Bengali brothers

A wish that has come true

Lío and Tobi are brothers, born on 28-05-2021, and are therefore almost celebrating their first birthday! Alicia has had the two brothers in her home for 6 months now; before that, she had never had a cat herself due to allergies. Fortunately, she has outgrown that, and her great wish to have her own cats has finally come true.

That said, it was still not a given that she would now have two cats. Before Alicia and her boyfriend bought the house, she temporarily lived with her in-laws. They already had 2 cats there, and besides Mark, Karel, one of the cats, had also stolen her heart... "He followed us everywhere, cuddled for hours in bed, and was really our greatest friend!" said Alicia, who had now become very attached to her in-laws' 2 cats.

House, tree, pet...?

When the couple had bought their own house, there was still a lot of work to be done. But Alicia missed Mark's 2 cats from his parental home. Because Karel was of course not coming along! Alicia and Mark decided together to not get their own cats for the time being, despite the emptiness in their new home. Simply too much still had to be done in their house, so it was a well-considered decision to wait.

The temptation was still too great for Alicia. She went online to "look" at cats. But we all know you have to be very strong to just look! (We understand you, Alicia) That's when she came across Lío and Tobi, who used to have different names, 2 Bengal cats 5 months old who unfortunately couldn't stay with their owner due to an allergy. Alicia fell in love instantly…

Even though the agreement was to not get cats for the time being, Alicia, with a heavy heart and stomach pain from tension, started talking about it with her boyfriend anyway, because no is no and yes you can get! Under certain conditions, her boyfriend agreed, and
the picture for Alicia became complete, with a house, a tree, and 2 little animals.

Not just any two cats

Although Alicia herself had never had cats before, she knew she wasn't just bringing any breed into the house. Besides their playful, intelligent, and affectionate character that Alicia had read about, she knew they are also active and demand a lot of your time. Alicia gladly gives this time; she makes sure they are never away from home for too long. Additionally, she keeps challenging them with new games and tricks; for example, they are excellent at fetching!

Lío and Tobi run through the whole house together; in their room, there are two Cat trees, including the Maine Coon Fantasy, where they can happily jump from platform to platform and then rest in one of the hammocks. But the rest of the house is also their play area; Alicia greatly enjoys just watching them. Because they are together, they keep each other entertained. For, as true brothers do, they pull funny pranks together, which adds extra coziness to the house!

“Sometimes it sounds as if they are renovating upstairs,” Alicia says. She clearly notices that you can't just satisfy a Bengal cat with a simple toy. Bengal cats are smart; for that reason, you can do many fun activities with them as long as you invest enough time. You can teach them all sorts of things and keep them playfully occupied to meet their need for activity.

Meet me in the kitchen!

Lío has been very affectionate and a big cuddler from the very beginning. Tobi has been a bit fearful and reserved for a long time. "We have always given them the space to come to us, instead of imposing ourselves on them. As a result, Tobi has now also become a huge cuddler and secretly even more so than Lío!" Alicia says that Tobi has a very cute quirky habit: "When I'm busy in the kitchen, he runs to me because he wants to jump on my lap. He then constantly clings to my leg and meows until I cuddle him. Really very sweet!"