Wow good point echo! Even I have never thought of it that way! How depressing!

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Sorry Echo, this was not meant in any way as "American hate" but was a response to the ranting post which made lots of assumptions about me.

I have absolutely no problem with the majority of (good) people in America, only with the ignorant (bad) ones.


Heather

I think some people are quite protective over the English language... several words have evolved in teh American language to be spelt and pronounced differently... guess this annoys some people, kind of amuses me that there can be such a difference.

I do think that people tend to forget that this is an internationally used forum and that spelling and attitudes differ greatly depending on where you are in the world. I know some US based people always assume that their input is relevant like food related questions before asking the whereabouts of the OP.... Same applied here, in some ways, when the OP assumed that her way of spelling was the correct way... as far as i know, US spelling is hyphenated.... I just know it isn't in the Oxford English Dictionary.

I think the OP just got Tigertails back up and her words were not meant to offend you....

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Lollo

I live in america and wouldnt take a animal off her if she paid me so not sure what being america has to do with it lol

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Lollo

Wow, I can feel the tension across the wifi (probably a American term). Every country that speaks the "same" language have differences in both grammar, spelling and word usage. One who knows the language can determine if someone is Spanish or Mexican just by the this.There are dramatic differences in usage between America and most former British colonies, but there are differences also between all English speaking countries that can be telling as to where they are from.

As far as out crosses and breed names go this is how it was explained to me.

If you have an unregistered, unpedigreed cat you have a domestic short hair or a domestic long hair, it does not matter weather or not the parents are pedigreed or not. I believe that there are no permissible out crosses with Bengal cats. However I use this as an example only, if Simba was a registered Bengal and your Manx is also registered then the kittens could be registered as a non allowed cross Their registration classification would change from stud book to ancestral. Their designation would have a N in the third position for 3 generations the fourth generation would be considered a pure cat but not a stud book cat. If you paid for the complete registration procedure I am not even sure your kittens could be considered Bengal until they are at least third generation from the original out cross. In some ways it would be easier to create a experimental breed than to breed a non allowed out cross into a established breed.

I will restate that if your cats are not registered then you have DSH kittens.

I am so sad to see how this post ended up! I am very anti "isms".

I do not like the OP's attitude. Breeding parrots horrifies me in particular, I was going to get a baby parrot, but after thorough research I changed my mind. This is because they can live up to 75 years, and get very attatched to one person. They are very intelligent- Like a three year old, and if you wouldn't consider leaving a three year old at home alone and going to work every day, then you shouldn't keep a parrot either. Even the best looked after parrots develop emotional problems as they are extremely intelligent and social birds, and they deserve better than sitting in a house with no company all day. If you are planning on having children, parrots can get jealous and attack them with their nutcracker beaks- I read a story about one who bit off a 9 month old babies finger. They are also ear piercingly loud, many people think they will be able to deal with this, but they can't. When a parrot matures, they have a complete personality transplant, which results in them being rehomed. I believe that people should need a licence to keep them. I absolutely definitely do not think that anyone should breed them. They should be rescued.

Most people are on this part of the forum because they are either a breeder or considering breeding, knowing that there is an over-population of cats. Neutering your cat's offspring would prevent 7 kittens turning into 49 kittens, who turn into 343 kittens... But the fact remains that if no-one bred cats AT ALL, people would be forced to take the ones from the rescue centre as there would be no other alternatives. It doesn't matter if the cats are bengals, manxes, moggies or anything else when it comes down to it. Not really.

I do think the OP was well meaning in her own way. She does seem to care about her cats.

Someone has to say something!

There is no difference between someone who breeds a crossbreed/Moggie than someone who breeds pedigrees! No difference at all. You live in a fantasy world if you think there is.

How many Bengal breeders don't check for HCM etc? countless! So sort out your own house out before judging this person!!! Until all REGISTERED Bengal breeders practice the ethics of doing the correct testing, no one has any right to judge those who aren't registered breeders.

I despise hypocrites and that is all am seeing on this post!

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I am surprised people go back this far in the topic to locate these gems. I'd forgotten about this topic.