Raised at home near Williamsburg, Virginia

Highland Lynx and Bengal kittens, raised in our home

Highly intelligent, responsive, playful and loving, and honestly more dog than cat in personality. Raised underfoot with children, adults and every other pet in the house.

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A dark silver kitten with softly curled ears and blue eyes, held up in one hand on a porch with woodland behind.

A white cat lying back on a blue blanket, showing wide pink padded paws with extra toes. — Extra toes, as standard

Born and raised indoors, in the middle of everything
First kitten vaccinations, and worming at 2, 4 and 6 weeks
No fleas, no ticks, no ear mites
Ready for their new homes at 7 to 8 weeks

Raised in our home

Held and loved on every day, long before they leave

Our kittens are born and raised indoors, in the middle of everything, around children, adults and the other animals here. They are held and loved on daily, so by the time they leave they are used to being handled and to ordinary household noise.

They are also extremely clean. No fleas, no ticks, no ear mites.

Every kitten goes home with

Their first kitten vaccinations
Worming at 2, 4 and 6 weeks old
Clean and healthy, with no fleas, ticks or ear mites

Kittens are ready to go to their new homes between 7 and 8 weeks of age.

Gt, a silver tabby mother cat, asleep in a soft bed with her newborn kittens curled against her. — Gt, asleep with a new litter.

What they are like to live with

More dog than cat, in the best way

Both breeds are highly intelligent, responsive, playful and loving. In personality they are definitely more dog than cat. They love to play fetch and they enjoy the water. They also like going for car rides, and from a young age they can be taught to walk on a harness and leash.

They get along great with kids, adults and all other pets, and they like being in the middle of anything and everything going on. They are definitely not skittish or finicky. They prefer to be around their people, but they are not pushy or demanding.

Between their looks and their personalities, they are a cool cat indeed.

Health and allergies

Both breeds are more on the hypoallergenic side, more so with the Bengals. They are robust cats, and not prone to many of the genetic issues that plague other purebred breeds.

That said, no cat is completely allergen free and people react differently. If someone in your household is allergic, come and spend some time with our cats before you decide. You are very welcome to visit.

At a glance

Plays fetch
Enjoys the water
Rides well in the car
Walks on a harness and leash, taught young
Great with children, adults and other pets
Confident and curious, never skittish
Wants to be where you are, without being demanding
Easy coats that need very little grooming

The two breeds we raise

Same friendly nature, two very different coats

Both have the same friendly, outgoing nature, but they look quite different up close.

The Highland Lynx

The Highland Lynx is a young American breed, developed in the 1990s by crossing the Desert Lynx with the Jungle Curl. Despite the name, it is a domestic cat through and through. The word “lynx” describes the look, not the ancestry.

Three things make them unmistakable. The ears curl gently backward in a soft crescent. Kittens are born with straight ears, and the curl begins to show in the first week or two, so no two ever quite match. The feet are often polydactyl, carrying extra toes that give them wide, mittened paws. And the tail is frequently short or bobbed.

They are big boned and muscular, with long hind legs. Coats can be solid or spotted, and come in a wide range of colors, from warm browns and blacks through to the pale snows and lynx points that carry blue eyes.

A pale spotted kitten with curled ears sitting back against a blue patterned blanket.

Spotty Dottie, a brown spotted cat with curled ears and a short bobbed tail, standing on a blue blanket.

Santa, a silver Highland Lynx with backward curling ears, resting his wide, many toed front paws over a ledge. — Santa, father to our Highland Lynx kittens.

Size: Medium to large, usually 10 to 18 lb
Coat: Short to medium, solid or spotted; little grooming needed
Ears: Curl backward; kittens are born straight eared
Feet: Frequently polydactyl, with extra toes
Tail: Often short or bobbed

The Bengal

The Bengal began as a cross between the Asian leopard cat and domestic cats, a program taken up in earnest by Jean Mill in the 1960s and 70s. The kittens that go home as pets today sit several generations on from that original cross and are fully domestic cats.

The coat is what people notice first. A Bengal has a spotted, pelt like coat rather than ordinary fur. It is short, dense and silky to the hand. The markings are rosettes or marbling rather than plain tabby stripes, and many carry a fine iridescent sheen, called glitter, that catches the light as they move. Colors run from the classic brown spotted through silver and charcoal to the blue eyed snows.

They are athletic and busy cats. A Bengal will find the highest point in a room and sit on it, work out how to open a cupboard, hold a conversation with you, and play in water given half a chance. Give them height to climb and something to think about, and they are funny, deeply affectionate and strongly attached to their people.

A spotted cat climbing a rope scratching post, its long ringed tail hanging down behind it.

Taz, a brown rosetted Bengal, lying along the back of a sofa in front of a bright window. — Taz, father to our Bengal kittens.

Size: Medium to large, usually 8 to 15 lb
Coat: Short and pelt like, rosetted or marbled, often glittered
Energy: High. Wants climbing space and daily play
Voice: Talkative, and happy to tell you things
At home: Sociable; happiest where someone is about during the day

Twenty-four photographs of our parent cats and past kittens

See past kittens and parent cats

Get in touch

There is no bad time to get in touch

For more information, or for pictures of available babies and adults, you can text or email any time.

Call, text or email whenever suits you. You are very welcome to visit and meet the cats before you decide.