Pros and cons of Bengal cats.
A Bengal cat is not a toy or a decorative item, it is a living creature with its own pros and cons of character.
Pros of Bengal cats
In this section I will list the main, in my opinion, pros of Bengal cats. Although, of course, each owner of this unique breed will be able to add something of their own here.
Affectionate and friendly
The undoubted advantage of Bengals is their sincere affection for the owner. They take part in all family affairs – they observe, actively comment, seem to understand everything, but they are deprived of the gift of speech.
Domestic leopards are completely uncharacteristic of aggression, they love to be near a person, they respond affably to any affection. They can be stroked, picked up, hugged, talked to.
Inquisitive and smart
This advantage is noticeable in the behavior of pets. They react with interest to everything new that is happening around them. Bengal cats are not interested in lying around in the next room if you are doing something interesting, be it cooking or receiving guests – they will definitely come running to the noise, sniff everything, explore everything, and then will express empathy with what is happening in every possible way.
I consider their intelligence to be another advantage of Bengals. This is noticeable in the way pets interact with their surroundings. A small leopard will not persistently try one way to get what it wants – it will rather find another, more sophisticated one, unlike other cats. It is interesting to watch them – this is another advantage of the breed.
Very attached to the owner
They say that cats become attached to a place, and dogs – to a person. But Bengals in this regard are more like “dogs”. The big advantage of the breed is that they show obvious affection for the owner, love to sit next to him, watch, and calm down if they hear his voice. For them, the owner is a family member, an older friend, a parent. When left alone, Bengal cats are sad, and they have a very hard time with long separations, and sometimes they even start to refuse food.
The ideal family cat
If you already have children in your family, then the main advantage of Bengal cats for you is their affection for all family members. They are patient, friendly, and non-aggressive. They even tolerate rudeness from children.
They can be trained
The advantages of keeping Bengal kitten include the ability to train the animal. Seriously! Have you ever seen a cat that likes to play “bring the ball”? No? Then you are not familiar with Bengals.
Even without training, little leopards easily learn to interact with the objects around them. Many representatives of the breed learn to turn on the light or open the tap to drink on their own. If desired, Bengals can be taught to use a human toilet.
This is a huge plus when it is interesting to be with a pet.
They love walks and travel, and are easily trained to walk on a leash
A separate plus for travel lovers or those who often have to go on business trips. Bengals react to rapidly changing environments with curiosity, without fear or aggression, love to walk and, by the way, attract attention when they walk on a leash along with the neighboring pit bulls.
They love water
This is a super plus. It is not at all necessary to bathe a Bengal, it takes care of its fur itself, but if it suddenly gets dirty, bathing will not cause any special problems. Bengals love water, they willingly go swimming, without trying to hurt anyone.
They easily find a common language with other pets
A definite plus for those who already have pets. Bengal loves attention, but if there is another pet at home, it will even make friends with a dog or a small pet like a rabbit or mouse.
Domestic leopards have a hunting instinct, but you can explain to them that it is better to realize it in games.
Have good health
An important plus. Illness or death of a pet is a very sad experience. However, Bengals are genetically close to their wild ancestors, so they are not susceptible to hereditary diseases, and their strong body copes with infections easily.
Easy to care for and maintain
Looking at such an elegant appearance, it seems as if Bengals need careful care, and this point should be included in the list of “cons of the breed.” But this is not true at all.
Bengals have short fur, without undercoat. Cats do not need to be combed or bathed. It is enough to trim the claws as needed and brush the teeth to avoid the formation of tartar. Nothing complicated.
Cons of Bengal cats
In this section I have collected the main disadvantages of the character and maintenance of Bengal cats.
Talkative
You are either ready for a talkative neighbor, or not. Bengal cats will not be silent if they want to eat, express dissatisfaction or simply attract your attention with their voice. Bengals meow and make unique guttural sounds, especially when attracting the opposite sex.
Alas, this disadvantage cannot be eliminated, such is the peculiarity of the breed.
They get very bored when alone
Alas, this minus follows from the main plus – affection for the owner. Bengals can start to splash out melancholy with musical meowing (all the neighbors will know the cat symphony No. 2 “Why did you leave me!”).
This minus is brightened by the plus that Bengals love to travel. Therefore, if you need to leave home for a long time, but at the same time you have the opportunity to take the cat with you, you can safely cross this minus off your list!
They can be mischievous.
Yes, there is such a minus in the behavior of Bengals. And you have probably read similar negative reviews about the breed. However, it is immediately worth noting that the reason for this behavior is boredom and lack of attention. This problem can be solved in two ways:
- Pay more attention;
- Buy cat toys or a play complex.
The Bengal does not have the task of ruining your favorite sofa, but an active Bengal kitten will jump, run, including on furniture. Your task is to organize the space, including for active games, a place to jump and something to scratch their nails on. It is also important to trim the claws on time.
They want to be the center of attention
This is, perhaps, both a minus and a plus at the same time. Now the star of any home party will not be you, but the Bengal cat. Let’s face it: she is beautiful, smart, elegant, and with her shiny leopard coat, no leopard blouse of yours can compare!
But these are jokes, of course. If you need a cat for occasional communication, then the Bengal is 100% not your option. But if the lack of privacy (even in the bathroom!) does not scare you – this is 200% your pet!
They love to climb on high surfaces
And the last, as it seems to me, minus of the Bengal cat’s character is a love of heights, especially at a young age. Yes, with the appearance of a Bengal in the house, you will learn that the cornice or the shower door is an excellent observation point from the cat’s point of view. With age, Bengals become more sedate and not so jumpy, but still, buying a climbing complex is a good idea.
Now you know much more about Bengals and can choose a Bengal kitten for yourself.
Interesting facts about bengals. How cats are treated?
Many of us have cats, but few know about interesting facts about cats. So, you know, cats can treat us! You ask, but how are cats treated? Researches of scientists have shown, that cats at treatment influence a human body many-sidedly.
A person communicating with domestic animals enters into bioenergetic contact with them. When you pet your cat, positive impulses are sent to its central nervous system, so the person’s mood improves.
Thanks to the habit of cats massaging the human body with claws, irritation of reflexogenic zones occurs. In this case, the cat’s claws work as reflexotherapist’s tools. In what I have repeatedly been convinced by my own experience. It happens you come in spring from the garden, after digging the beds for planting. The back hurts, you lay down on the stomach, so that the pain calmed down. It was at such moments that my cat always began to treat me back. Thus, he massaged back with his claws, strong enough. So what are you going to do? He heals … and most importantly with such a serious look
Studies of scientists conducted at the London Institute of Healing Methods of Exposure found that cats are capable of emitting a strong field with low-frequency currents. Why do these currents of low frequency occur in the cat? And how do they affect our organism? Scientists claim that low-frequency currents in cats are formed due to its delicate and fine fur. When the cat moves, friction of the hairs occurs against each other, due to this, a powerful electric field arises.
What is the effect of currents on the human body?
It has now been proven that by acting on the inflammation focus, low-frequency currents kill the microbes. In addition, at a time when the cat heals faster healing of tissues, and also improves their blood supply.
So what diseases can be treated with the use of low frequency currents (using a cat for this)? After numerous experiments, experts came to the conclusion that cats are best treated by gynecological diseases and inflammation of the joints. And for the treatment of a gynecological cat, it is enough to put the cat on the bottom of the stomach and stroke it for at least 20 minutes.
Doctors-therapists of the USA and England, still in the 70s of the XX century working in specialized clinics for mentally retarded children, conducted research on the therapeutic abilities of cats. The results were great! Scientists have established that cats are able to provide serious help to people suffering from heart disorders, mental illnesses, brain damage and even contribute to the complete healing of patients with drug addiction and alcoholism.
About what the cat has 9 lives, they know almost everybody. And the fact that cats have increased resilience, because they know how to purr, is practically unknown to anyone.
Evidence of this was recently obtained by US scientists from the Institute for Animal Communication in North Carolina, who spent several decades studying cats. Numerous experiments have established that cat purring is a powerful remedy that allows him to quickly restore his strength and heal wounds.
It is known that cat purring has a positive effect on our body. It also contributes to the prevention and treatment of many diseases. Scientists say that purring your cat is similar to ultrasound therapy, only with the difference that the sounds that cats emit have a much greater effect and help both the animal and its host to cope with many diseases. Scientists have established that the frequency range in which cats purr (from 27 hertz to 44 hertz), 20% strengthens the bones. Also, cat-purring has a beneficial effect on the human nervous system and its mental state. And yet, it is with the sounds emanating from this range (from 27 hertz to 44 hertz) that the person improves cerebral circulation, stabilizes the heart rate and normalizes the pressure.
Considering the healing abilities of cats, nobody can ignore the fact that cats somehow transform the energy of the disease. Such a cat talent was known also by the Tibetan lamas and wise men of Ancient Egypt. It was from there that the cat therapy came to Europe and America.
According to the statements of the medicine of the east, all diseases in man arise because of an energy imbalance in the body. Chronic fatigue, heart and kidney failure, neurasthenia, arthritis, hypotension are characterized by a lack of energy and refer to diseases of the “yin”.
Strokes, hypertension, heart attacks, osteochondrosis and arthritis are manifested in people suffering from an overabundance of energy. In Eastern medicine, such ailments are considered as “yang” diseases.
Today, there is a whole system based on knowledge of the energy meridians on the human body and the law of the polarity of energies. Experts who conduct sessions of cat therapy on this system, unmistakably determine how long the cat should lie on the sore spot. Doctors who have passed special training courses know everything about the abilities of cats of different breeds and colors for the treatment of certain diseases.
According to experts, the power engineering of the cat is very similar to our human. Cats are able to exchange their energy with people and if you conduct training sessions correctly, you can achieve excellent results in the treatment of diseases of “yang” and “yin”.
So, in diseases of “yin” the cat is suggested to be laid to the sore spot so that the cat’s head on the human body is on the left, and the back of the trunk on the right. And with diseases of “yang” the cat must be placed on the contrary.
Time of treatment by a cat
Specialists in the field of cat-therapy also argue that for the treatment of each disease there are certain intervals of time.
So, from 03.00 to 05.00 hours, treatment of pulmonary diseases (including bronchial diseases) is recommended. But gastrointestinal diseases are better suited for therapy from 05.00 to 07.00 hours. Cardiovascular disease is well treated from 11.00 to 13.00 hours, and fatigue will be obtained only in the evening.
With regard to the duration of the cat therapy, it depends on the patient’s health, the stage of his illness, the presence of other diseases and other factors as well. For some, only 5-10 minutes of cat therapy are enough, and someone will need 1.5-2 hours.
As mentioned above, the breed and the color of the healer are of definite value in the cat therapy. So, black cats take away negative energy from their hosts and treat the “Yan” diseases well, but whites, on the contrary, feed people suffer from energy weakness.
Concerning cats of red color, we can say that they charge the hosts with positive energy. Gray cats have the same qualities inherent in cats of white and black color.
Fluffy cats are great for treating “yin” ailments, and short-haired cats will help cure “yang” diseases.
How do cats determine in which place of the human body an excessive amount of negative energy has accumulated? And why do cats absorb this negative energy?
Some biologists say that it is simply vital for a cat to receive a regular charge of negative energy.
As evidence of this theory, scientists cite the fact that Bengal cats like to lie on fridges, tv, computers, washing machines, that is, where radiation in the external environment of negative electromagnetic oscillations occurs.
Supporters of the theory described assume that the cat’s energy system works normally when it has the ability to absorb negative fluctuations. To a person, to get rid of a disease, it is extremely necessary to remove negative energy (bring your energy system into balance). And in this case, a pet is the best option for this. It is necessary to know that sterilized cats and castrated cats can lose most of their abilities.
Uncertainly determining the negatively charged part of the human body, the cat goes directly to the sore spot, settles down and begins treatment: first the cat does massage with its claws, and then sits down or lies down on the diseased part of the body.
It is worth noting that in such a cat therapy session, the patient not only aligns the deformed energy fields, but also receives heat treatment at the same time, which is also very useful in many diseases.
The cat relieving its hosts of negative energy, thereby contributing to proper blood supply to the tissues, resorption of internal hematomas, restoration of cellular energy metabolism, treatment of renal colic, as well as injuries, bruises, etc. In some cases, treatment with a cat is much more effective than medication.
So, bengal cats are attracted by negative energy, they absorb it as if they are, and then are released from its excess. However, you should not abuse the treatment of a cat, when the host has a lot of negative energy, a cat can not always get rid of it and usually gets sick.
There are many examples where cats cured their hosts of the most serious diseases, and then died themselves. Therefore, periodically give your beloved pet time for rest, during this time the animal will regain its strength.
We should not forget about the main condition of the effectiveness of the cat therapy – the trust and love of the cat to its owner. If this is not, then it is unlikely that a cat will help him get rid of the diseases. Keep in mind that the cat does not tolerate consumer attitudes toward itself.
You should also know that not all cats are ready for healing. For medical purposes, the cat can be used only when the owner loves the pet, and he responds to him in return and he takes the initiative.
In no case should you force a cat to cure if she is not ready for it herself. After all, as already mentioned above, the cat needs the negative energy not constantly, but only from time to time.
Remember that it’s bad for a cat when there is not enough negative energy, but it’s also bad when this energy is too much. That’s why the cat clearly knows when they need to stop the treatment session.
Do not seek to use to treat other people’s cats. Many cats treat strangers with disbelief and refuse to treat them.