Hi! Welcome to the boards!



I'm from a long line of barn cat rescuers so I don't have much to share however - My brother took a walk on the wild side many years ago by going purebred. The Mau was striken off his short list of breeds because he kept hearing they are very prone to UTIs which of course lead to litterbox problems. (he eventually got two Manx)



The Bengal is a cat I drool over myself but I've heard you have to be at least three generations out before you breed out excessive feral tendencies. And they were so explosively popular over the last decade I'd question whatever breeder I was dealing with very carefully - you always want to buy from a breeder who does it for the love of the breed, not just to make a quick buck.



Head south on the main page and find the aby board - PHAbymom is a great resource (even for a lowly barn cat owner!)



Purrs,

Elizabeth



PS - scratching is all about territorialism - a long slow introduction while the cats figure out who is who will help - and give them lots of vertical space to express haughty one-up-manship amongst themselves without shredding the couch.

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