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Sent to Cat Experts July 04 12:06 PM

Hi,
I need some help with my Bengal girl. She is 2 1/2 spotted brown and I love her to death but the last few months she has taken to jumping and stalking my other cats and fighting with them. Some she will surprise and cause them to pee. I have a large house and she is the youngest of my cats. She is loving to us but there are times she just hunts the others and causes them to hiss. Have you heard of a phase that Bengals go through? Yes I have my hands full haha. Her breeder is no longer breeding cats so I
have no one to ask.
Yes she is fixed and no other Bengals. I have 7 other cats 3 pure breed and
rest rescue. She picks on 3 of them. She picks on the ones that squawks, the others just ignore her
I don't see the others ones fighting her back and no one has gotten injured. They
all still eat together. They can sit in the same room. There has been no change in the house. It is just
disturbing to hear the growling and squawking. She picks after breakfast and dinner to do most of these ambushes.

I play with her in the mornings and evenings to try to wear her out. The
ones that she doesn't fight with have won battles against her. Sorry if I
sound like I am rambling. Just trying to get it all out haha. We got her
young as she had an respiratory infection and we could care for her but my
fear is that we took her to young (6 weeks) and she didn't have enough
training from her Mom. She was sick for 2 weeks and had potty issues that
we worked with also. I just feel that I have to keep an eye on her all the
time and it is wearing me out.

It really helps to talk to others about the breed though   I had researched the breed before hand but the quirks and
endless energy were a surprise. And they are extremely smart.Any help would be great because I really don't want to give her up to another family. We have started to use airhorns to startle her out of it and have use clomicalm the last month...it has calmed her down a lot but I wonder if it is something she will have to be on until she grows out of this. We are using the meds and trying waterbottles and airhorns in hopes it will stop her.
Thanks so much
Teri Lindenberger

 

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