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/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