Razz came to us from Josh and Michelle Farnsworth at Cosmic Bengal, and we're thankful they entrusted us with this unique girl. She earned her place here through a combination of rare genetics and an even rarer temperament.
As a seal mink spotted torbie with glitter, she carries a truly exceptional color combination: warm mink tones, striking torbie patterning, and a shimmering glitter coat unlike anything else in our program. Her genetics are just as exciting: she carries two copies of the leopard cat agouti gene (Apb/Apb), so every kitten she has will carry it, and paired with CheeseTake, who carries the non-agouti gene (a), charcoal-patterned kittens are possible in every litter. Between her two snow color genes (cs/cb) and CheeseTake's single color-point gene (C/cs), kittens can come out brown, seal mink, or seal lynx point, with girls as torbies and boys potentially red, all with the potential for that charcoal pattern.
Her physical conformation (what breeders call "type") isn't her strongest suit, and we're candid that selecting for color ahead of type isn't the conventional approach in Bengal breeding. But paired with a boy who carries strong type, her kittens should show an improvement over her own. Her temperament made the decision easy, too: Razz is a very gentle, adaptable girl, and that's exactly the kind of temperament we want to strengthen in our line.
At BestView, our goal is to produce cats that are healthy, genuinely friendly, and beautiful, and Razz is a meaningful part of that.
