Welcome

Welcome to Maclaw Bengals, we are a new hobby breeder located in North East England and specialise in Brown spotted/rosette Bengals. All of our Bengals are born and raised in our family home, so you can rest assured we are not some kitten processing plant, but rather a cat loving family very interested in protecting the purity of the Bengal breed.

If you are new to Bengal's, please feel free to visit our Bengal information page to find out all you need to know about these magnificent cats. We hope you find our website helpful and easy to navigate, please feel free to contact us by e-mail or telephone if you have any questions or kitten enquires.

Latest News

2 Beautiful Babies Left
Twink left us last week for his new forever home, that leaves us with only 2 kittens available..

1 Boy from Suki’s litter – 17 weeks old
Beautiful super soft fur from Orion




1 and only Girl from Lily’s litter – 15 weeks old
Fantastic wild looks from Sparkle




Both are ready to leave us right away, they come fully vet checked, wormed and with 1 months free insurance.

Both are from separate litters, but if anyone did want to take these two as a pair they get on really well together..

Please call : 07842 622 630
or e-mail : enquire@maclawbengals.co.uk

to arrange a viewing.. happy
Posted on 04 Sep 2010 by MaclawBengals


Mia in Heat - Video
Having had a litter of kittens 6 weeks ago,
Mia decided it was time to go into heat again.

We decided to capture the moment as she started,
the calling came later :)

Posted on 30 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Maclaw Wheel Stealth - Update
We now have 2 outdoor wheels in testing
with the Girls and Red..

We are pleased with how they are doing so far, but want to see how they hold up over the winter period, if all goes well it should be ready for sale next year.



We feel this will be a breeder essential as its wall mountable fitment allows for use in outdoor cat houses. Our girls are really enjoying being in the fresh air and getting plenty of exercise on the wheel, but Red having never used a wheel before needs a little more time to get to know it..

We must stress that we have produced this wheel with the intension that it is installed in an outdoor cat house, it would still not be suitable to for use without some sort of cover.

We have also designed a new back guard to protect the cats against the mechanism and plan to start using this on our stand based wheels as well.



More updates soon ninja
Posted on 29 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Zuri's Cubs
As we told you recently Zuri had three beautiful cubs, she kept them very much to herself for the first week of their lives.

Well Zuri has now allowed us to intrude a little bit into her nest and we have found she has 2 very handsome boys and a cute little girl.

Our first snow cub is a beautiful boy and his eye's are just opening.

Watch this space and we'll keep you posted. wub
Posted on 27 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Good luck Bronson
One of our beautiful boys has been adopted by a lovely family from the Shetlands.
Jeanette and her family decided they would like one of our bengals to share their home in this remote part of the world.

As Jeanette has quite a large family and a busy schedule she entrusted viewing to her brother Rod and his girlfriend.
Cheeky Bronson with his out going personality was a cert from the first moment they met him.

We will miss the little devil as he was a real character and full of mischief, we are sure Jeanette and her family are going to adore him as much as we do.
So goodbye Bronson we love you and wish you and your new family well, hopefully we will get some pictures of you and your family to put on our website.
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Posted on 27 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Our Beautiful Zuri has had her babies.
On Monday the 16th. we woke early to find Zuri was in labour. She gave birth to four gorgeous little kitten's.

Unfortunately one of the kitten's, a sweet little snow was tiny and very weak. Nature can be very cruel sometimes and soon the poor little thing faded, unable to feed from her mum and although Zuri tried to care for her she was clearly too weak to survive.

The three remaining kittens, one snow sepia and two brown/black rosetted seem a lot stronger and are feeding well.



Zuri is a very attentive mother and refuses to let anyone near them, growling at any intruder who gets near her nest.

So as soon as Zuri allows we will check to see what sex they are but for now we are content to let their very capable mother nurse and care for her beautiful little family.

Congratulations to Big Red their very handsome Dad. biggrin
Posted on 22 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Bye bye babies
Our kittens are finding new homes all over the country.

Diablo has been adopted by a very nice lady called Anna from Durham who was looking for a nice sweet boy to be a house pet and company for her.

T.J. has been adopted by two very nice young men called Paul and Lloyd from Lincolnshire, they took him home to be a companion for their current house cat.

And this evening Lewis and Harrison have been adopted by a very nice young couple Simon and Nikki from Alnwick. They wanted two stunning, handsome boys as house pets.
Simon has never had cats before but Nikki is a feline veteran having had cat's all her life.

We know all our kitten's have been really lucky and have gone to exceptionally good and loving homes, we wish them all the very best and although it is sad to say goodbye we are happy knowing they will be loved and well cared for.

So bye bye babies we'll miss you but hopefully your new parents will keep in touch and send us lot's of pictures and updates please.
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Posted on 21 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Happy Birthday Claudia
Today is our sweet little Claudia's first birthday.
Claudia is our first home bred kitten that we decided to keep because of her stunning good looks.

Claudia has had a bad couple of months, for no apparent reason she stopped eating and seemed to have resorbed her kitten's, our vet had a look at her and said he was sure he could'nt feel any kitten's. However a day after what would have been her due date Claudia gave birth to one full term kitten, but unfortunately the poor little thing was born dead.

Claudia seemed to pick up after that and is back to her normal self, full of mischief and fun (bless her).

So Happy Birthday Claudia we are so glad you are well again wub
Posted on 19 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Bye Aramis
Our beautiful Aramis has gone to his new home.

At the weekend a lady phoned and asked to come and have a look at Sukira's kitten's. They were looking for a female kitten but after seeing our cheeky boy they just could not resist him.

Our best wishes and lots of love go with Aramis and we know Denise and her lovely family will take really good care of him.

Of the four of Sukira's babies Aramis has always been the most cheeky and forward, a real character and he looks stunning we just know he is going to be a fantastic Bengal and up to loads of mischief.

Sukira his mum, Nova, Orion and Lewis will miss him too. wub
Posted on 10 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Mia's Little Miracle "It's a Girl"
As promised here is the update on Mia's little one.

After a very rough beginning Mia seemed to settle down with her one baby.

But after only a week things seemed to be going down hill rapidly! the kitten began to lose weight. Mia had seemed to have a lot of milk but unfortunately with only one little mouth demanding milk she began to lose it.

Our V/N at Simply Cats suggested supplimentary feeds which I duly did.

Within two days the little one started to pick up and gain weight, we are feeding her now every four hours. Even during the night.



As you probably guessed she's a beautiful little girl and we decided to name her Dineo (which apparently means Gift from God).

We feel she was meant to be and someone is definitely guarding over her.

She is three weeks old on Wednesday and growing rapidly, her mum is still managing to feed her a little and clean her which is great for us, all we have to do is feed her from her bottle and pass her back to Mum.

Mia like our Lily is a fantastic mother, well! she is Tiger Lily's Mum after all. Which just goes to prove, it's all in the genes.
Posted on 02 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Sukira and Lily's Beautiful Kittens
Suki's kittens are just coming up to 13 weeks old this week end and will very soon be leaving us for their new homes.

While it's always a bit sad for us to see them go, it's nice to think they are moving to happy and loving homes where they will be well cared for.

We always try to keep in touch with their new families and encourage them to send us pictures of our beautiful kittens, because we are very proud of all of them.

Lily's six kitten's are now 11 weeks old and very soon will also be leaving us.



I'm very proud of Lily as she was my first Bengal and I was always a bit unsure of breeding her as she was spoilt as a kitten.

But my fears are clearly unfounded she produced six of the most stunning Bengal kitten's and each has a very unique and cheeky character just as fearless and charismatic as their beautiful mum.

Lily was and is such a good mother, she needed no help what so ever from me or anyone else.

She plays with them, trained them, fed them and never once made a fuss or grumbled (which she can do when she doesn't get her own way). Needless to say I love all my Bengals but my Tiger Lily is my number 1 Queen. smile
Posted on 02 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Zuri's Little Secret
Our beautiful little Tatudtiger Serenity (Zuri to us) is expecting kitten's on or around the 14th. August.

Zuri is quite a quiet and calm little girl and we thought she was not pregnant, she showed no outward signs of pregnancy and her feeding didn't seem to increase.

But now with only a few days to go Zuri has suddenly blossomed, and although we speculated as to was she?
wasn't she? no one really knew for sure.

So we should have some nice pictures to
show every one very soon.

Well done Zuri, you kept your little secret well. biggrin
Posted on 02 Aug 2010 by MaclawBengals


Congratulations!
We would like to congratulate our lovely vet Sarah on the birth of her baby son Oliver Paul on 27th. July.

Although Oliver was three weeks early he weighed a very healthy 8Lb. 4ozs.

His dad Paul, also a vet from Simply Cats and Simply Horses, seemed very pleased with their new arrival, if a bit shell shocked from his son's early arrival.

We wish the new family all our best wishes. wub
Posted on 29 Jul 2010 by MaclawBengals


Kitten Updates - Lily's Kittens Ready to View..
Just a little update to let you know we just added a whole bunch of new images into the Suki Gallery showing off her beautiful kittens at 10 weeks.



If you head-on into the kitten page for Suki & Duncan we have added 4 of the best pictures of each kitten and put paper collars on so you can distinguish them.

Lily Maclaw’s kittens are also now ready to view, we will be adding more info a pictures of each one shortly.

Please call : 07842 622 630
or e-mail : enquire@maclawbengals.co.uk
to arrange a viewing

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Posted on 17 Jul 2010 by MaclawBengals


Mia's Little Miracle
Our lovely Mia gave birth this morning to three little kitten's. Unfortunately one was still born ( a sweet little girl) and another died shortly after, poor little darling was extremely small and very weak, we kept him warm and tried to feed him but no luck.

Mia was very aggitated and upset so I did my best to settle her down with the one remaining kitten, who I am pleased to report is doing well and feeding normally.

Mia is now sleeping peacefully with her sweet little kitten, as Mia was so upset I didn't want to bother her so I don't know the kitten's sex yet but I will keep everyone updated on his/her progress.



We have a feeling this one is going to be a special kitten, a real little miracle.

Congratulation's Big Red your a Dad! biggrin
Posted on 15 Jul 2010 by MaclawBengals


Suki's Kittens Ready to View
Suki's kittens are now ready for viewing..

Check out our latest images of
the little nippers in the Suki Gallery.



Please call : 07842 622 630
or e-mail : enquire@maclawbengals.co.uk

to arrange a viewing..
Posted on 04 Jul 2010 by MaclawBengals


Vaccination Time
Suki's four gorgeous kittens are booked in at our vet for their first vacs.

They are all doing well at the moment and are even playing on our cat wheel at seven weeks old!!!

Mum has just had her booster shot and is loving being a mother.

More kitten mews soon. biggrin
Posted on 30 Jun 2010 by MaclawBengals


Happy Birthday Duncan..
Monday 7th June 2010 marked our fabulous stud boy
Duncan Maclaw's first birthday..


In human years that makes Duncan> 15 Years old

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUNCAN w00t
Posted on 11 Jun 2010 by MaclawBengals


Prince Nazeem Maclaw
We have received some lovely pictures of Prince Nazeem Maclaw, his special pet name is Kitten.

Kitten was one of Mia's kitten's from last August.

His mum Sonia thought we would like to see just how grown up and beautiful he is, thank you so much Sonia.

Kitten was always so full of fun and a real little handful, Sonia tells us he hasn't changed, he is still full of fun and mischief and loves to help with chores like cleaning out the cupboards!!

Wow! he turned out to be such a handsome boy and he looks so happy and settled with Sonia and her lovely family.

Posted on 08 Jun 2010 by MaclawBengals


Video – Suki’s & Lily’s Litters
Suki’s kittens at 3 weeks old



Lily’s kittens at 1 week old



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Posted on 30 May 2010 by MaclawBengals


Tiger Lily's and Sukira's Kittens
The six kittens Lily had are all doing well and are one week old tomorrow. I have checked them all and we have five stunning boys and one very beautiful little girl.

That means with Sukira's three gorgeous boys and one fabulous little girl. We are a bit short on girls!!
But we don't mind as our boys are all so gorgeous.

We also have Mia in with Big Red at the moment so hopefully we will get some hot orange stunners from their pairing.

Mia has been a bit of a worry as she is an extremely forceful female and has always bullied Duncan, we therefore decided Red was the boy for her and they really seem to like each other.

That's all for now.

We will keep everyone posted on the babies progress. biggrin
Posted on 28 May 2010 by MaclawBengals


The Babies Have Arrived, Suki Update and Camo Duncan
We are pleased to announce that Lily gave birth to 6 beautiful healthy kittens today, we will be keeping a close eye on this litter to try and make sure all goes well.



Lily is very tired, but doing fine and feeding the little ones as we post, we count 5 boys & 1 Girl..

Suki Update

Suki and the 4 kittens are doing very well, all eyes are
open now and they are stretching a lot more.



Camo Duncan

We have been trying for several weeks now to get Duncan comfortable on a harness so he can go for regular walks in the garden, but he hates it and ends up all in a tangle..

We decided to go looking for something that would be more confortable and less restricting and thankfully we found Mynwood Cat Jackets.

Maria makes fantastic quality perfectly sized jackets and we tried Duncan with his today. He wasn’t 100% confident with it at first, but he was much more relaxed and after about 1 hour of having it on he started to wander around.



We might try Red with it soon, but we don’t think he has ever had one on and is still very nervous of us..

Thats all for now..
Posted on 22 May 2010 by MaclawBengals


Not Long for Lily & Suki/Breeding Update
Just an update to say we expect Lily's babies to arrive any day now, she is starting to get very uncomfortable with her large kicking bulge.



Suki Update

Suki and her remaining 4 kittens at doing very well, all 4 are looking very healthy and the eyes of one of the boys has started to open up.



Breeding Update

last Sunday Mia went into heat so we decided it was time for her to go in with Big Red, it was a very successful pairing and both have been getting on ok, Red is still a bit shy, but Mia isn’t and keeps forcing him into spending time with her.

providing all has gone well we hope for more
Kittens from Mia later in the year.

Eventually we plan for Zuri to also go in with Red and Claudia will be going in with Duncan when she is older.

Thats all for now, more updates soon happy
Posted on 15 May 2010 by MaclawBengals


Some Sad News
Unfortunately we lost two of Suki's Kittens today :(

It became apparent very quickly that two of the female Kittens were very small and weak compared to the others and not able to feed properly due to the other little ones nudging them out of the way.

Suki then ejected them from the nest so we had to intervene, despite our best efforts to bottle feed the little ones, they past away this afternoon, they were simply too weak.

We are very sad that their lives ended so soon, but we take
comfort that the remaining 4 kittens are of a good size and doing very well.
Posted on 11 May 2010 by MaclawBengals


The Babies Have Arrived & Happy Birthday Suki
We are pleased to say Sukira became a mother today,
she gave birth to six beautiful, healthy kittens this morning.

Mother and babies are all sleeping peacefully
in our snug kitten room.



So Congratulations Sukira and Duncan, and well done Sukira
you did it all on your first Birthday.

Happy Birthday Suki biggrin
Posted on 07 May 2010 by MaclawBengals


Duncan is going to be a Dad!
Maclaw Bengals is very pleased to announce we have two up coming happy events. Our fabulous Stud Boy GB Silverpride Duncan Maclaw is about to be a Dad! Twice!.

Both Lounge Leopard Tiger Lily Maclaw and Lounge Leopard Sukira Maclaw are expecting their first litter of kittens. Both girls are doing well and we will keep you updated, we believe Sukira will give birth first roughly around the 7th May, which coincidently is her first birthday.

Lily we believe is about 2 weeks behind Sukira and should give birth around 18th May. Keep watching for photographs, as soon as our little furballs of joy arrive we’ll let everyone know. Needless to say we are all very excited at this fantastic news and cannot wait for our new arrivals!



Please note if you are on our kitten list, as soon as the kittens are born and we are sure they are all safe and well we will contact you to let you know personally.

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Posted on 16 Apr 2010 by MaclawBengals


New Additions and New Cat House
Well it’s been weeks and weeks since we last updated the site and have lots to announce.

A few weeks ago our friends at Silverpride Bengals contacted us with plans to downsize a little and wanted to find a new home for 2 of their active Bengals. We gave it some thought and decided we would take on the 2 cats and introduce them into our breeding program.

Introducing “Littlestar Pawnee” or Big Red as we are affectionately calling him.

Pawnee is a 4 year old active male from USA and Canadian imports and joins us as our second stud, for whatever reason he is extremely nervous and we expect it will take some months before he is settled and happy with us.



As you can see from his picture, this is his reaction whenever we get near , but he very much appreciates a nice stroke and is very gentle.

We had to work quickly and lay the foundations for a new stud house and are pleased that after 2 weeks we finally got him moved in today, we hope with all the space and fresh air he can get settled soon.

Here are some images of his new mansion, we still have many climbing additions to build into it, but we wanted to get him in right away as we had put him in the girl’s new house and he was spraying heavily making an unpleasant smell.



Introducing “Tatudtiger Serenity” but we like to call her Zuri. Like Red, Zuri is a little nervous but she loves attention and has decided a little nip here and there keeps us on our toes. She is staying in the kitten room at the moment until her quarantine period is up.



We will be moving her into Snowdrop Cottage for the summer and hopefully she and Red will make some beautiful kittens.

Zuri is 2 years old and is a lovely matt brown rosette Bengal, she doesn’t have the glitter gene like all our other girls do but her high contrast coat is still very beautiful and we expect great things from her.

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Posted on 27 Mar 2010 by MaclawBengals


Happy Birthday Lily :)
Today is a very special day indeed :)

Today is Lily Maclaws first Birthday



In human years that makes Lily > 15 Years old
She certainly is like a moody teenager.. hehe

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Posted on 20 Feb 2010 by MaclawBengals


New Images : Duncan & Suki
It’s been ages since we last took images of the cats, so whilst Duncan and Suki were playing in the conservatory we decided to take some snaps.

Duncan is really starting to grow up now and his interest in the girls is starting to strengthen..

Duncan




Suki




We intend to start taking loads of new images and videos this year so keep checking back for new images of Lily, Mia, Claudia, Suki & Duncan.

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Posted on 13 Feb 2010 by MaclawBengals


Hidden Tuna Construction Images
Well it’s been a few weeks since we said we would be installing the new outdoor cat house, but finally last weekend a break in the bad weather allowed us to push ahead with laying the foundations and putting it all together.

It’s still a work in progress so we will post more images when it’s fully complete, but for now here are our construction images..



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Posted on 04 Feb 2010 by MaclawBengals


CodeName : Hidden Tuna
In November last year we placed an order for a new outdoor cat house for the girls to use this summer.

To our surprise it was delivered 3 days later but because of the poor weather we have been unable to clear the new area and build it.

Hopefully next weekend (Weather permitting) we will be installing the new house and taking lots of new pictures for the website. We have not yet given the new house a name so for the moment its CodeName : Hidden Tuna.

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Posted on 11 Jan 2010 by MaclawBengals


Archived News
we have archived everything off since the homepage was starting to get a little large with all the news posts, if you want to check back on any previous posts from last year just check out our News Archives page on the left nav.

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Posted on 10 Jan 2010 by MaclawBengals