Hello, I have had my Male Bengal (Winchester) since November of last year. He is neutered. When I got him he was 4 months old. He is my only pet. About two months after I got him He started to attack me right before I went to bed. My thinking was he wasn't ready to settle down and wanted to play. He also started doing this when I would leave for work. Sometimes when we are relaxing on the couch he is in my lap, and I am petting him, he will start to bite me and latch on to my arm after about 15 minutes of relaxing. Sometimes he will leave my lap and lunge at me with claws out. He will never go for my face and will always stay below the shoulders. I have remedied when I leave for work by giving him a treat and making him sit and speak. When my friends watch him when I’m out of town he does not do this to them. I have never played with him with my hands and told my friends to do the same. We play for at least 1/2 hr twice a day, and he gets to walk on the leash every other day. I've tried saying “No” but that hasn't worked, although it does in other situations. Otherwise he is an awesome cat. Does anyone have any advice or experienced this and have a remedy?

Let's face it. You're prey to your kitty. I truly wish I could relate to your problem. Raiden is 7 years old and I've had him for a year now and he is the sweetest kitty. Has never bitten or scratched me -- unless we are playing and his claw snags me while he's swatting at something -- Your kitty is still quite young. With bengals, I don't believe 1/2 hour of play twice a day is enough. Same with walking outside on a leash. Raiden and I got for at least one walk a day during the week and if I'm off work and weekends, we do two. And he would probably rather do five or six. Bengals are attention grabbers. They want the interaction with you -- they are super active, high energy -- and they have to wear that energy off or they take it out on humans. I'd suggest more frequent play times -- maybe even break it up to 15 minutes four times a day, but in the evenings, you need to wear your kitty out so it's too tired to latch onto anything but a good night's sleep. Raiden knows what the word "NO" means! And maybe yours can get used to hearing it in a stern voice. I also shake my finger at Raiden when saying it. Things could also improve as Winchester gets older. He's still only 10 months old and kittens are super hyper and much more inclined to be playful with the human body.

I have always done a high pitched, long owwwwwwwwww that kind of sounds like a meow when mine have bitten. That at least made mine pause, if not let go. None of mine bite or attack regularly, if at all, now as adults. I would try distracting him with a toy whenever he comes around and seems feisty.

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My 4 year old Kimmy attacks me after I bring him inside from a walk. It's become a habit, which I'm trying to break. Today I threw my jacket over him before he could attack, and it distracted him enough that he didn't do it.

Thanks for all the advice. I've tried the destruction tactic. That seemed to work. The trick is knowing when to have the distraction with me. I use a tin of mints.