There is only one word to tell you more about the type of people we are: ANIMAL FANATICS. We love all animals and if you should ask anyone who knows us, they will speak about the Zoo in town. We currently have 16 cats, 2 dogs, 2 horses, a potbelly pig named Choop and gold fish. During the past year we lost some of our pets and that is the downside - the heartache. There will always be room for other animals (rather call them family); that’s just the way we are.

Luan’s Cattery is named after our son, Luan, knowing one day he will take over where we left of.

We starter our breeding program in 2007 when we imported our first Queen, Canicspots Vesper, and Stud, Charmed Cussler, from Canada. This was one of the main events in our lives! Since then we’ve learned so much and had ups and downs. Definitely more ups than downs! We are so proud of our Bengals and had some fantastic successes with the kittens that were born and which we kept form breeding purposes. With that also such heartache. Let me tell you about Luan’s Charmed Atholhu (see Stud page also for a picture). He was nominated as a finalist in COTY (cat of the year) for 2009 and as an adult entire for 2010. Everybody adored Atholhu for his loving, charmed personality. Atholhu passed away August 2010.

All our cats were tested negative for Feline Aids and Feline Leukaemia. Our domestics were all tested before we started with the breeding program and all our Bengals were tested when we received them from other breeders. We installed the Pet Persuader to keep our felines inside and other cats outside. They are not allowed to mingle with other cats and our boarding cats are kept apart from our cats. This is something we are very strict about. All our cats are also inoculated against snuffles and we are in the process to ad this as a boarding condition for the owners of boarding cats.

When it is time for the Queen to have her kittens, she will settle in in our bedroom and will have her kittens on our bed in a special cat carrier. We monitor her every 2 hours and will comfort her during the birth process and even bring her food and water to regain her strength during resting time between giving birth to the kittens. They will stay in our bedroom until 3-4 weeks old when they are moved to a play-pin for cats. This is where they are introduced to solid food and cat litter. At about 6 weeks old, they are introduced to the rest of our home, the outside world, our Potbelly pig and the dogs. This is fun-time for everyone! We watch them for hours as they get use to all the new stuff in life. They are so funny at this stage!

One of our main goals with this Breeding program is to change the way people think about Bengals. We still receive calls from people thinking that Bengals are aggressive and need to be kept outside in a cage. Unbelievable! This is why it is so important to socialise a kitten correctly at an early age.

BREEDING COLOURS AND PATTERNS AT LUAN’S CATTERY

We currently breed with the following colours and patterns:

Black/Brown Spotted Tabby

Black Brown Rosette Spotted Tabby

Black/Silver Spotted Tabby

Black/Silver Rosette Spotted Tabby

Black/Brown Marble

[Colour: Black/Brown OR Black Silver. Pattern: Spotted OR Rosetted Spots OR Marble]

SACC Cattery Code

3566

SACC Owner Code

19982