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I started out slowly introducing the two bengals...the resident bengal she is 6 months and the rescue bengal is a 2yr female. It started out with my resident bengal hissing and rescue ignoring her that went on for the first few days we tried them in the same room. Then the ignoring stopped and after the resident bengal would hiss and growl the rescue would attack her. So all it takes now is a hiss and growl and the rescue comes after her. She used to keep her distance and ignore her. We feed them together twice a day in the same room but far apart. The hissing still continues with the resident bengal. I think the rescue bengal just got annoyed with all the hissing and growling and now attacks her to shut her up..lol im not sure how to fix this problem. We are going on 4wks now. Any suggestions?

4 weeks is a long time and they should have at least been civil to each other by now. I'm guessing that the rescue is trying to intimidate the younger resident and trying to "take over" the territory as his/her own. I would start from scratch (no pun intended) again. Separate them completely for a few days, rub each cat with a towel and then exchange the towels so that they know who their dealing with and they can get used to each others scent. Then give them very shosrt supervised visits, don't interfere, let them sdo what they may, but make the visits brief. Slowly extend the supervised visits. You may also waht to try some of the flower essences available that will help calm the situation. Not necessarily Bach's Rescue Remedy but maybe Holly or Vine essence. www.bytheplanet.com
Holly and vine are for specific behavioral problems such as jealousy and suspicions and/or to give a dominant cat feelings of security. Rescue Remedy has several essences in it and is primarily for very scared cats. Let us know how it turns out!

Colleen
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