Mary Allen
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka pōpoki Bengal e pono ai ka nui o ka manawa. Pono e hāʻawi ʻia nā manawa pāʻani a me ka piʻi ʻana, no laila pono ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi pou ʻōpala nui. Eia kekahi, pono ka pōpoki Bengal i kahi ākea a i ʻole kahi pā hale paʻa e hoʻokuʻu i ka mahu. Pono ka holoholona pilikanaka e noho pū me nā mea like ʻole a ʻaʻole noho hoʻokahi no ka lōʻihi. ʻO kahi ʻoihana koʻikoʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka paw velvet naʻauao ʻaʻole i paʻakikī. Ua hauʻoli kekahi mau holoholona i ka manawa e ola ai ko lākou aloha i ka wai.
ʻO ka pōpoki Bengal kahi i kapa ʻia he pōpoki hybrid. Ua hana ʻia kēia ʻano ma ke ala ʻana i nā pōpoki home a me ka wildcat o ka inoa like a ʻike ʻia hoʻi ma lalo o ka inoa Leopardette. Hōʻike mau ko lākou helehelena i ka pilina e kū nei me ko lākou mau kūpuna hihiu.
I ka makahiki 1934, ua ʻōlelo mua ʻia ke keʻa ma waena o ka pōpoki home a me ka pōpoki Bengal hihiu (i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka leopard cat) i loko o kahi nūpepa ʻepekema Belgian. Ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pale kūlohelohe i ka maʻi FeLV (feline leukemia virus), ua hoʻomaka ʻia nā noiʻi i nā makahiki 1970 e pili ana inā hiki ke hānai pono ʻia kēia pale.
Ua hoʻopuka ka noiʻi ʻana i nā pōpoki hybrid he nui, akā ʻaʻole me ka pahuhopu kikoʻī o ka hānau ʻana i kā lākou ʻano ponoʻī.
I ka makahiki 1963, ua hānai ʻo Jean Sudgen i kahi pōpoki leopadi wahine i kahi tomcat hale. ʻO ka pahuhopu e hoʻohui i ke ʻano o ke kino a me ke ʻano hulu o ka pōpoki hihiu me ke ʻano o ka pōpoki hale.
ʻAʻole a hiki i ka makahiki 1972 i hoʻomau ʻo ia i kēia ʻano me nā hybrids. Ua puka mai ka pua popoki kaulana mai keia mau hoa. I kēia mau lā, hānai ʻia ka pōpoki Bengal. ʻO nā pōpoki Bengal wale nō i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me kekahi i kekahi, akā ʻaʻole hou, e like me ke ʻano o ka puka ʻana o ka pua, nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe (e like me Abyssinian a i ʻole American Shorthair). ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻike ka nui o nā hui i ka pōpoki Bengal, ua wehewehe ka hui pōpoki ʻAmelika ʻo TICA i ka heluna lāhui mua i ka makahiki 1986.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona kikoʻī
ʻO nā pōpoki Bengal nā pōpoki ikaika a noho ola a pāʻani i ka wā ʻelemakule. Makemake lākou e piʻi a lele. Ua mālama ka ʻohana ʻāhiu i kekahi ʻāpana o kāna hoʻoilina ʻāhiu a me ke aloha i ka wai e hele pū me ia. He kanaka hahai holoholona maikaʻi ʻo ia a he holoholona ʻuhane a wiwo ʻole. Hiki i kēia wiwo ʻole ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia ma ka lewa ākea, no ka mea, hiki i ka pōpoki Bengal ke maʻalahi i ka hana ʻāina. E like me ka Balinese, no ka laʻana, ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna kamaʻilio a kamaʻilio leo nui me kona poʻe me kona leo kupaianaha.
ʻO ka manaʻo a me ka mālama
Pono ka Bengal pāʻani i nā hana he nui, inā ʻaʻole, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomohala i nā maʻi ʻano. No ka mea he makemake nui ka pōpoki Bengal e neʻe, he nui ka nui o nā wahi a me nā manawa piʻi like ʻole. ʻO kahi pou ʻoki nui ka mea kūpono no kēia. Eia kekahi, pono e hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻano like ʻole, kahi pā hale paʻa a i ʻole ka māla, no laila, he mea maikaʻi ke mālama i kēia ʻano. ʻO ka hana noʻonoʻo he mea kaumaha hou no ka poʻe velvet potera. Ua kūpono nā mea pāʻani naʻauao no kēia, e like me ka papa fiddle home a i ʻole clicker a hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻopunipuni.
He holoholona kaiapuni ka popoki Bengal a maʻa mau me nā ʻano pōpoki ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono ka manaʻo o ka conspecifics, no ka mea, ʻike pono ka paw velvet hilinaʻi iā ia iho i kāna makemake. Ma muli o ko lākou hulu pōkole, ʻaʻole ʻo ka pōpoki Bengal kekahi o nā ʻano pōpoki mālama kiʻekiʻe, akā pono e palaki ʻia i kekahi manawa.