So what are you doing to help Bilbo drain off all that young Bengal energy?
I’d look at it this way... Bilbo has a great need to run and jump and pounce, and hunt. Him walking up and pouncing on you, and hurting you and getting you upset at him, isn’t much of a game for him. That’s a really low value activity for him, but the fact that he’s choosing to do that tells me that he thinks that might be the best thing he’s got going on to try to meet those needs of his. If you don’t want him to do that, you just have to give him a better alternative. The good news is that it ought to be really easy to top that! Dabird type toys are really good, as are things like catnip/valerian kicker toys. But you have to really get him going, running, sprinting, flying through the air etc., to expend that energy. You haven’t given us much detail about his routine to go on, but I think, as a general statement, it sounds like he hasn’t learned the difference between “good play” and “not so good play” yet, which is on you.
Next time he does that, think “crud, my bad, I haven’t been playing with you enough”. Then re-double your resolve to do better in the coming days and weeks. By the way, getting a kitten for him will probably help, but it sounds like it’s too early for them to really play right now. 11 weeks is on the young side for rehoming, and he’s not really ready to be turned loose to play with an exuberant adult Bengal yet. Any play right now should probably be pretty short and heavily supervised, and make sure it is a positive experience for the kitten.
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