This is sort of a two part question, so I apologise...I recently got a three month Bengal kitten who is very shy. She has recently been warming up to me after a week, and I have to go back to school once the break is over. I've read that it's better for a cat to have a playmate, but I'm not allowed to get another cat. When I leave her (she's in my room with all essential supplies needed for now) she whines frequently and is frightened if all noises. She backs away from people, and even me if I approach her sometimes.
What's the best way to keep her entertained for 7 hours a day when I'm at at school? Also, what's a good way for her to be more confident and not as scared?
Thank you!

-ari the Bengal

You have to understand all the changes your kitty is going through. She has a new home, with new smells, new people. It takes time to adjust and she appears to be extremely shy, so it may take a while for her to come out of her shell. If she's going to be left alone, you need to make sure she has access to food, water and her litter box. There are many interactive toys that she can play with by herself. I have several for mine and he plays with none of them. Total waste of money. Hopefully, your little one will simply sleep while you're gone and be ready for play time when you come home. It's nice that you're worrying, but as long as your room is a safe place for her -- making sure she has no place to get caught up in something. Also, your kitty is going to need a cat tree with a scratching post or she is going to scratch furniture. Bengals love to be high up in the air. Give your little one lots of attention and try to engage her in play with wand toys, especially. Bengals are like no other cat breed. They aren't solitude creatures. They love interaction with humans and love to be with them. Your little girl is still so very young. I'm sure things will get better as time goes by and she settles in. Be patient with her.

I'm not sure I understand the situation... You have a 3 month old bengal that you've had for one week? And she needs to be confined to your room for 7 hours a day while you go to school? Is that correct?

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Yes, she is three months, and I've just gotten her. School is around 7 hours, and she is staying in my room as a safe room.

Given she is still a kitten and you've only had her for one week, it is perfectly understandable if she's nervous and reluctant. One week is not much time at all given she's been taken out of her environment and placed into a new one. You need to give her time and space to learn her new home and become more comfortable.

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Im also gone about 8-9 hours a day and my kitten is about 6 months old. Some things I have gotten that entertain her while I'm gone:
1) cat sitter video that plays on a loop so she can watch it and it makes lot of noise which may be good for your cat to get used to noises
2) cat tree
3) crinkle cat tunnel
4) just leave out lots of toy

i have not gotten a cat exercise wheel or a cat water fountain, but I have heard those can entertain them as well.

My cat seems to sleep most of the day, so I make sure I give her lots of attention when I get home.

She's gonna explore soon....room by room....
She will go out on the next room and She will try to find a safe place (like under furniture and stuff) after that She's going to explore the next one and so on.....
I suggest to give her something in every room, something that is only for her and don't put those stuff in the corners, ownership is very important for cats and increase their self-confidence.
My cat is very shy and scary, but I've got amazing results with her in only few days when I've moved her cat tree from a corner to the centre of the room in front of the window so She can take a look outside.
I suggest You to put the cat tree in a room, her food and water in another one, litter box somewhere else, a bed in another one etc.....
Interactive toys are very good too, try to find something that She can activate by herself.
Jackson Galaxy also suggests to build a cat-tv, it's just a little spot outside where You can put some feed for birds, You need that Your cat can watch outside in that point.
Birds will hypnotize Your cat and they will entertain her.

When I got my bengal kitten, Kai, he had his own bedroom in our house that he would be put in whenever we left the house. That was 8 hours a day while we were at work and whenever we left any other time. I kept him 100% in his room for the first day (I wanted to keep him in one room for a week and slowly work him into his new environment, but I got too excited and let him out on the second day!).

When I let him explore, I followed him around and let him do it slowly and in his own way.

Once he turned a year old he graduated from his "bedroom" and now he is aloud all over the house all the time. I really think keeping him in his "safe room" gave him a place that he felt was his, and also was a comfort to him. Even when we started leaving him out more often, we found that when we left he would go to his room on his own. Also, when we have a lot of people in and out of the house we can put him in his room and he is totally fine with it--it isn't a punishment to him.

Your bengal will be nervous in this new environment and that is to be expected. My biggest piece of advise, especially since you are giving your kitten a "safe room" would be to make sure you give her LOTS of love and play time when you are home. In Kai's room he had a huge cat tree, food, water, litterbox, but that was mostly it. I didn't leave toys out because he liked to chew and he would eat his toys. I did keep non-edible toys like a ball with a bell in it, a stuffed animal he liked to play fight with, and other toys like that. For the most part, I noticed he just slept and relaxed while I was gone.

I would REALLY recommend purchasing a "Da Bird" cat toy. They make playing together SO MUCH fun! And it is great exercise for your kitten.

Good luck!