Process to Getting A Bengal Kitten
1. We highly recommend getting 2 Bengal kittens if there are no other companion pets at home that can keep up with the energy level of a Bengal. This will make life a LOT easier, to understand why please read the following Blog article: Why get 2 kittens
Make a visit and sign contract/give deposit in person (cash or personal check) OR mail signed contract and a personal check for the deposit OR email contract and send the deposit online via Paypal. Deposit requested is $200 for a PET kitten and is Non-Refundable and $1,000 for a kitten with Breeding/Showing rights, which is refundable after 12 months, that guarantees top quality.
Our main cattery has moved to Kingsland GA and will be servicing all of Georgia and Florida but we are also driving 18hrs non-stop for a minimal $250 fee kittens to Connecticut as well. We can also ship nationwide. Additionally, we have networked with many other Hobby Breeders that have purchased Breeders from us to bring you our Co-Sponsor Breeder Program. They feature our home-grown Bengals bred from this cattery that will be servicing Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and all of New England! Ultimately, this means many more litters and options will be available in the least amount of time possible when considering the heavy demand.
Click here to get the contract and fill it out: Contract
For instant Paypal deposit with their 3% extra fee, please click the following links:
Make a visit and sign contract/give deposit in person (cash or personal check) OR mail signed contract and a personal check for the deposit OR email contract and send the deposit online via Paypal. Deposit requested is $200 for a PET kitten and is Non-Refundable and $1,000 for a kitten with Breeding/Showing rights, which is refundable after 12 months, that guarantees top quality.
Our main cattery has moved to Kingsland GA and will be servicing all of Georgia and Florida but we are also driving 18hrs non-stop for a minimal $250 fee kittens to Connecticut as well. We can also ship nationwide. Additionally, we have networked with many other Hobby Breeders that have purchased Breeders from us to bring you our Co-Sponsor Breeder Program. They feature our home-grown Bengals bred from this cattery that will be servicing Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and all of New England! Ultimately, this means many more litters and options will be available in the least amount of time possible when considering the heavy demand.
Click here to get the contract and fill it out: Contract
For instant Paypal deposit with their 3% extra fee, please click the following links:
2. You get placed upon either the Pet or Breeder/Show Depositor List once we receive your deposit. These lists are in order of when deposits are received and thus also function as the order in which people can pick their kittens. For this reason, the sooner we receive your deposit the quicker you get placed upon the list and receive a kitten. This is how we try to maintain "first come, first served." These Depositor lists are available for public viewing under the Available Kittens page. PET deposits are now Non-Refundable. Breeder/Show right kittens deposits are currently refundable after 12 months of the received deposit.
I do want to stress that a deposit is all that is required prior to receiving your kitten. Unless choosing to ship a kitten nationwide on an airplane, nothing else will be due until you pick up your kitten in person. This also holds true even if the kitten is driven to CT, all financial transactions will not be finalized until we meet in person when you get your kitten. This protects you from the scammers whom promise you the perfect kitten on a silver platter but must ship it and require full payment up front and of course offer a "discounted" price.
3. The Available kittens page will always be updated on a regular basis to reflect when litters are born and when queens are breeding or confirmed pregnant and their due dates. Once a litter turns 4-5 weeks old, it is deemed old enough to showcase personality and reliable quality indicators. YouTube Videos will be taken and uploaded to both the YouTube channel as well as the Available kittens page. At that point, we start the "Claiming Process" and will be working our way down first the Breeder's Rights/Show Rights list whom have First Pick only of 33% of the litter and then the Pet Deposit List to get the kittens claimed.
Please note, for purposes of streamlining the claiming process, that Lap Leopard Bengals will be contacting people according to their listed gender/color preferences that are public on the website Depositor list. Please become familiar with all 5 colors that we breed for and choose your preferences carefully as your wait time and whether we contact you regarding available kittens will all depend upon that. The colors we breed for currently are: Brown, Silver, Mink, Lynx, and Charcoal. Wait times are highest for boys and for Brown and Silver.
So how my process works is you give me your preference and if there are any available kittens that match your preference by the time I get to you on the list then I contact you. At that time, you get to pick out your kitten.
4. Here's the scoop on SKIPPING:
You are allowed to voluntarily Skip what is available at the time I reach you on the list should you not like what you see or for any personal reasons. Should you decide to Skip, you will stay exactly where you are on the list and once the list becomes readjusted after all those ahead have been removed because they have already received their kittens, then you will move up the list that many spaces and have that much more choosing preference for the next round. In this manner, everyone can get exactly what they want, it's just a matter of time and "riding" the list to the top over time to get more choosing power.
Also of note, should you take a gamble and decide to voluntarily skip on a current litter in hopes of a better outcome on a future litter then you have forfeited your rights to that litter. You will not have the ability to take away any claimed kittens from those underneath you on the list during the "Claiming Process" should the future litter be born and the outcome be not desirable. It is for these considerations that sometimes we hold off the start of the Claiming Process if another litter is Due relatively soon to minimize unpleasant gambles. However, we can't hold the process off forever and we feel it is unfair to take away claimed kittens by those that have officially voluntarily skipped.
You will be automatically skipped if:
a) there are no kittens available because they have all been claimed by those ahead
b) there are kittens available, but they don't match your listed preference
If you do NOT want to be automatically skipped, then you need to:
a) broaden your listed preference to be considered for the most amount of available kitten choices, you can decide later to skip
b) if you are interested in a particular kitten that is outside of your listed preference then you can contact me prior to the start of the "Claiming Process" to express your interest. Once the Claiming Process has started and you didn't contact me and have already been automatically skipped on a kitten that is outside of your listed preference and another below you on the list has already claimed that kitten then unfortunately the ability to choose that kitten has been lost.
5. No one can claim a kitten(s) until the Claiming Process is officially underway and everyone ahead on the list has claimed their kitten(s) or they have been Skipped.
6. Please note, the first 33% of any litter can be reserved for those buying Breeder/Show rights. Any person wishing to take advantage of those rights have up till when the kittens reach 6 weeks old to do so. Once the 33% Breeder/Show kitten quota of a litter has been filled OR once the kittens reach 6 weeks old, whichever happens first, the remaining kittens will be reserved to those on the Pet Depositor list. All Breeder/Show kittens are immediately locked in as part of the "top quality" guarantee.
So, if the 33% quota has not been filled on a litter, those on the Pet Depositor list should have a first and second choice since their chosen kitten can potentially be chosen by a person with Breeder/Show rights later on. At 6 weeks, all Pet kitten choices are LOCKED in and no more kittens can be reserved with Breeder/Show Rights.
***So, there are no guarantees in Pet kitten choices until they are automatically LOCKED IN at 6 weeks***
For further information regarding this policy please visit the Blog and Breeder's Rights page
7. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for the latest updates. Names will be given to the kittens based upon a theme for identification purposes only. All PET kittens that are spotted Leopards and Melanistic (black) are priced at $1,500 regardless of color or gender. PET kittens that are Marble (any color) are priced at $1,300. Show/Breeder kittens are priced at $2,500. For those in New England: Kittens from the main cattery that are being driven from GA to CT will also carry an additional $250 transport fee. Co Sponsor Breeder kittens that are local don't carry transport fees. You will know whether a litter carries a transport fee or not for it will be clearly stated. However, all deposits do go towards the purchase price of the kitten. After the deposit is received, all final transactions are done in person with cash when you pick up your kitten from its location. For further information on Kitten Pricing Click.
8. Feel free to visit the Available Kittens page and Depositor Lists to keep track of the kitten claiming process. Once Buyers start choosing which kitten(s) they want, the Depositor lists gets updated in real time to reflect Buyers chosen kitten(s) or if they're Skipping. Everyone will be able to view these lists and know which kittens are left and how far down the lists we have thus far progressed.
9. Any litters born within 3 weeks of each other will be combined for purposes of transporting kittens. All litters will share playing space. Those who get kittens from different litters will pick up their kittens when the youngest is ready to leave at 8 weeks old. We will hold the older ones until then so it's one visit and the kittens go home together at the same time. ***Special Note: While we make every effort to let kittens go home at 8 weeks of age, there are times when kittens can't do this. This is most especially true when the kitten is being shipped. Due to the very stressful conditions of being shipped, kittens are required to be 10-12 weeks old before they can be shipped. This is because the immune system gets stronger with age and the stress induced by shipping will challenge the immune system. So, it is with the health of our kittens in mind that we make the age requirement and the exact age is under the discretion of the Breeder.
10. Once kittens leave, the depositor list gets re-adjusted to reflect those remaining for the next litter. Please read Kitten Care to prepare for your Bengal kitten's arrival. When you arrive to pick up your kitten, please bring a carrier, a cooler with ice pack for your included intra-nasal vaccinations, and the remaining amount due in cash. No checks accepted for the final payment.
11. It is now our Policy to require that buyers pick up their chosen kitten(s) within 7 days of the release date. Any kitten(s) not picked up by 7 days post release date will be subjected to our normal Kitty-Sitting fee of $40/week, which we gladly offer to any Buyer wishing to go on vacation and leave their kitten(s) with us. If the kitten(s) is still not picked up by the time the kitten(s) reaches 12 weeks of age, then the buyer forfeits the deposit and the kitten(s) will be given to someone else.
12. We use to reserve an hour when you picked up your kitten to go over basic Kitten Care Education. To Streamline the process and get you your kitten faster, we now have this 1 hour Pet Education tutorial available on video as part of our YouTube Education Series. This way, you can take advantage of our knowledge and recommendations all while in the comfort of your own home and have it for a refresher course. Prior to picking up your Bengal Kitten, please take the time to watch these 2 videos:
I do want to stress that a deposit is all that is required prior to receiving your kitten. Unless choosing to ship a kitten nationwide on an airplane, nothing else will be due until you pick up your kitten in person. This also holds true even if the kitten is driven to CT, all financial transactions will not be finalized until we meet in person when you get your kitten. This protects you from the scammers whom promise you the perfect kitten on a silver platter but must ship it and require full payment up front and of course offer a "discounted" price.
3. The Available kittens page will always be updated on a regular basis to reflect when litters are born and when queens are breeding or confirmed pregnant and their due dates. Once a litter turns 4-5 weeks old, it is deemed old enough to showcase personality and reliable quality indicators. YouTube Videos will be taken and uploaded to both the YouTube channel as well as the Available kittens page. At that point, we start the "Claiming Process" and will be working our way down first the Breeder's Rights/Show Rights list whom have First Pick only of 33% of the litter and then the Pet Deposit List to get the kittens claimed.
Please note, for purposes of streamlining the claiming process, that Lap Leopard Bengals will be contacting people according to their listed gender/color preferences that are public on the website Depositor list. Please become familiar with all 5 colors that we breed for and choose your preferences carefully as your wait time and whether we contact you regarding available kittens will all depend upon that. The colors we breed for currently are: Brown, Silver, Mink, Lynx, and Charcoal. Wait times are highest for boys and for Brown and Silver.
So how my process works is you give me your preference and if there are any available kittens that match your preference by the time I get to you on the list then I contact you. At that time, you get to pick out your kitten.
4. Here's the scoop on SKIPPING:
You are allowed to voluntarily Skip what is available at the time I reach you on the list should you not like what you see or for any personal reasons. Should you decide to Skip, you will stay exactly where you are on the list and once the list becomes readjusted after all those ahead have been removed because they have already received their kittens, then you will move up the list that many spaces and have that much more choosing preference for the next round. In this manner, everyone can get exactly what they want, it's just a matter of time and "riding" the list to the top over time to get more choosing power.
Also of note, should you take a gamble and decide to voluntarily skip on a current litter in hopes of a better outcome on a future litter then you have forfeited your rights to that litter. You will not have the ability to take away any claimed kittens from those underneath you on the list during the "Claiming Process" should the future litter be born and the outcome be not desirable. It is for these considerations that sometimes we hold off the start of the Claiming Process if another litter is Due relatively soon to minimize unpleasant gambles. However, we can't hold the process off forever and we feel it is unfair to take away claimed kittens by those that have officially voluntarily skipped.
You will be automatically skipped if:
a) there are no kittens available because they have all been claimed by those ahead
b) there are kittens available, but they don't match your listed preference
If you do NOT want to be automatically skipped, then you need to:
a) broaden your listed preference to be considered for the most amount of available kitten choices, you can decide later to skip
b) if you are interested in a particular kitten that is outside of your listed preference then you can contact me prior to the start of the "Claiming Process" to express your interest. Once the Claiming Process has started and you didn't contact me and have already been automatically skipped on a kitten that is outside of your listed preference and another below you on the list has already claimed that kitten then unfortunately the ability to choose that kitten has been lost.
5. No one can claim a kitten(s) until the Claiming Process is officially underway and everyone ahead on the list has claimed their kitten(s) or they have been Skipped.
6. Please note, the first 33% of any litter can be reserved for those buying Breeder/Show rights. Any person wishing to take advantage of those rights have up till when the kittens reach 6 weeks old to do so. Once the 33% Breeder/Show kitten quota of a litter has been filled OR once the kittens reach 6 weeks old, whichever happens first, the remaining kittens will be reserved to those on the Pet Depositor list. All Breeder/Show kittens are immediately locked in as part of the "top quality" guarantee.
So, if the 33% quota has not been filled on a litter, those on the Pet Depositor list should have a first and second choice since their chosen kitten can potentially be chosen by a person with Breeder/Show rights later on. At 6 weeks, all Pet kitten choices are LOCKED in and no more kittens can be reserved with Breeder/Show Rights.
***So, there are no guarantees in Pet kitten choices until they are automatically LOCKED IN at 6 weeks***
For further information regarding this policy please visit the Blog and Breeder's Rights page
7. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for the latest updates. Names will be given to the kittens based upon a theme for identification purposes only. All PET kittens that are spotted Leopards and Melanistic (black) are priced at $1,500 regardless of color or gender. PET kittens that are Marble (any color) are priced at $1,300. Show/Breeder kittens are priced at $2,500. For those in New England: Kittens from the main cattery that are being driven from GA to CT will also carry an additional $250 transport fee. Co Sponsor Breeder kittens that are local don't carry transport fees. You will know whether a litter carries a transport fee or not for it will be clearly stated. However, all deposits do go towards the purchase price of the kitten. After the deposit is received, all final transactions are done in person with cash when you pick up your kitten from its location. For further information on Kitten Pricing Click.
8. Feel free to visit the Available Kittens page and Depositor Lists to keep track of the kitten claiming process. Once Buyers start choosing which kitten(s) they want, the Depositor lists gets updated in real time to reflect Buyers chosen kitten(s) or if they're Skipping. Everyone will be able to view these lists and know which kittens are left and how far down the lists we have thus far progressed.
9. Any litters born within 3 weeks of each other will be combined for purposes of transporting kittens. All litters will share playing space. Those who get kittens from different litters will pick up their kittens when the youngest is ready to leave at 8 weeks old. We will hold the older ones until then so it's one visit and the kittens go home together at the same time. ***Special Note: While we make every effort to let kittens go home at 8 weeks of age, there are times when kittens can't do this. This is most especially true when the kitten is being shipped. Due to the very stressful conditions of being shipped, kittens are required to be 10-12 weeks old before they can be shipped. This is because the immune system gets stronger with age and the stress induced by shipping will challenge the immune system. So, it is with the health of our kittens in mind that we make the age requirement and the exact age is under the discretion of the Breeder.
10. Once kittens leave, the depositor list gets re-adjusted to reflect those remaining for the next litter. Please read Kitten Care to prepare for your Bengal kitten's arrival. When you arrive to pick up your kitten, please bring a carrier, a cooler with ice pack for your included intra-nasal vaccinations, and the remaining amount due in cash. No checks accepted for the final payment.
11. It is now our Policy to require that buyers pick up their chosen kitten(s) within 7 days of the release date. Any kitten(s) not picked up by 7 days post release date will be subjected to our normal Kitty-Sitting fee of $40/week, which we gladly offer to any Buyer wishing to go on vacation and leave their kitten(s) with us. If the kitten(s) is still not picked up by the time the kitten(s) reaches 12 weeks of age, then the buyer forfeits the deposit and the kitten(s) will be given to someone else.
12. We use to reserve an hour when you picked up your kitten to go over basic Kitten Care Education. To Streamline the process and get you your kitten faster, we now have this 1 hour Pet Education tutorial available on video as part of our YouTube Education Series. This way, you can take advantage of our knowledge and recommendations all while in the comfort of your own home and have it for a refresher course. Prior to picking up your Bengal Kitten, please take the time to watch these 2 videos:
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