The Bengal Breed of Cat has unique and desirable personality traits compared to other breeds of Domestic Cats. At Santa Fe Bengal Cattery, our Kittens and Cats are very well-socialized, have sweet temperaments, and incredible beauty from our Championship bloodlines. As responsible breeders, we believe in quality, not quantity, in our Breeding Programs. We have only one or two litters at a time during a five to six week period; this way we can give our Kittens the needed attention to ensure that they will be "Distinctive Lap Leopards." We work very hard at nurturing our Bengals' unique qualities. We also give them top quality care (food, litter, and lots of attention) and superb, always clean, habitats. It's simple... Our Mission is to be the Best!
And to make sure that you are getting the best Bengal possible...
We feed our Foundation Cats and our SBT Bengals a raw diet of freshly ground Natural or Organic
whole chickens and/or turkeys, chicken hearts, beef hearts, and beef
stew meat - that means bones and all are ground with the meat for a
healthy mixture close to their natural diet. To this "tartare" we add Apperon
for Exotics vitamins, Taurine, and calcium. Foundation Cats usually will only
eat raw food. Our SBT Bengals like it as a treat once a day along with
their Innova Evo dry food.
At Santa Fe Bengal Cattery, we feel a
responsibility to feed our Cats only the best possible food available
to be able to produce the best possible Bengals. Our pet SBT Bengal
owners should continue with a high quality diet of dry and wet food and
we use and recommend Innova brand. For our Foundation Cat owners, they do need to continue feeding the raw diet with the added vitamins.
At Santa Fe Bengal Cattery, we take the time to help the new owner-to-be to select the Kitten or Cat that is right for them. We breed Bengals because we love them and want to have young Kittens in our home. We also want to better the Bengal breed by adhering to a focused breeding program. Foundation Bengals are important to a dedicated Breeder for strengthening their genetic line and Breeding Program. At Santa Fe Bengal Cattery,
we have chosen to take the step into breeding Foundation Bengals to
strengthen our genetic line of Bengals. Breeding better Bengals is our
goal, not just to breed Bengals. This is a huge commitment and we are
very excited about our Cattery's future. Our Cattery also sells our Retired Cats at an "at cost" price to make sure that they are able to live as House Cats for most of their lives. This
also ensures that Santa Fe Bengal
Cattery can continue to progress it's breeding program and continue to
provide top quality Bengal Kittens.
The costs of running a Cattery are high,
when you provide proper habitats, top quality food, litter, and
health care, not to mention, cat toys, vaccines, cleaning products, Cattery association fees, magazine and internet advertising, and
purchasing top quality Cats for our breeding stock, etc, etc. The love that we
give our cats is free! First and foremost, the main reason that we breed Bengal Cats is
very simply that we love them... and they love us. One or two
Cats are simple to care for... a dedicated, proper Cattery is a
different
matter. I was raised knowing that "you get what you pay for" and when you want to have something for a long time... you buy the best. It matters greatly to us that our cats have the best and are the best... and they are!
Santa Fe Bengal Cattery works very hard to have healthy Kittens
and Cats, and we guarantee our Kittens' health! Please see the "Purchase
Contract" page for the details.
Our
Cattery, to date, has always tested NEGATIVE for FeLV (Feline Leukemia
Virus Disease Complex), FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection),
Nematodes (worms), and Protozoan (intestinal phyla/protozoan, such as giardia, trichomonas; ie: "Montazuma's
Revenge" in Humans). And we re-test periodically to prevent any
possible out breaks within our Cattery. We are also re-testing our Cats for HCM and PKD as a safe guard and to our knowledge we are free of both diseases.
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