We are excited to offer our friends and followers an opportunity to make space and home for the following beautiful babies. We will continue to provide and post pictures of the little darlings as they continue to develop so please stay tuned.
Stratokatzter Bengals is excited to announce TICA official point counts and titles earned for our Stratokatzter I Drink Alone "Solo." Solo has earned just over 3100 points since January 2025 which qualifies him for his TICA Triple Grand Champion title. We look forward to finishing up Solo's quest for Supreme Grand Champion in the upcoming months.
It's always a good idea to prepare yourself as an exhibitor for an upcoming show. In previous posts, we have touched on the purpose and function of cat clubs, preparing your cat for a show, and packing for a show and preparing your benching area. In this article, I plan to provide you what a typical show day looks like from the lens of a seasoned exhibitor.
Your show set up is a representation of your personality, your breed, your cattery and your love of your cat. A dynamite show set up is a blank canvas for you to design a habitat for you and your cat to bench at during a show. A place where spectators feel welcomed to learn about your cattery, about your breed and you can showcase your cat.
I remember going to my first cat show five years ago. I was showing our kitten "Stone" who was my first show kitten. I was shocked when he received two finals out of 83 kittens being shown that weekend. He would have received three but a judge pulled me aside and told me his coat felt "greasy." Most likely from a product I was using on my hands.
Introduction to Cat Shows: Part 1 - As cat shows become more popular, the interest amongst our followers has grown tremendously. We have created a series of articles to introduce our followers to cat clubs, cat shows, and cat fanciers organizations and an introduction to the world of cat shows.
We are honoring the work of Jaen Treesinger of Rainforest Bengals at the closing of her cattery. We came to know Jaen very early on in our breeding journey. I was enamored by how she captured the wild essence of the bengal breed like no other breeder could. Her cats were in my eyes, absolutely impeccable for which I was in complete awe. Looking back at the pedigrees I studied, all paths circled back to Rainforest Bengals. The influence Jaen had on the Bengal breed has been palpable with numerous breeders across the globe sending tributes recognizing sincere gratitude for her work with the modern bengal reflecting on Jaen's signature "wild type" noting it to be present on the pedigrees of their most "typiest" cats
January 2025 brings about dismal stormy weather on the central Washington Coast but it doesn't dampen the circle of life at Stratokatzter Bengals where we are celebrating the prospect of parenthood for our Stratokatzter studs and their queens at our cattery. Late January 2025 we hope to debut the first snow (lynxpoint) Bengals born at our cattery as we are excited to announce our newest arrival Search is pregnant with babes from Stoli.
So many of our followers have reached out to us in sincere concern re: the recent H5N1 flu outbreak linked to commercial raw food produced in Oregon as well as the recent outbreak at the nearby Feline Advocacy Center on Hartstine Island in Shelton, WA . Tragically a house pet succumbed to the virus in the Portland area when it was believed to ingested commercially prepared contaminated frozen raw turkey from a well know, reputable manufacturer in Oregon. Closer to home at the Feline Advocacy Center in Shelton, WA 20 wild cats at a sanctuary became ill and passed of H5N1. It is unclear whether their tragic demise was food born or a natural exposure.
