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Should I get a Bengal cat?

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  • MagicCats
    MagicCats Posts: 282 Forumite
    RosieP83 wrote: »
    I'd love a Bengal they're beautiful!

    My friend once told me a story about theirs. She was looking out of the kitchen window whilst doing the washing up and saw their Bengal playing in the garden with what she though was a hedgehog. She shouted her husband to go and rescue the poor thing but when they got their they discovered it was a still warm joint of roast beef!! The cheeky devil had managed to knick it from someone's house and carry it home. :D

    Yep that's a Bengal for you! When Kora was just a kitten I had a rib eye steak resting whilst I tided the kitchen. I looked around to find her dragging it along the worktop!
    2012 Wins: 1 x Case of Lanson Champagne :beer:
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    catkins wrote: »
    I will continue finding out about Bengals and just see what happens. Oh one question while I remember - I read that they love destroying house plants!! Surely this is not true of all of them is it? I love my house plants and have about 50 of them. My cats do sometimes knock them over but I would be dreadfully upset if a cat destroyed them all

    Some houseplants are toxic to cats and many moggies will chew the leaves.
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  • MagicCats
    MagicCats Posts: 282 Forumite
    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    Some houseplants are toxic to cats and many moggies will chew the leaves.

    Lilies are particularly bad. If a cat gets the pollen on its fur, subsequently licks the area and ingests it then it's almost certain death, even with treatment.
    2012 Wins: 1 x Case of Lanson Champagne :beer:
  • Fridaycat
    Fridaycat Posts: 1,448 Forumite
    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    Some houseplants are toxic to cats and many moggies will chew the leaves.

    Good thinking. Here's a link showing what is poisonous:

    http://www.fabcats.org/owners/poisons/plants.html
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