UMary Allen
Ukugcina ikati le-Bengal kudinga indawo enkulu. Kufanele kuhlinzekwe ngamathuba okwanele okudlala kanye nokukhuphuka, ngakho-ke ukuthengwa kwendawo enkulu yokuklwebha kuyadingeka. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ikati le-Bengal lidinga indawo yangaphandle noma i-balcony evikelekile ukuze ikhiphe umusi. Isilwane senhlalo kufanele sihlale ndawonye nge-conspecifics futhi singahlali sodwa isikhathi eside. Umsebenzi onzima uvumela ukuthi i-velvet paw ehlakaniphile ingazizwa ingaphansi kwenselelo. Ezinye izilwane nazo ziyalijabulela ithuba lokuphila ngendlela ezithanda ngayo amanzi.
Ikati laseBengal liyikati elibizwa ngokuthi i-hybrid cat. Lolu hlobo lwadalwa ngokuwela amakati afuywayo kanye nekati lasendle elinegama elifanayo futhi yaziwa nangokuthi i-Leopardette. Ukubukeka kwabo kusaveza ubuhlobo obukhona namadlozi abo asendle.
Ngo-1934 isiphambano phakathi kwekati elifuywayo kanye nekati lasendle lase-Bengal (eyaziwa nangokuthi ikati ingwe) kwashiwo okokuqala kumagazini wesayensi waseBelgium. Njengoba ama-wildcat evame ukuvikeleka ngokwemvelo esifweni i-FeLV (i-feline leukemia virus), uphenyo lwaqala ngawo-1970 ukuthi ngabe lokhu kugomela kungakhuliswa ngokuqondile yini.
Ucwaningo lukhiqize amakati amaningi ayingxube, kodwa hhayi ngomgomo othize wokuzalanisa uhlobo lwawo.
Kusukela ngo-1963, isazi sezakhi zofuzo uJean Sudgen wazala ikati lengwe yase-Asia yesifazane e-tomcat yasendlini. Inhloso kwakuwukuhlanganisa ukwakheka komzimba kanye nephethini yoboya bekati lasendle elinomlingisi wekati lasendlini.
Kwaze kwaba ngo-1972 lapho eqhubeka khona lolu hlobo ngezinhlobo eziningana ezixubile. Uhlobo lwamakati afuywayo oludumile lwavela kulokhu kukhwelana. Namuhla ikati laseBengal lizaliswa ngokofuzo. Amakati e-Bengal kuphela ahlangene, kodwa awasekho, njengoba kwakunjalo ngokuvela kohlobo, ezinye izinhlobo (isibonelo i-Abyssinian noma i-American Shorthair). Nakuba izinhlangano eziningi zingaliqapheli ikati laseBengal, inhlangano yamakati yaseMelika i-TICA yachaza uhlobo lokuqala lwezinhlobo ngo-1986.
Izimpawu eziqondene nokuzalanisa
Amakati e-Bengal angamakati anomdlandla futhi ahlala enomdlandla futhi edlala kuze kube sekugugeni. Bathanda ukukhuphuka nokugxuma. Isihlobo sekati yasendle siye salondoloza ingxenye yefa laso lasendle nothando lwamanzi oluhambisana nawo. Ungumzingeli osezingeni eliphezulu nesilwane esinomoya, esinesibindi. Lokhu kungesabi kungaholela ezinkingeni emoyeni ovulekile, njengoba ikati laseBengal lingathambekela ekuziphatheni kwendawo. NjengamaBalinese, ngokwesibonelo, waziwa ngokuxhumana kwakhe futhi ukhulumela phezulu nabantu bakubo ngezwi lakhe elimangalisayo.
Isimo sengqondo nokunakekela
I-Bengal edlalayo idinga umsebenzi omningi, ngaphandle kwalokho, ingaba nokuphazamiseka kokuziphatha. Njengoba ikati laseBengal nalo linesifiso esikhulu sokuhamba, indawo eningi kanye namathuba ahlukahlukene okukhuphuka abalulekile. Iposi elikhulu eliklwebhayo lilungele lokhu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinhlobonhlobo ezanele kufanele zinikezwe, i-balcony evikelekile noma ingadi, ngakho-ke, inzuzo lapho ugcina lolu hlobo. Ukusebenza kwengqondo kuwumthwalo owengeziwe kubabumbi be-velvet. Amathoyizi e-Intelligence afaneleka kahle kulokhu, njenge-fiddle board eyenziwe ekhaya noma ukuchofoza kanye nokuqeqeshwa kwamaqhinga.
Ikati le-Bengal liyisilwane esihlala nabantu futhi ngokuvamile lihlala kahle nezinye izinhlobo zamakati. Kodwa-ke, i-conspecifics akufanele ibe namandla kakhulu, ngoba i-velvet paw eqinisekayo iyazi kahle ukuthi ifunani. Ngenxa yoboya balo obufushane, ikati le-Bengal alilona uhlobo lwekati elinakekela kakhulu, kodwa kusafanele lixutshwe ngezikhathi ezithile.