Bengal Wars!

by Nicola
(Telford)

Luna, Unfortunately Jinx is a bit camera shy!

I just bought home my new baby, Jinx, an 8 week old bengal. I already have a 6 month old bengal snow, Luna, who happens to be Jinx's big sister. The thing is Luna won't accept Jinx. She hisses and growles even if he's not in the room. Will this last forever? Is there anything i can do to make it easier for her to accept him? What confuses me is there are lots of cats on our street and Luna will run about and play with them all, shes not an aggressive cat, she hasnt attacked Jinx just hisses and growles. it will be a shame if they dont get on.

Answer by Kate
Its a territory thing i'm afraid and completly normal. How did you introduce them? It is very important how cats are first introduced as it helps to build their confidence with each other without the fear of conflict early on. See my page under the training section about introducing cats.
Hopefully as they get used to each other they will settle down, but sometimes cats never become best friends but will just learn to tolerate each other. Lets hope a freindship blossoms. :)