Avondell Bengals
& Cashmere Bengals
Avondell Bengals was founded in 1993
with the goal of establishing a family line
of cats who would reflect our motto,
"Temperament First;
Leopard Beauty Always"
The Bengal as a breed has come a long way
since those early days, and the Avondell
family has progressed as well. We feel
that the cats we have today fully represent
both the sweet, gregarious nature and the
true leopard type for which they have been
carefully and selevtively bred for these
many generations. We are proud to present them here for your enjoyment.
Please feel free to contact us with your questions or comments.
One of the newer colours to be introduced
to the Bengal breed is silver. We added this
colour to our breeding program in 2004 with
our first breedings to the lovely silver male,
Victoria's Diamond Rio -- a grandson of
Silvergene Splendor Of Starbengal. Splendor traced
back to Jewelliard Marilyn of Joykats, who was
a full sister to our foundation male,
Jewelliard Avondell Amadeus. Thus the
"family tie" was still there even with the addition of the new colour gene.
"Cashmere" is the name we are calling
the long coated variety of Bengal Cat,
and the rich plushness of these self
grooming, semi-longhairs makes it easy
to understand why. Because of the
diversity of the domestic cats used in
the foundation of the the Bengal breed,
the longhair trait has always been
present as a recessive gene in our
cats, tho some who like to see themselves as
"purists" prefer to think it is not in "their" lines (until, of
course, one happens to "pop up" in one of their litters!)
Intentionally breeding for this trait is a fairly new undertaking,
but the results are most stunning -- especially on a beautifully
well contrasted coat with liminescent glitter extending far down the hair shaft!
Gogees Chui Paka Of Avondell
"Sugar Daddy"
"Sophie"
"Fluffer"
You're listening to
"The Cat"
written by
Sergei Prokofiev
