What does a Bengalcat breeder mean when he tells that his kitten are in the fuzzystage?
A Bengalcat lives through different stages of growth. You can realise these stages at the quality of the fur.
Mostly the kitten get born with a fur where you can see the pattern very well. But this can change very fast.
At the age of five to eight weeks the kitten get fuzzy. It's the experience we made with our kitten. These statements
are not hard-and-fast and can be different and also depend on blood lines. At this age the hairs of the fur are very
long, grey and mostly stick out. This is why you can't see the pattern very well, fuzzy. You can also notice this phenomena by
the cubs of cheetahs and other wild cats. This is a need for camouflage in the wilderness.
If you will know how the color of a kitten get if it is grown, look at the backs of the ears and the front paws from the kitten. That body parts show the color first.
If, at this time those areas show a lot of color, that will indicate what color the adult cat will become.
Eleven weeks after birth, sometimes later, the fur changes.
The kitten will get prettier every day. The hairs get shorter and don't stick out any more. The contrast gets better. This takes
some time and at the age of six to nine months the ugly duckling has changed to a pretty swan.
Just take a look at the following photos to see what I mean.
This is Aengus at the age of two and nineteen days, clear coat.
The age of three to four weeks is a good stage to evaluate the quality of a kitten for the future. This means you can know how the cat will look like when it will be grown up. I'm very happy about Aengus :o) On the second image you can see he's getting fuzzy (five weeks old).
The first image: The boy is six weeks old.
Didn't he grow up to a beautiful tomcat? This is Aengus at the age of eight months. (Image right side)
