UMary Allen
Ukugcina ikati yaseBengal kufuna indawo eninzi. Ukudlala okwaneleyo kunye nokunyuka kwamathuba kufuneka kubonelelwe, ngoko ke ukuthengwa kwesithuba esikhulu sokukrala kuyimfuneko. Ukongeza, ikati yaseBengal idinga indawo yangaphandle okanye ibalcony ekhuselekileyo yokukhulula umphunga. Isilwanyana sentlalontle kufuneka sihlale kunye ne-conspecifics kwaye singahlali sodwa ixesha elide. Umsebenzi onzima wenza ukuba inqina yevelvet ekrelekrele ivakale icela umngeni. Ezinye izilwanyana zikwanandipha ithuba lokuphila ngothando lwazo emanzini.
Ikati yaseBengal yinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-hybrid cat. Olu hlobo lwenziwa ngokunqumla iikati zasekhaya kunye nekati yasendle enegama elifanayo kwaye yaziwa phantsi kwegama elithi Leopardette. Inkangeleko yabo isabonisa ubudlelwane obukhoyo kwizinyanya zabo zasendle.
Ngowe-1934 umnqamlezo phakathi kwekati yasekhaya kunye nekati yasendle yaseBengal (ekwaziwa ngokuba yikati yengwe) yakhankanywa okokuqala kwiphephancwadi lenzululwazi laseBelgium. Ekubeni i-wildcat isoloko ine-immunity yendalo kwisifo i-FeLV (intsholongwane ye-feline leukemia), uphando lwaqala ngo-1970 malunga nokuba olu khuselo lunokukhuliswa ngokuthe ngqo.
Uphando luvelise iikati ezininzi ezixubeneyo, kodwa kungekhona ngenjongo yokuzalanisa uhlobo lwazo.
Kwangowe-1963, isazi semfuza uJean Sudgen wazala ikati yehlosi yase-Asiya kwi-tomcat yendlu. Injongo yayikukudibanisa isakhiwo somzimba kunye nepateni yoboya bekati yasendle kunye nomlingiswa wekati yendlu.
Kwade kwangowe-1972 ukuba waqhubeka nolu didi kunye nemixube emininzi. Udidi lwekati ezifuywayo oludumileyo lwavela koku kukhwelana. Namhlanje ikati yaseBengal ikhuliswa ngokwemfuza. Iikati ze-Bengal kuphela zidibene kunye, kodwa azisekho, njengoko kwakunjalo ngokuvela kohlobo, ezinye iintlobo (umzekelo i-Abyssinian okanye i-American Shorthair). Nangona imibutho emininzi ingayiqapheli ikati yaseBengal, umbutho wekati waseMelika iTICA wachaza inani lokuqala lenzala ngo-1986.
Iimpawu zohlobo oluthile
Iikati zaseBengal ziikati ezinamandla kwaye zihlala zidlamkile kwaye zidlala ukuya ebudaleni. Bathanda ukunyuka nokutsiba. Isalamane senyama yasendle siye salondoloza inxalenye yelifa lakhe lasendle nothando lwamanzi oluhamba nawo. Ungumzingeli obalaseleyo kunye nesilwanyana esinomoya, esinesibindi. Oku kungoyiki kunokukhokelela kwiingxaki kumhlaba ovulekileyo, njengoko ikati yaseBengal inokuthambekela ekuziphatheni kwendawo. NjengeBalinese, umzekelo, waziwa ngonxibelelwano kwaye unxibelelana ngokuvakalayo nabantu bakhe ngelizwi lakhe elingaqhelekanga.
Isimo sengqondo kunye nenkathalo
I-Bengal edlalayo idinga umsebenzi omningi, kungenjalo, inokuphuhlisa ukuphazamiseka kokuziphatha. Kuba ikati yaseBangal nayo inomnqweno omkhulu wokuhamba, indawo eninzi kunye namathuba ahlukeneyo okunyuka ayimfuneko. Isithuba esikhulu sokukrwempa sikulungele oku. Ukongeza, iindidi ezaneleyo kufuneka zibonelelwe, ibalcony ekhuselekileyo okanye igadi, ngoko ke, inzuzo xa ugcina olu hlobo. Umsebenzi wengqondo ngumthwalo owongezelelweyo kubabumbi bevelvet. Amathoyizi obulumko afaneleka ngokufanelekileyo koku, njengebhodi yefiddle eyenziwe ekhaya okanye i-clicker kunye noqeqesho lobuqhinga.
Ikati yaseBengal sisilwanyana esihlala nabantu kwaye idla ngokuvana nezinye iintlobo zeekati. Nangona kunjalo, i-conspecifics ayifanele ilawule kakhulu, kuba i-velvet paw ethembekileyo iyazi kakuhle into eyifunayo. Ngenxa yoboya babo obufutshane, ikati yaseBengal ayikho enye yeentlobo zekati eziphezulu, kodwa kufuneka ihlanjwe ngamanye amaxesha.