their mothers, they need more time to be confident as older cats. Selling any breed of kitten before 12 weeks is never good. If we have a kitten or a litter of kittens that is more bonded with their mom and we feel isn’t ready to leave her, we will keep them as long as we have to in order to assure they are ready to be out in new homes. It costs us significantly more to feed our growing kittens longer and they won’t be itty bitty when they go to their new homes, but they will be more secure and confident cats. The more their mom shows them that humans are safe, loving and can be trusted, the more they will bond with their new families. Any Bengal breeder willing to regime their kittens before 12 weeks is not a good breeder. It’s not good practice. We want confident and healthy kittens who will grow to be confident, healthy adult cats. The foundation of their lives is set in the first few months of their lives and they need their mothers to teach them. We also do delayed vaccinations at a minimum of 12 weeks for all of our kittens. There is much less chance of vaccine related complications when kittens are older and bigger.
All of our kitten’s come from DNA tested queens and sires who are all clear! The DNA tests have also confirmed that all of our breeding cats are 100% purebred bengals. Congenital heath defects can be passed along to the kittens of affected breeding cats. Some health defects can be deadly and others can seriously impact the health and well-being of the cats/ kittens causing serious pain, the need for daily medications and very expensive vet costs. Through preforming these DNA tests, we can confidently assure that our kittens will not have any congenial health defects for which their parents have been cleared. This is why we offer a 1 year congenial health guarantee for of kittens!
*No matter where you decide to get your bengal kitten from, please ensure that their breeders have done DNA health testing on their queens and studs. Anyone who doesn’t DNA test shouldn’t be breeding cats. A cat or kitten who appears totally healthy can have underlying health defects and sadly, they often do. Not many of the “breeders” I see listing bengal kittens in Canada, especially I’m the Western provinces have not done any DNA testing on their cats. It’s reckless and unethical. Please do not support these backyard breeders who are just looking to make money from overbreeding their poor cats. *We do not condone or support backyard breeders or kitten mills!”
A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required to hold your kitten. Payment in full is required at the time of exchange of your kitten or paid in full the day your kitten is flown out to you.
We are located in Port Alberni, BC. Shipping via air out of Comox or Nanaimo is available at the buyer’s expense. Shipping to Vancouver, Richmond, and Sechelt (Sunshine Coast) available through Harbor Air Seaplanes for $40 plus kennel and delivery costs. These flights are only 20 minutes long. Kittens can be transferred to other Canadian airports via Vancouver International Airport.
*We reserve the right to refuse placements that we do not feel are suitable for one of our kittens. The well-being of our kittens is always our top priority.
More information about bengals:
Bengals are extremely intelligent felines. They can be trained to follow commands like dogs! Sit, stay, come, shake a paw, pound it, spin etc. They are significantly smarter than your average house cat.
Bengals were bred as a result of breeding wild Asian leopard cats with domestic cats, our kittens are not wild animals. All of our breeding cats and their kittens are SBT (stud book tradition- cat fanciers association term,) meaning they are bengals bred from other bengals and are at least 4 generations or more removed from Asian leopard cats ALC’s. Bengals are no longer bred from wild ALC’s as there are so many ALC’s now being bred in captivity. While they do inherit certain traits from their ALC ancestors such as their gorgeous patterns, intelligence, athleticism, attraction to water, they aren’t wild animals. Bengals tend to get a bad reputation as “not being lap cats,” being skittish, being loud or being destructive. While I’m sure some bengals have behavioural problems, none of ours do. We attribute this to our kittens being used to being handled and well socialized. Fearful and skittish kittens usually come from breeders who haven’t socialized with their kittens enough or who have removed them from their mother too early.
Bengals are more athletic and love to play! They’re more active than your average lazy house cat and they can be trained to walk or even run with harnesses on leashes. By athletic, I mean some out our cats can jump from the floor to onto of the refrigerator, no problem. They are not suitable for anyone looking for a pet cat who’s going to lay around on the couch all day long. They do sleep throughout the day (as do all felines) but they tend to have more awake time than your average house cat. Bengals like to be engaged with enrichment such as playing with toys, playing/ interacting with their humans and with each other or other cats/ dogs. They also enjoy running on cat wheels and spending time outside. We have large, safe catios for our cats and kittens and they enjoy spending time outside in their catios! Even a small screened (with wire screen) box off a window or a secured screened off balcony would do as they love fresh air and bird watching. Bengals also tend to have a fascination with water which has been inherited from their ancestors, Asian leopard cats! Our cats and kittens enjoy having the faucet drip or run in the sink or bathtub. They also enjoy paying in a bathtub with about an inch of water and some toys, swimming in pools with you, playing in ponds, lakes or streams when out and about on a leash. They do not HAVE to spend time outside, but they often like to!
They become quite attached to their human(s) so they don’t like being left alone for long periods of time. Bengals are not the ideal breed for someone who travels often and will be away from them for extended periods of time. They’ll miss you, much like a dog would!
Please email us at bohobengals@gmail.com to enquire about one of our currently available kittens, to add yourself to our waitlist or with any questions you may have.
Best of luck for your search for a new bengal family member!
- Offered by: Owner
- Ad Type: Offering
- Pet's Date of Birth: 2023-03-25 00:00:00
pets | cats, kittens for rehoming
2024-01-20