Oh my gosh, the bengals are so funny in their play. Pakhette is all about the hunt - especially the thinking part. She gets bored if it's just chase-chase-chase. She wants the interactive wands to go under stuff, to hide where she can seek it out. Ghost, on the other hand, just wants to jump and catch things, no thinking required.
Pakhette has learned where I keep the interactive wands. I've noticed her pawing at the area, but didn't think much of it. This morning, I came out to find one of her favorite wands out and her playing with it.
Ghost likes interactive wands, but if one of his crinkly-paper balls is out, he sometimes actually ignores them. I think he'll be one who learns to play fetch, because he loves to run after it when I toss the ball.
Even better... Keegan, my 10-year-old lap cat, is starting to play! That's been a struggle, play was almost a chore before. He adores Ghost. They wrestle together; this worried me at first, because Keegan is so much bigger. I went in to rescue Ghost once, pushing Keegan off him - and Ghost bounced up, looked around like, "Where'd you go, bro??" and then trotted off to find Keegan.
Thing is, I am discovering the quickly-bored aspect of Bengals. I rotate five different interactive wands out, because I noticed that they start to get bored quicker if it's the same one. I have lots of little balls and mice out for them to smack around. But I am noticing that, for the most part, they get bored quickly.
Any tips on combatting the boredom? Other games or toys that I could get for them? I have made puzzle boxes, which Pakhette loves - for a short period of time. Then she gets bored.