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About Springmeadow Bengals This page last updated 10 January, 2012
While visiting a GCCF cat and kitten show in 1998, we saw and 'met' our very first Bengal cats and incredible kittens. We spent most of our time there talking with the Bengal cat and kitten owners - asking them if we could play with their gorgeous Bengal cats and kittens and asking them questions, questions and more questions! Shortly thereafter, we brought home our first Bengal cat pictured below. Tammy (Starwinds Radience) an F4 female descended from the ALC Kabuki and Millwood Mirror Mirror.
Since that time, we have carefully selected and nurtured our top-pedigree Bengal Queens and premier Studs to form the foundation of our Bengal cat and kitten family. Sisco, our Brown Marbled Stud Cat (as seen below), has already won 24 ICs and was the NATIONAL WINNER 2004 in his highly successful show career at the GCCF and has now achieved the highest accolade of SUPREME GRAND CHAMPION at International Showing with TICA, being the first Bengal Adult Cat to have achieved SUPREME this together with a EUROPE NORTH REGIONAL TITLE in 2005/2007 & also RW in 2006/2007.
Since the time our website site
was launched, much more has happened, we have now bred 5 SUPREME GRAND CHAMPIONS - - SUPREME GR CH SPRINGMEADOW PIXIE BELL, SUPREME GR CH SPRINGMEADOW GOLDDUST, SUPREME GR CH SPRINGMEADOW HOT PEPPER & SUPREME GR CH SPRINGMEADOW REBEL REBEL so please see our Bengal Studs page and our Bengal Queens page for information about our
new additions to the Springmeadow Bengals family, and exciting information
about Sisco and our other beautiful Bengal cats and kittens. Have fun! About Bengal Cats
Bengal cats are the result of the hybridization of wild Asian Leopard Cats (ALCs) and domestic cats to create a domesticated, exotic-looking pet. The early generation hybrid cats are not actually referred to as Bengals unless they are four (F4) or more generations from the Asian Leopard Cat in the pedigree. Jean Mill, of Millwood Bengals in America, originated and developed the beautiful Bengal breed during the 1970s. Since that time, the breed has continued to progress and has become very popular with cat owners around the world. Although the domestic Bengal is similar in appearance to the Asian Leopard cat, its temperament is completely domestic. Our Bengal cats & kittens have proven to be the sweetest natured cats we have ever met and we are confident that you will agree. Many of us have imagined owning a wild cat, but for obvious reasons, would never actually act on this desire. Bengal cats offer us the opportunity to feel as though we have a bit of the wild living with us in our homes. As you can see from the photo below of our queen Jade, daughter of Spothaven Winona of Starbengals x CH Millwood Italian Filigree, these cats bear the distinctive markings of the Asian Leopard Cats they are descended from. Bengals have beautiful plush pelts that feel like silky satin and appear to have been dusted with gold glitter, a trait unique to the breed. They have large bones with bodies that are quite muscular creating a very athletic appearance. Bengal bodies are long, with medium length, thick tails, and their heads and faces bear markings very similar to their wild ancestors. At maturity, the Bengal female will generally weigh between 7-9 lbs, with males weighing between 14-20 lbs.
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