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  Welcome to Gayleebengals; breeders of rosetted, golden glittered Bengals with wild heads and loving temperaments since 1991.   Bengal breeding is my hobby and passion, I am not a commercial breeder.
 

Brief History of the Bengal breed:  Jean Mill (Millwood) in the USA founded the breed in 1975 by crossing a Asian Leopard (a small Leopard cat weighing around 8 to 10lbs and extremely shy) to a domestic cat.  Jean met a lot of opposition along the way but persevered to get the Bengal breed started. The early generations, variant Bengals had 'F' (foundation) numbers denoting the generation from the wild or from an outcross, e.g. the first kittens out of a mating between an ALC and a domestic cat were F1 hybrids.  These kittens then had to be mated with other domestic breeds to prevent in-breeding and the result was F2 hybrids etc.  It is not until they are F4 hybrids from the wild and/or from an outcross, and there are three generations of Bengal to Bengal breeding, that they are true Bengals.  They have always been bred to retain the look of their wild ancestors combined with the temperament of loving family pets. 
They need no extra care and should be treated the same as any other domestic cat.

Characteristics: Bengal cats are extremely intelligent and learn quickly how to open doors, retrieve toys, attack toilet rolls and take the ham out of sandwiches!  They are truly beautiful; with soft coats sparkling with golden glitter, and two tone rosetting like the wild cats. 
There are 7 types of Bengal;-
Brown/Black spotted/rosetted,
Brown/Gold Marble (tri-coloured)
Blue-eyed Snow spotted/rosetted
Blue-eyed Snow Marble
AOC (any other colour eyed) Snow Spotted/rosetted
AOC Snow Marble
Silver
Bengals are affectionate and attach very much like dogs do to their owners.  Unlike most cats Bengals love water, and enjoy drinking from a dripping tap or trying to join you for a bath!  They are active cats with strong personalities and can be naughty although they will try and fool you by looking so innocent.

Advice:  Please read my advice on buying a kitten on my 'kitten' page.

About Gaylee: After winning UK SUPREME Kitten with a Burmese chocolate boy I bred, Gaylee Whiskey Mac in 1991 I was looking for a new challenge and so became one of the first breeders to import Bengals into the UK.  We have been to the USA and stayed with Jean Mill to ensure we had some of the best, and dependable Bengal lines.
We are small breeders and this is a hobby for us, so we are able to breed for quality and not quantity.  Our females and kittens live in our home and are part of our family, (they are never caged outside) kittens raised this way have the best temperaments. Many hours are spent playing, socializing and getting to know each kitten individually, as this will effect the rest of the kittens life. 

The studs we use have up to date pedigrees are fully rosetted with great definition, have wild type heads and loving temperaments, from the best USA and imported lines, as well as a stud bred by us.

We specialise in black rosetted Bengals with pale golden glittered backgrounds giving extreme contrast, wild head types with smallish rounded ears and long bodies. Many of our kittens also have lightened tummies.
We have some great lines including the 'Abu' ALC line which was started by Bob Torquato of San Diego.  Gaylee played a major role in developing this line to F4 status, then sent the first active F4 boy from this line back to the USA in 2001 to help them progress, thus securing this new ALC line for the future of the breed.  We did of course keep a girl out of the mating.

Our prices are reasonable

Gaylee bred the first 'GREAT EUROPEAN AND GREAT INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION GAYLEE PRINCE HARRI' who achieved;-

1st UK bred Champion Bengal in UK and EEC

1st International Champion Bengal in the EEC and UK

1st Great International Champion Bengal in EEC/UK 95/6

1st European Champion Bengal in the EEC/UK 96/7 (this entailed 16 wins including 8 x 'Best in Show' & 2 x 'Best of Best' in 4 countries)

 1st Snow Marble Champion in the UK 2000 (CA)

One of our studs also sired;-
'Best Adult' at the first USA Bengal Congress (TICA). 

We will sell studs to caring breeders.
WE CAN AND HAVE  EXPORTED BENGALS WORLDWIDE.  (see our last 2 exported boys on my stud page already GRCH's)
 

We are situated on the edge of Southampton only 5 -10 minutes from the M.27 and the M.3, within easy reach of the South, the South West, London and the Midlands. 10 minutes from Southampton Airport and 1 hr 30 mins. from London Heathrow airport.

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 02380 262286
 

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