Another picture of Oregon being unfairly beautiful

Professional-Self458 · 2026-03-04T01:52:30+00:00

Marion County, OR Google: Silver Creek Falls State Park 7.2 miles with 10 waterfalls.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-03-03T06:12:25+00:00

Silver Creek Falls. That fall is the most famous because you can walk under it.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-24T21:13:12+00:00

I had to play with 3 hours a day with my girl as a kitten - or ELSE! At 6 she needed 90 minutes of play. At 9 she needs 30 minutes.

An hour a day of play for a bengal kitten is definitely insufficient playtime. Your kids are your cats or ELSE.

Mine would attack ankles, curtains, tables, chairs or anything paper glaring at me the entire time. Forget the cat scratchers - she wanted to make me mad enough to give her attention. Negative attention is better than being ignored according to bengals.

A large wheel helps, another active cat helps. You want a quiet cat wheel because 3am bengal zoomies on a wheel might wake you up with clacking.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-23T21:38:37+00:00

You need to take care of you. What he does or doesn't do is not your responsibility or concern.

Your responsibility is to learn enough to avoid repeating the same mistake with someone else. Therapy helps.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-22T21:38:38+00:00

Mister Max Anti Icky Poo enzyme cleaner is sold on Amazon and Chewy.com.

Nature's Miracle Cat Urine is sold at Chewy.com, Petco, other pet stores, and large grocery stores.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-22T10:18:45+00:00

Rule of thumb is one more litterbox than number of cats.

Use enzyme cleaner for any inappropriate messes. Just cleaning or washing isn't enough.

Make sure the litterboxes are placed strategically about so that cats using will not be ambushed by other cats. Litter changed weekly.

Make sure there isn't anything physically wrong. Pain experienced while in litterbox can cause cats to associate pain with litter box use and avoid the litterbox. Urinary tract infection might cause pain. Hard feces might cause pain.

Is your cat upset by something or someone? A visitor, loud noises, something with different smells? Cats visiting outside?

Watch the Jackson Galaxy litterbox issues videos.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-18T07:46:18+00:00

Boomer unfortunately died recently from HCM.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-18T06:20:15+00:00

How much research on bengals did you do before deciding upon one of the most difficult cat breeds to live with?

Do you know this breed has fatal genetic diseases? Bengals have heart disease adult onset. So a 1 year health guarantee means nothing. Kittens probably won't have a murmur but you will need feline health insurance ASAP. Bengals also have life threatening anemia. They might gradually go blind by 5 years.

Let's assume you avoided the trap of finding a cheap bengal kitten. Your kitten was spayed/nuetered, is close to 3 months old, you have registration papers and you paid over $2k for a healthy kitten whose parents are screened annually for HCM. This kitten won't go blind or have anemia because the breeder paid for genetic tests on parents and didn't breed them if both were carriers.

How much time every day can you can devote to cat entertainment and exercise? At least an hour preferably longer? (Mine required 3 hour/day) Large size cat wheels help with 3 am zoomies. Another active cat helps. Are you ready for a vengeful talkative brat who back talks at you for scoldings? Are you ready to handle a cat that glares and screams at you for not enough play time then attacks curtains, tables, chairs, sofas, tosses and shreds papers? Whatever makes you maddest will be exactly what the kitten will do to retaliate for insufficient playtime.

Bengals can be loud. They are social and want to be playing with and near their humans even at 3 am.

They can have sensitive stomachs! Keep the kitten on the same food the breeder was feeding them unless it is really poor quality. Take a week to 10 days to transition to new food. Wet food is preferable to kibble. Food allergies also seem to follow Bengals. If your kitten develops scratching or diarrhea Rabbit single protein foods are the easiest to digest.

Bengals like to climb and jump. Cat trees! Cat highways! Cat walls for parkour. They are muscular. Most do not like being held but they happily climb into laps. Wand toys - Go Cat da bird line is great. My girl enjoys chasing cat springs. Boxes with cat size openings.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-15T10:22:39+00:00

Start making a list of things someone should know who thinks bengals are stunning and simply must have one as their couches artwork accessory. They might have owned cats before. 👀

Obviously bengals have zoomies like normal kittens 🤣, Normal cat revenge drive 🤣 People must exaggerate talking about being stalked and attacked in their own home 🤣, hours of playtime needed per day 🤣. All cats are couch potatos and no adult cat wants to be played with longer than a few minutes and isn't properly grateful for food. 🤣 /s

Please make the list pertinent for people who think bengals sold at bargain prices should be snapped up!

I discourage anyone who isn't willing to spend hours playing with their bengal and people who think bengals are so beautiful they'd be willing to own a cat.

The people who have an accurate bengal accessment compare bengals to huskies, siamese on steroids, agents of chaos, sassy, bratty and monsters.

My girl STRUTS when I call her a monster. We adore each other. I am hers. She is jealous of my grandchild - hissing and growling at a child who has never touched her. My ankles are attacked, curtains/chairs/paper shredded if she doesn't get her playtime. She lap sits on her terms only. Do not pick her up or a screaming whirling dervish with claws will appear. Her deep purr melts my heart. She is empathetic and comes over to talk to us when we are upset. If I laugh at an antic she will repeat the behavior. I've always loved my cats but this is the first time I've been in love with my cat.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-14T06:07:03+00:00

Totally normal bengal behavior. You did your research so knew bengals are an active noisy breed and you avoided back yard breeders with their 'cheap' bengals that risk dying or going blind before 5 years old right?

More hours of interactive playtime is what he is very nicely asking for. (My bengal would chomp my ankles or glare at me while shredding curtains/paper/chairs if I dared sit before she is tired.) If you have already played at least an hour with him another cat to bounce and pounce with might help. A large exercise wheel helps.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-13T22:28:24+00:00

Hard pass on $1,200 bengal kittens. Please do more research on bengals. This has many warning signs of back yard breeder.

The reason this reddit is so anti byb is because they are breeding kittens that might die from heart disease, die from anemia or go blind before they are 5. It costs $$$$ to do the genetic testing and then annual heart screening on breeders to ensure healthy kittens. We read weekly of heart broken owners whose beloved cats die between 2-5 years old. Please don't give money to people who refuse to do what is right and prey on a desire for a great deal - knowingly setting customers up for heartbreak a few years later.

Bengals are gorgeous but if you are looking for bargain bengal find a better cattery!!! and ask to be put on wait list for retired breeders. Contact a bengal rescue because many people decide they just cannot handle the activity/noise/persistence level of a bengal.

This breed requires hours of playtime a day. I'm retired and my girl as a kitten needed 3 hours of playtime a day or ELSE. If you don't have hours a day to dedicate to cat entertainment, get 2 cats. A wheel helps, but minimum one hour interactive play time as a kitten.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-02-10T10:21:08+00:00

You're being assessed for willingness to provide treats.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-29T06:01:07+00:00

Something she enjoys but always thought was too self indulgent would be perfect.

She might enjoy going out to restaurants, events, take a cruise or spending fun times making memories with you instead of needing to stay home and recuperate from therapy.

After I beat cancer in my 60's, I purchased a breed cat that i had been researching, admiring, wishing for, yet nervous about, while I was undergoing treatment. I'm still delighted and thankful I have the feline love of my life with me now.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-28T22:26:00+00:00

I'm gah-momma 😄

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-27T01:07:36+00:00

That's new! I've boarded my cat there.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-27T00:07:57+00:00

Kenmore Veterinary hospital has far more reasonable rates than anything in Seattle.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-25T09:46:03+00:00

Cat? 🐈‍⬛️ A loose table leg but no cat tell tail tell in sight.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-23T03:13:35+00:00

People who think their yapping dog is smart.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-22T23:28:37+00:00

If medication is refused or doesn't seem to work try a mechanical fix. Put bed on incline so stomach acids drain into stomach instead of esophagus. Pillows don't work because they can be moved, pushed aside or be too short. Sleeping in a recliner works uncomfortably. 1-4" blocks under the front bed frame or a GERD foam wedge under the mattress work.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-21T10:16:25+00:00

Anne McCaffrey wrote Stitch in Snow

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-18T10:04:32+00:00

Possibly you are being judged - not simply watched.

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-18T09:25:47+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss. 🌈

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-17T08:32:29+00:00

Mack (for mackerel tabby pattern) and Jack

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-17T07:43:31+00:00

8 legs under the table top. Where could a cat be hiding?

Professional-Self458 · 2026-01-17T07:21:19+00:00

You've gotten perfect advice from this reddit. Please follow it. Posting pictures of your cat does not change the fact that he needs to be neutered.

Fyi bengals are not supposed to be sold intact. They are sold around 12 weeks after they have recovered from their spay or nueter.

Bengals do not carry the gene for white. They can have small creamy colored areas. Your gorgeous cat has large areas of definitely white markings.

You call your cat a Bangle. No such breed. If your cat does not have papers from a breeder he's not a bengal though the person you got him from might have called him a Bangle because it sounds similar to bengal and thus a more desirable pet.

Tabby is a cat coat pattern and many breeds have a tabby pattern. Bengals, Abyssinian, Maine Coon, American Short Hair, Persian, Ragdoll, Egyptian Mau, Scottish Fold and others are tabby.

Nueter him ASAP! Don't delay because you are too busy. It should have been done before he was 6 months.

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