Living with a Bengal kitten

Well, we've had Pyewacket with us for a month now. She was nervous at first and more restrained.
She is NOT nervous anymore!

The Ferret Nation crate is working out well, just like it originally did for Cricket previously. Pye likes to have her own space and we have seen her go in there to sleep on her own, not just when we say so. It's also helped keep the dogs from stealing her food or raiding the litter box.

Now that shes warmed up!
Nothing is safe, lol. I knew they liked to climb, but I didn't expect her to climb the window screen. I'm discouraging this but it might be a lost cause. She does adore her climbing tree and we are still laughing about the older gentleman who asked us "How many cats do you have?" when he saw us in line at PetSmart with it. We knew she would need something that she was allowed to climb and scratch!

I'm thinking something more elaborate and even taller for the future, like maybe this?
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12843513

Well named, indeed.
Pyewacket is the name of the Siamese cat from "Bell, Book and Candle" starring Jimmy Stewert and Kim Novak. A long time favorite movie of mine. The name originated in the 1600's as the name of one of five imps claimed by a witch during her trial.  It was also the name of a rock band more recently in the 70's. And...our Pyewacket is definitely an imp!

She does something you don't want, like digging in my amaryllis pots. You make her stop. A few seconds later, back she goes, and she looks at you like. "So? I'm having fun, here!" It's a game to her.

Five minutes before that, she was leaping through the gauze curtain just behind my head where I was sitting on the sofa, claws out, latching onto my scalp, then jumping back, and repeat.


Scott reminds me with a grin, "You wanted this."

Yes. Yes, I did. I still do, lol. Wouldn't miss a minute of it.

Mojo's Stalker.
Mojo is being excellent with her! I was really worried about him, with his high prey drive, but he's been trying really hard to be good and he seems to enjoy having a cat here again. I think he really just wants to play with her at this point. She has to get more comfortable with the idea though.

Right now, she stalks him when he's not looking. She's jumped across the sofa at him and landed right in his face, then arched her back, hissed and growled like he invaded hers. I've seen this about six or seven times now. Eventually, she's just going to jump on him.

Yesterday, she was playing in the vine that sits on our coffee table. Mojo got really interested in what she was doing, so he came over for a closer look. This turned into a back arch/growl scenario, but Pye didn't leave the coffee table and Mojo didn't wander away very far before he came back. Pye finally just continued to play in the vine while moving around and watching Mojo watching her.

It's going to be really fun and really noisy when they finally comfortable enough to rough house. Both breeds play really rough with a lot of mock biting and growling. 

Risa touches noses with the kitten and moves along. She's such a big, gentle girl.  Pyewacket is mostly comfortable around her.

Nursing and insecurity.
For all her bravado (and she has tons), little girl has some insecurities. I have seen cats nurse before on shirts, blankets and pillows, but I have never seen one nurse on her own belly! Pyewacket does this while purring like a lawn mower. She'll purr even louder if you pet her at the same time.



I had the vet look her over during her recent trip for vaccination. She's not hurting herself, so I'm not going to stress over her stress. We'll give her lots of love and hopefully, she'll outgrow it.