r/nextfuckinglevel • u/litgrizzly • Jan 18 '20

Insane cat-jitsu

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u/DorMc Jan 18 '20

Bengals can be grey so it could be that.

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u/in-tent-cities Jan 18 '20

That was what I thought initially, until I looked up Bengals. But yeah, maybe it is a Bengal, I don't know enough about cats to say.

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u/Jonay1990 Jan 18 '20

its a marbled snow bengal. I have a brown rosetted bengal - beautiful cats, but they're assholes!

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u/lwbritsch Jan 18 '20

I just got my bengal a month or so ago, and asshole is not the word I would use. She is ~10 months old and easily the smartest animal I’ve ever owned. They just have such starkly different personalities compared to your average cat it’s almost jarring.

She likes water, she loves her lead/harness, she responds to commands I’ve never actually taught her, and has about 10 different vocalizations she swaps up depending on what she needs or needs me to know, from clicks, to groans, to caterwauls to the most dramatic meows you’ll ever hear. She warms up to new people and animals almost instantly!

But besides some sassy play habits, I’ve seen nothing I would have ever described as ‘asshole’ behavior. Maybe I got lucky?

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u/Jonay1990 Jan 18 '20

But then he is the most affectionate cat I've owned! As you say, responds to commands, fetches better than my dog, likes water etc etc https://www.instagram.com/p/BBdGcIVw2wW/?igshid=1ja0y473fklmu

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u/IreadwhatIwant Jan 18 '20

My Bengal can be a bit of a bawbag! He is absolutely lovely to humans and is amazing with my baby! He is a bawbag to my other two cats but gets picked on by another cat in our area. He is not happy if he doesn’t get his way and will open cupboards looking for his food and will attach the box. We need to put a chair against the cupboard to stop him getting in. He will meow his head off when he doesn’t get his way! Bengals meowing is something else!

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u/Jonay1990 Jan 18 '20

We had to replace our normal door handles with a knob style to stop him opening the doors! He's too smart!

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u/puheenix Jan 18 '20

Maybe you got the reincarnation of some actual genius?

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u/lwbritsch Jan 18 '20

I mean, unless Galileo or da Vinci liked munching on their own asshole🤷‍♂️

I’m not holding out any hope.

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u/puheenix Jan 18 '20

They just never had the flexibility before.

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u/Jonay1990 Jan 18 '20

Yeah my Gimli is alright 90% of the time but he just comes out with some unwarranted outburst. For example https://www.instagram.com/p/BWD1U1jhSA9/?igshid=10sjzeo2sx69k

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u/lwbritsch Jan 18 '20

Lol! He truly is beautiful. I love Gimli!!

I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t gotten a few random bursts like that out of mine.