I've been reading these forums for a while, and thought I'd introduce our two bengals now they have joined us in our home (both cats are rehomed)

Sarny is a 3 year old retired stud, has won many awards in shows and is the most confident cat I have ever seen.


Dreamer is our 1 year old retired queen (she didn't want to be a mother), who, so far, is the total opposite of sarny. She seems a bit timid but I think it is because she needs a bit longer to settle in.



I've always understood bengals to be quite hyperactive at times (and I know its early days) but ours seem more active late evening/early morning and tend to sleep during the day. I can sleep through their playful behaviour no problems (apparently Sarny was trying to get me to play last night by nudging my face but I just slept lol), however my partner can't. She does enjoy watching them but how long she can keep up with cats calling and playing during the night I don't know lol.

The main question is, are bengals in general, more active during the night than the day, or are they just settling in?

Thanks

That's a tricky one, I have one bengal (4 other cats) and he sleeps fine at night in fact generally in the morning he doesn't get up til late.

Tends to have his mad half hours in the afternoon/early evening.

Is there anyway you can keep them out your room for your girlfriends sanity?

We let the cats have the run of downstairs at night as we are lucky enough to be able to stop them coming upstairs.

Lovely looking cats by the way

Naomi

My three are 18 weeks old now and are starting to develop a pattern of activity. Their maddest time starts around 9.30pm and can go on for a couple of hours which is not good if I want an early night . They then sleep through until about 6am and start playing again but fortunately they're quite happy to play without human interaction at that time of day. This morning I heard a crash downstairs at about 6.30am but have so far been unable to find the evidence of what caused it!

I work all day and wasn't sure what they did when I was out of the house but one of my neighbours has been coming in occasionally to spend time with them and he says it varies. Sometimes they've all been asleep in their cat bed, other times they've been wide awake and active.

Yes M&S seems to be the best cat insurance around at a much cheaper price than else where and we are currently insured with them. We were insured briefly with Pet Plan/Care for a month and I did ask them for a yearly premium but it was far too expensive (can't seem to remember now how much though lol)

Also with the M&S you can go for a NO excess and its not much more to do that. I have already got a claim in with them but they are going to pay without any trouble.

I also spoke to a lady who has about 6 cats who told me about M&S pet insurance and she recommends them.

If you find any others then don't forget to share the info

Kaz

Hi

Insurance wise we use Tesco's, which costs us £492 a year, for 5 cats (2 of which are pedigrees and one of the moggies is 13 years old)

We have had several claims with them and never had any problems and the premium hasn't gone up because of the claims.It works out at about £8 per month per cat.

Naomi