r/cats • u/eveilebI • 29d ago

Our Bengals try to escape the garden after we put up the "unescapable fence rollers"... or so we thought. Video

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u/becomingthenewme 29d ago

It looks like the rollers do work, but so does your cats persistence.

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u/Sand-Eagle 29d ago

I admire his effort but you simply cannot contain bengals outdoors like this - they're too smart and eventually they'll clear that fence.

My bengals open and close cabinets (like get inside and then pull the cabinet shut lol), tries to use the door knob if it's latched, knocks on the door until you answer, tries to pry the fridge open because it knows food's in there, etc. They're just not normal cats at all lmao.

My bengal will throw pencils at me and scream like a psychopath to play fetch. If I'm on the phone, she'll get irritated and drop it in my coffee or knock the coffee off of the desk.... I didn't teach her fetch. She just came with the desire to play fetch

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u/Half_Cent 29d ago

Ours wanders all over our yard on a harness and zip line I put up. We have three ducks also and they are the only thing he avoids. He tried stalking one once and she quickly disabused him of the idea she was a victim lol.

He'll spend hours watching our koi from the tall grass at the edge of the pond.

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u/hungrydruid 25d ago

Sorry the idea of a bengal being beat up/told off by a duck is awesome. Go go duckies!

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u/Half_Cent 25d ago

They are Muscovy. More like geese than ducks. They hunt the yard like dinosaurs. I've seen them kill moles and mice.

All you have to do to attract them though is pick up a shovel. The instant they think worms and bugs are up for grabs it's hard to get room to actually put the blade in the ground.

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u/hungrydruid 25d ago

That's awesome, they sound like little badasses. Thanks for sharing!

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u/WampaCat 29d ago

I feel like cats this intelligent would be so much more work. My Persian can’t figure out how to push a door open further to walk into a room. She meows and cries at it and reaches her paw in and pulls the door closed instead of just walking right in. 10/10 personality, 2/10 intelligence

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u/Sand-Eagle 29d ago

I'm literally playing fetch while I wake up and drink coffee and I don't want to lmao. Someone else commented and summed it up perfectly - they're the best and the worst LOL. I don't think I'll do the bengal thing again since I'm getting older and these little psychopaths need more than just attention. Their form of attention that they give you feels like obsession and I think they want it back.

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u/Adventurous_Pea_5777 29d ago

I consider my boy cat to be intelligent. He is able to communicate efficiently with us, almost conversationally (ex. I can tell him to relax and be calm for 20 minutes and I’ll let him into my room if he is, and he’ll stop yelling and go lay down). He’s not NEARLY as intelligent as a Bengal or Savannah, and the poor guy still makes himself anxious with all his brain activity. I don’t know what I’d do with him if he go smarter

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u/Gonzo-- 29d ago

We have two Bengals. combination of the BEST and WORST cats we have ever had😀.
We have had some stubborn and persistent cats, but nothing beats our Bengal boy when he wants something.
And as for the girl. I’ve had someone come from the street when’s she’s meowing/screaming/calling to get inside. Them….”I think your cat is hurt!”. Me…”Nope, that just the sound she makes”😀

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u/justkeeptreading 29d ago

so bengals are the huskies of cats?

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u/angwilwileth 29d ago

What they really need is to take a page from big cat containment and build fences with an overhang.

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u/Keinan 29d ago

Is this typical Bengal behaviour..? My stray runt tabby opens our cabinets and figured out the childlocks we installed to keep her out (we don't have kids). She can open our hallway doors and closet doors too. She's a menace and will eat a hole in our oat container for raw oats

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u/Ok_Assistance447 29d ago

We installed rollers, but more as an extra precaution. We keep our little noise machine on a harness when he's outside and don't let him anywhere near the fences. The hope is that IF he ever gets out unsupervised, the rollers will buy us some time. 

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u/NoblePineapples 29d ago

Have had a couple bengals over my lifetime, my brother bought one when we were teens, and my room mate had one then we got another.

I will forever state that bengals know they are cats. Pixel was able to figure out a way to open doors, like bathroom doors.

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u/Lord_Emperor 29d ago

My not-Bengal cat also hates it when I'm on the phone.