{"id":19758,"date":"2020-04-09T00:10:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T04:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=19758"},"modified":"2025-11-23T14:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:14:50","slug":"a-leopard-does-not-change-her-spots-with-age-happy-12th-birthday-to-my-beautiful-and-wild-bengal-miss-zoey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/a-leopard-does-not-change-her-spots-with-age-happy-12th-birthday-to-my-beautiful-and-wild-bengal-miss-zoey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Leopard Does Not Change Her Spots With Age – Happy 12th Birthday to my Beautiful and Wild Bengal, Miss Zoey!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy 12th birthday to my favorite wild kitty!<\/p><\/div>\n

Bengal cats, the result of a cross between a wild Asian leopard cat and a domestic cat are known for many things, most noticeably their speckled, marbled, or spotted coats that give them that distinctly wild look. They are also great jumpers and climbers \u2013 so much so, they can jump up to three times their height in a single leap, boldly letting you know as they do, because they are also quite loud and chatty as a breed. Zoey, our Bengal, who is celebrating her 12th birthday today does not disappoint the breed \u2013 even with her officially being a senior cat, she shows no signs of letting up, down or quieting her true nature.<\/p>\n

Case in point \u2013 due to several cats of ours that can\u2019t seem to behave, witnessed by the territorial marking on our bed of late, our bedroom is now off-limits with the door shut. However, because we live in Florida and we need to run the air conditioner, we are forced to keep the door open so the air unit can properly function. Our solution \u2013 a very tall, 6-foot-high, wicker divider we bought to place in front of the open door to allow the air to circulate but to keep uninvited feline guests out.<\/p>\n

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With Zoey that door didn’t have a chance in heck of winning…<\/p><\/div>\n

Zoey\u2019s response to that? A rather loud and dramatic guttural meow she bleats while jumping over the wicker gate in one fell swoop to the other side. “Senior cat? Ha,” says Zoey, as the other cats look at her from the other side of the wicker contraption, marveling at her accomplishment.<\/p>\n

What can I say? She\u2019s my girl and she\u2019s been loud and dramatic ever since we got her as a tiny kitten who fit in the palm of my hand. I love her to pieces and wouldn\u2019t have her any other way. Okay, maybe she could lower the decibel at bit at 5:00 a.m. in the morning when she starts to rouse to demand breakfast, but other than that\u2026<\/p>\n

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Happy Birthday, Zoey – I love you today and every day!<\/p><\/div>\n

Happy Birthday, Zoey! I love you so much and wishes for many, many more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bengal cats, the result of a cross between a wild Asian leopard cat and a domestic cat are known for many things, most noticeably their speckled, marbled, or spotted coats that give them that distinctly wild look. They are also great jumpers and climbers \u2013 so much so, they can jump up to three times […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1124,1098,1097,1099],"tags":[1185,875,478],"class_list":["post-19758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-events","category-cat-behavior","category-multi-cat-home","category-the-zee-zoey-cats-and-family","tag-bengal-cats","tag-cat-birthday","tag-senior-cats"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t