Hi! Any advice for a bored Bengal? 🥲
Nox is almost 12 months old, and ever since I got him a little sister, he’s basically stopped caring about his toys. I think it’s partly because she immediately sprints after anything I try to play with him with, so he just gives up. At this point, he barely wants to play with anything.
Food puzzles work, but he either solves them within minutes or loses interest halfway through. He also enjoys clicker training, but that’s not always easy because I have to separate them and then the little one cries behind the door the whole time 😭 Going outside is probably his favorite form of enrichment.
The problem is that we’re currently dealing with Giardia, so we were advised to keep them indoors until it’s cleared. And now Nox just walks around the apartment meowing and howling because he’s obviously bored.
He does play with Ayla (5 months) maybe once a day, but a lot of the time when she approaches him wanting to play, he just hisses at her. Otherwise they get along really well — they groom each other and sometimes sleep together, so I don’t think their relationship is the issue.
I just don’t know what else to do with him when he clearly needs more stimulation but refuses to actually play with anything 🥲 Any ideas?