I'm a newbie with a manic bengal kitten - help!

[borderdawn]

You have bought a breed known for climbing and being destructive and active. Bengals often do not make ideal pets because of this. Cat trees are excellent things, the taller the better, try using toys such a boxes for the kitten to hide and play in, kittens are easly pleased like that.
dawn.

[dinahsmum]

Cats are not fond of the feel or sound of kitchen foil, so a sheet just outside the bedroom door may keep her away from there. Other than that I agree with everyone else. Psst, psst, psst is a good 'don't do that' noise and time is a great thing for calming down crazy kittens!
Good luck

[borderdawn]

Just realised. did your kitten come from a reputable breeder? Just asking because registered pedigree kittens should be fully vaccinated before leaving and your kitten is just 11wks old.

[caz]

Hello everyone, i'm a new girl but I read your problem and hope I can offer some support?
I too have a bengal kitten and I am new to the breed, your kitten is very young though I hate to be the bearer of bad news my kitten Mali has become more and more challenging the older he gets he is 7 months now, recently castrated and is slowly starting to calm down, we have tried a cheap keep off spray from our local pet shop which stopped him scent marking but didnt stop him climbing and clawing. Bengals have proven to be mischievous and stubborn but not stupid, although very rewarding. Even if you think you have solved the problem when he knows you're not looking he will keep trying. We clap loudly near Mali when he's up to no good and that seems to work. One peice of advice is they like to be at the highest point in the room if you dont want him to climb the curtains give him somewhere high he can go. We aloud Mali to make his bed on top of the fridge freezer which stpped him wanting to climb on the units.
A long winded answer but I hope that helps.

[dinahsmum]

Hello caz - welcome to Catsey and thanks for your post. I hope it helps Rebecca feel that things will get better

[rrushton]

Hi everyone thanks for all your advice. Daisy has a rustling tunnel, a cat scratching & climbing post & an abundance of other toys. Charlie & Daisy play well together & have already established a comfy spot on the spare room bed together. In response to Borderdawn's question - unfortuantely our kitten was not from a registered breeder, we made the mistake of going to see some kittens & fell in love with Daisy straight away. We got a lot of grief from another cat forum about this, but we have Daisy fully immunised etc & she will be spayed as soon as she is old enough. We just did not want daisy to go to another person that would just breed her endlessly to make money - we purely wanted her as a pet, not a show cat or to breed from. So to us it does not matter that she has no pedigree papers. Lots of people said that it was a back street breeder after making money. Yes i know she was young when we collected her, but she was completely independent of mum (no longer feeding from her) & was on kitten food. The house where she came from was a clean & happy home with other cats (of which some had pedigree paperwork). The lady that sold her to us has also been in touch to see how she is settling in - so she does care where her kittens go & how they are doing at least. I know a lot of you will tut at me for not going to a reputable breeder, but once i post pictures onto the site you'll see just why we fell in lover with Daisy!!

[dandysmom]

Thanks for the backstory on Daisy, she obviously has found a loving home with you...can't wait for the pictures!! Hurry, please.....

[angieh]

We really need that picture of Daisy - PLEASE!!!

[rrushton]

I have tried to insert a picture of Daisy - if this doesn't work can anyone let me know how to insert pictures? My images are on photobucket at the moment.

Thanks

Rebecca

[rrushton]

Here's a picture of Daisy & Charlie, as you can see they playfight, but love each other after only 3 weeks which i think is brilliant!!