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Welcome to Leopard Magic Bengals! We are located near Kansas City, KS (only 7 miles from the Kansas Speedway) on a small 5-acre hobby farm. We are TICA (The International Cat Association) Registered Bengal Breeders. We are a small cattery raising only TICA Registered Bengals, and just a few litters per year. We strive for healthy, happy, adorable Bengal kittens who meet the breed standard and are VERY well socialized. Almost all of our kittens are sold with contracts as pets only, and will need to be spayed/neutered before the age of 6 months. Feel free to call or email me with any questions!
- Amber Billquist, TICA Bengal Breeder, Leopard Magic Cattery
Below are 2 maps showing our location 7 miles west of Kansas City, KS.
Above is a slightly-outdated picture of many of our supplies to show some of what is involved in raising these babies in a healthy way. I have changed some things. The dry cat food, which I free-feed to all of my Bengals, (photo needs updating) is now a mix of 25% Purina Pro Plan Kitten (pictured, this is the cat's favorite dry food based on a taste test I conducted, and is also the most expensive), 25% Iams Pro Active Health Kitten (pictured), 25% Taste of the Wild Canyon River Feline (Grain Free, not pictured), and 25% Mazuri Exotic Feline (what zoos feed, not pictured). The first two have chicken as the first ingredient, the third is grain-free, and the fourth is what many zoos feed their various animals. (There are about 70 completely different varieties of Mazuri dry foods!). All four of the dry foods I use are formulated differently, and I think getting this good mix is superior to relying on only (any) one formulation. The wet canned cat food is Friskies Savory Shreds with Gravy, which all the cats love. On Sept.1, 2013, after MUCH research, and investing in a high-quality Weston #12 commercial-grade grinder, I began feeding all my bengals one meal of Homemade RAW Chicken thighs (with bones) plus organs (with supplements added) a day, which really is the best possible food for cats, who are obligate carnivores (strict meat-eaters). If you spend much time researching cat nutrition, you will discover that even the cheapest wet food is still much better than the "best" dry food (for many reasons, but most importantly: way too many carbs (cats are only supposed to have 2-3% carbohydrates and dry food is frequently above 40% carbs!) and way too little water in dry food), but the absolute best we can do for our cat's health is using a good recipe and making our own wet food from raw meat. Several books and many websites and articles have already been written by experts in cat nutrition, so I will not attempt to go into depth about it here, but here is one link to a very informative and in-depth veterinarian-authored website about cat nutrition which includes a recipe for preparing homemade cat food. On this website, Dr. Pierson also explains why dry food as a main food source for cats (and even dogs) is so bad: http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood. I choose to go ahead and always have dry food available in gravity-fed hopper-style feeders for all of my bengals (and separate ones for my dogs, too) simply because I can't stand the thought of any of my animals getting hungry at all between wet meals. But the vast majority of their food is homemade raw chicken blend in the morning and wet canned food in the evening.
The stack of purple items are Litter Genie Refills for the 3 white Litter Genie's shown, but I no longer use Litter Genies. The small box with gold lid in the center is a pack of 4-way feline vaccines (which are out of the refrigerator only for this photo). And, of course, there is lots and lots of cat litter! The inexpensive Special Kitty Non-Clumping Clay litter is what I use for the kittens only from the time they start walking until about 6 weeks, since I don't want them to choke on clumping litter if they try to taste it. After that, they begin using Litter Clean Scoopable cat litter from Sam's Club. I used to use the Tidy Cats Instant Action which is pictured, but the Litter Clean is the same high quality, but less expensive, so I switched. I will try to update this picture soon. Not pictured: Toys, beds, cat trees, window beds, water fountains, Pet Key Microchips, Revolution flea prevention and de-wormer, vitamins, treats, etc.
The stack of purple items are Litter Genie Refills for the 3 white Litter Genie's shown, but I no longer use Litter Genies. The small box with gold lid in the center is a pack of 4-way feline vaccines (which are out of the refrigerator only for this photo). And, of course, there is lots and lots of cat litter! The inexpensive Special Kitty Non-Clumping Clay litter is what I use for the kittens only from the time they start walking until about 6 weeks, since I don't want them to choke on clumping litter if they try to taste it. After that, they begin using Litter Clean Scoopable cat litter from Sam's Club. I used to use the Tidy Cats Instant Action which is pictured, but the Litter Clean is the same high quality, but less expensive, so I switched. I will try to update this picture soon. Not pictured: Toys, beds, cat trees, window beds, water fountains, Pet Key Microchips, Revolution flea prevention and de-wormer, vitamins, treats, etc.
It will be the responsibility of the new kitten owners to get their kitten spayed/neutered before the kitten reaches
the age of 6 months, as the buyer contract states, as most of these kittens are for pets only, not for breeding.
"This cattery has NOT been inspected by and is not endorsed by The International Cat Association, Inc.", but is registered with TICA and is currently
(as of April 2014) the only TICA Registered Bengal breeder in the states of Kansas and Arkansas who has agreed to adhere to the
voluntary TICA Code of Ethics. To confirm this, please visit www.tica.org, select "Find a Breeder" (on left side of homepage), then click on the photo of the Bengal (in 3rd row) to see the list of Bengal breeders by state. My cattery is LeopardMagic in Kansas.
