Asia The Bengal Kitty

Is it weird to blog about our cat? We're all pretty impressed with her, although I suspect she is not as impressed with us. It was pretty hard to obtain our cat, I guess this is why we're all so so completely into her, or at least I am. according to my husband I never shut up about our cat! lol

Our ten year old son had been asking for a cat for sometime. we had to rid ourselves of all house pets after finding out our son was allergic to them. He had told me he didn't mind the allergy, and he wanted a cat anyway. I decided to do a little homework on obtaining a hypoallergenic cat. We ran across some information about the most unusual cat I had ever seen called a Bengal. they are bred from Asian Leopard and Tabby Cats. They don't have fur they have hair. therefore, no allergy issues for my son. great that's our cat, however they cost $500-$1400 because they are bread as show cats.
There was no way we would be able to buy a cat for that much money! So I looked into rescuing a kitty from a shelter. we looked at a few cute black ones, but I was really bothered by the idea of bringing a normal cat into the house where my child wouldn't be able to escape the allergy attack. I wondered if there was such a thing a a Bengal rescue. I Googled Bengal rescue, and there was a rescue in Palm beach, just two hours from our house. I gave the rescue a call and found out the gal who ran it paired her Bengal rescues to personality types. We were paired with a beautiful golden Bengal named Asia.

She was very shy at first, and mostly slept through her first week with us before she started to open up. She still has her shy days where she simply wants to be left alone. but for the most part she has become a fun mischievous kitty who loves getting into trouble. Not really a lap cat, but when the boys are away she  has funny little things she will do to communicate with me;

This means "rub my belly."

 "take the day off, I'm occupying your desk for the afternoon"

"I DARE you to touch my new toy!"

Half awake, she loves the stairs. 

We love having her around, she is a character! 

The bread Bengal normally can be leash trained, they love water, 

and generally don't like having their tummies rubbed, but

Asia hates her leash, hates water, and loves having her belly rubbed! 

Gage hasn't had any allergies since she arrived 2 weeks ago, so we plan to officially adopt her next week! I highly recommend this breed of kitty!

For more info about our new kitties bread go to; wikipedia Bengal cats