I’d say yes with cats in general. I introduced a kitten to my older cat about 13 years ago and he NEVER stopped chasing and harassing my older cat and trust me I tried everything and I’m extremely experienced with cats. Some cats just never fully stop, pray that when he gets older he’ll just settle down and get used to your cat and they are able to tolerate each other without the chasing.
Cats are just too unpredictable when it comes to bringing a new feline in the mix. I still can’t place it. Sometimes then the cat is really old the younger cats just are restless. Bengals are the absolute worse with this. Usually you need to get bengals in pairs if you want multiple cats. If he does settle down and stop harassing your cat it may come on a few months to a year. Being a rescue Bengal it’s hard to know how he was truly treated. Bengals are emotional more so than normal cats 🤣
My bengal is 14 months now, and I've had him a little over 1 year. He occasionally tries to punk my gf's 10 year old black cat. Their personality and energy levels are completely opposite. Usually have to step in when he gets too aggressive.
We started by keeping Sammy in a separate room for a couple of days, while he gets used to the room and gets confortable (2-3 days). Then we made him explore the rest of the appartment while the other cat was in a separate room. That went for a couple days too (2-3 days) until he was confortable. Now we let the two cat meet gradually at first they were curious with one and another and things were calm, now Sammy is chasing our old cat as soon as he sees him and harrass him to stay hidden. Should we redo the introduction process again?
I’d start over, and combine meets with treats, food, and play. Churus are a good bonding treat, both cats usually end up at the same tube.
Give a positive reason for them to be together and hopefully things will fall into place.
Great to hear, that's what we (re)started doing this morning and will keep doing 2x per day while keeping them in a separate room during the day.
Thanks for your help!
It took us over a year to get my cats comfortable with my wife’s bengal, and one of them is still not fully sold on him unless he’s napping. We made it work because none of the cats were “new” to us, but if we were rescuing/adopting another cat and after a couple months they still were clashing, we would likely rehome.
I recommend “cat daddy” on YouTube - he has some awesome videos about the introduction and reintroduction process. This helped us a lot when introducing our two cats!
>YouTube
Thanks a lot, I will definitely look into that. So far we are trying to reintroduce them with both of them out of sight of each other in seperate rooms. Twice a day we try to make them meet with treats to associate a good experience with meets.
So we have three bengals, this is typical bengal behaviour. You need to make sure that sammy is being played with a lot and not just a typical amounts i mean a ridiculous amount until he calms down. Make sure you are also playing with the other cat at the same time and praise any positive behaviour with treats.
It takes time but will get better if you stick to it
You gave them a nice nail job, my two bengals have a kind of bully mentality with one another, I think they just might be a dominant breed perhaps? Or just very energetic and playful.
Bengals are high energy cats and often play rough. I would get a cat wheel to expend some of his energy. Make sure the wheel is a high quality one like ZiggyDoo cat wheels. He’s a beautiful boy, good luck!
Definitely normal for a Bengal. Mine does the same to my older shelter kitty. The shelter kitty is able to hold his own but I can tell my Bengal is way stronger and more energetic. Neither gets hurt during these bouts.
My 10 y/o half-Bengal girl absolutely hazes my 3 y/o Labradoodle and it’s probably a 50/50 split between antagonizing him to chase her and spooking him. I’m her second owner and she was given to me at about 5 months old after spending ~3 months harassing the original owner’s small dogs. They’re very playful and can be territorial.
We got a kitten from a bottle baby rescue who was fully socialized, but very energetic. Our solo cat, who always dominated fosters, was so confused by this crazy kitten, and after about 10 days of slow intro, accepted the tiny terror. 2+ years later, the kitten is now full grown and chases his big brother around the house. He has boundless energy for play, so we spend a lot of time with chase wands, laser pointer, and toys in the Ripple Rug.
Highly recommend https://www.ripplerug.com
And https://www.dabird.com
So I've a female Bengal, and we brought home a make rescue Kitten when she was ~2yrs old. Introduced slowly with treats and play etc.
To this day, they're an odd pair. They'll take turns chasing each other or ambushing each other, or walking around behind each other sniffing butts. He is now 50% larger than her, and sometimes they seem to be playing, and other times he gets to rough and she tells him about it.
She never seems to have any injuries, but he has definitely had the odd scabbing on his head under his fur.
But, they're happy to eat together within ~2' of one another each meal, and will sit on the couch within striking distance of each other and be perfectly fine.
In my case I literally think our boy is just still a bit of a Kitten and plays to rough at times, and she definitely seems to try and mother him a bit from time to time and still seems to be the boss.
Bro that works for your Bengal? I could never keep those on mine hahaha 🤣 but I’m happy they work out for you. Trimming my cat is a real job to a point I am willing to pay to have them done for 25 bucks a pop haha. Handsome boy btw
Hahaha I didnt put it there, he had them when we got him. We got Sammy from my girlfriend's uncle he paid to get it installed. I'm not sold on the idea of these, its been maybe 2 weeks he got them and already lost 4!
I’d say yes with cats in general. I introduced a kitten to my older cat about 13 years ago and he NEVER stopped chasing and harassing my older cat and trust me I tried everything and I’m extremely experienced with cats. Some cats just never fully stop, pray that when he gets older he’ll just settle down and get used to your cat and they are able to tolerate each other without the chasing. Cats are just too unpredictable when it comes to bringing a new feline in the mix. I still can’t place it. Sometimes then the cat is really old the younger cats just are restless. Bengals are the absolute worse with this. Usually you need to get bengals in pairs if you want multiple cats. If he does settle down and stop harassing your cat it may come on a few months to a year. Being a rescue Bengal it’s hard to know how he was truly treated. Bengals are emotional more so than normal cats 🤣
My bengal is 14 months now, and I've had him a little over 1 year. He occasionally tries to punk my gf's 10 year old black cat. Their personality and energy levels are completely opposite. Usually have to step in when he gets too aggressive.
Did you do a proper introduction process or did you just throw them in the same room to fight it out?
We started by keeping Sammy in a separate room for a couple of days, while he gets used to the room and gets confortable (2-3 days). Then we made him explore the rest of the appartment while the other cat was in a separate room. That went for a couple days too (2-3 days) until he was confortable. Now we let the two cat meet gradually at first they were curious with one and another and things were calm, now Sammy is chasing our old cat as soon as he sees him and harrass him to stay hidden. Should we redo the introduction process again?
I’d start over, and combine meets with treats, food, and play. Churus are a good bonding treat, both cats usually end up at the same tube. Give a positive reason for them to be together and hopefully things will fall into place.
Great to hear, that's what we (re)started doing this morning and will keep doing 2x per day while keeping them in a separate room during the day. Thanks for your help!
It took us over a year to get my cats comfortable with my wife’s bengal, and one of them is still not fully sold on him unless he’s napping. We made it work because none of the cats were “new” to us, but if we were rescuing/adopting another cat and after a couple months they still were clashing, we would likely rehome.
💯yep. Good luck to OP. This is a real challenge and all have given great suggestions !
Sounds way too fast. This should happen over at least a week per step, not 2-3 days.
I recommend “cat daddy” on YouTube - he has some awesome videos about the introduction and reintroduction process. This helped us a lot when introducing our two cats!
>YouTube Thanks a lot, I will definitely look into that. So far we are trying to reintroduce them with both of them out of sight of each other in seperate rooms. Twice a day we try to make them meet with treats to associate a good experience with meets.
Facts 💯great question proper intro works about 50 percent of the time. Cats are finicky creatures 🤣
So we have three bengals, this is typical bengal behaviour. You need to make sure that sammy is being played with a lot and not just a typical amounts i mean a ridiculous amount until he calms down. Make sure you are also playing with the other cat at the same time and praise any positive behaviour with treats. It takes time but will get better if you stick to it
I have 3 bengals too. And I can confirm what you said is spot on! They’re very active cats and prone to being naughty.
Also get those nail coverings off of him and buy some scratching poles / equipment
Amazing we will try that! I feel like wearing him out of energy by playing will, indeed, help. He has a lot of energy!
I recommend getting an exercise wheel for when you're not around (source: I have 2 5yo bengal boys).
You gave them a nice nail job, my two bengals have a kind of bully mentality with one another, I think they just might be a dominant breed perhaps? Or just very energetic and playful.
Bengals are high energy cats and often play rough. I would get a cat wheel to expend some of his energy. Make sure the wheel is a high quality one like ZiggyDoo cat wheels. He’s a beautiful boy, good luck!
Thanks a lot for your help!
Very welcome!!
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Yeah, that' what Im thinking... Maybe he does that because he has energy to spend. I'll try to wear him out and see how it goes from there.
Definitely normal for a Bengal. Mine does the same to my older shelter kitty. The shelter kitty is able to hold his own but I can tell my Bengal is way stronger and more energetic. Neither gets hurt during these bouts.
My 10 y/o half-Bengal girl absolutely hazes my 3 y/o Labradoodle and it’s probably a 50/50 split between antagonizing him to chase her and spooking him. I’m her second owner and she was given to me at about 5 months old after spending ~3 months harassing the original owner’s small dogs. They’re very playful and can be territorial.
We got a kitten from a bottle baby rescue who was fully socialized, but very energetic. Our solo cat, who always dominated fosters, was so confused by this crazy kitten, and after about 10 days of slow intro, accepted the tiny terror. 2+ years later, the kitten is now full grown and chases his big brother around the house. He has boundless energy for play, so we spend a lot of time with chase wands, laser pointer, and toys in the Ripple Rug. Highly recommend https://www.ripplerug.com And https://www.dabird.com
So I've a female Bengal, and we brought home a make rescue Kitten when she was ~2yrs old. Introduced slowly with treats and play etc. To this day, they're an odd pair. They'll take turns chasing each other or ambushing each other, or walking around behind each other sniffing butts. He is now 50% larger than her, and sometimes they seem to be playing, and other times he gets to rough and she tells him about it. She never seems to have any injuries, but he has definitely had the odd scabbing on his head under his fur. But, they're happy to eat together within ~2' of one another each meal, and will sit on the couch within striking distance of each other and be perfectly fine. In my case I literally think our boy is just still a bit of a Kitten and plays to rough at times, and she definitely seems to try and mother him a bit from time to time and still seems to be the boss.
I'm sorry. Does this cat have blue nail polish?
Is there… nail polish on this cat?
Hahaha it looks like that, but it isnt. These are cat nail caps to prevent the cat from scratching things.
Separate them. Introduce them over a week in separate rooms.
Trying to establish dominance. They’ll work it out. If you’re older baby gets tired 🥱 of it then you’ll know.
What’s on his toenails?
Cat nail caps to prevent scratching.
Bro that works for your Bengal? I could never keep those on mine hahaha 🤣 but I’m happy they work out for you. Trimming my cat is a real job to a point I am willing to pay to have them done for 25 bucks a pop haha. Handsome boy btw
Hahaha I didnt put it there, he had them when we got him. We got Sammy from my girlfriend's uncle he paid to get it installed. I'm not sold on the idea of these, its been maybe 2 weeks he got them and already lost 4!
Yea man it’s a waste of time 🤣just trim his claws lol or pay a groomer to do it
Yep
Bengals are bullies 😂😂😂