In photos from some catteries, you may have seen tiny kittens wearing colored collars – green, red, blue, yellow… These are used to tell them apart from birth.
You might wonder why we don’t do the same. After all, keeping track of a pile of little Bengals must be complicated, right?

But that’s exactly where the difference lies – between what may seem “practical” and what we believe is right – for the welfare of the mother cat, for safety, and based on years of experience.

Kittens Are Not Products in Storage

Raising kittens is a deeply personal process for us. This isn’t a factory line. We don’t track them like product #05: “female with a dot.” Each of our kittens is a unique being – given the same care, the same love, and full respect for their natural development.
Color-coded collars? To us, they’re just an unnecessary burden – physically and emotionally.

Why We Don’t Use Collars – Simply Put:

Mother cat welfare:
In the first few weeks, the queen is intensely involved with her babies – nursing, cleaning, moving them. Now imagine if each kitten smelled different or was wrapped in something strange. That’s not natural. And anything unnatural in this sensitive time can cause stress or even lead to rejection of the kittens.

Risk of injury:
Even the softest collar can pose a risk – in the nest, during play, or when a kitten is climbing over siblings. A paw, jaw, or claw can easily get caught. We choose safety over convenience or appearance.

We don’t need them:
In all our years of breeding, we’ve never struggled to tell our kittens apart. They may look similar at first glance, but each one has their own micro-universe. They cry differently, nurse differently, respond to touch differently. If a kitten has a health concern, we spot it right away. And their personalities? We learn them too – when the time is right.

Kitten Reservations? When They’re Ready

We don’t allow early reservations. Not after a few days. Not based on a photo. Not based on the color of a collar. Why?

Because in the early weeks, nothing is certain – not personality, not coat development, not contrast, not structure.
Reserving a kitten based on today’s pattern or gender is like reserving a baby in the maternity ward based on hair color. It just doesn’t make sense. We believe in honoring their development and trusting the natural pace of growth.

When the time is right – usually around 6 to 8 weeks – we start to see who’s who. And that’s when we introduce you to individual personalities. No collars needed – just a story we’ve written with each of them.

Whinecat.cz – where kittens are not marked by color, but by love.