Holly :
Bred Bengal cats, two litters from the same parents, first litter was normal, second litter had a special one. First, he was huge, Mom and Dad are normal size, mom is 9lbs, Dad is about 12, this kitten finally topped out at about 20lbs which Bengals are supposed to be on the smaller side. He was regularly a couple pounds bigger than his siblings starting at about 3-4 weeks old. Second, took him to get neutered and after a ton of testing, sending blood to Cornell, etc found out he has hageman deficiency which is most often genetic and passed from the parents, but he was special and got a mutation in utero, neither parent has or carries the genes. At the time he was one of like 8 cats that Cornell had ever heard of having said deficiency. He has 8 other siblings all normal and only one other male went over 10lbs, and that boy topped out at only 11-12lbs. This guy was a special guy lol.
2026-11-11 04:28:03