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ColoVega,
We had the same thought when we first brought them home. You can tell from their markings pretty easily. Loki has two clean lines of eyeliner, and Oz's are broken. Oz also has the really large rosettes and two racing stripes down his back, where Loki has a smaller spot pattern, and more striping on his legs. Lately it's even easier, Loki is very long and lean, and Oz tends to be a bit thicker shaped.
They're a ton of fun to have around, and I really don't find them any more difficult than any of our previous cats. They're SBTs, so not a huge amount of wild cat in them, I suppose that helps. Litter box users from day 1. Aside from the first couple of nights getting acclimated, they really don't bother us at night once the lights are off, and usually sleep on the bed with us. I think having the two of them together helped a lot. They wrestle and play fight quite a ton, but stay completely silent when doing so.
We haven't had any problems with inappropriate scratching either. We bought a ton of those cardboard scratchers, and put these anywhere in the house that we saw them wanting to scratch furniture. All it took was scratching our fingernails on the cardboard and they would come investigate/stretch/scratch. Seems we were able to train them very easily to use the cardboard to sharpen their claws. I also made it a point to handle and touch their paws a lot as soon as we brought them home, and they're pretty tolerant of getting their front claws trimmed, especially if you catch them waking up from a nap.
We got an exercise wheel for them last week, and I had each of them walking on it (for a few seconds at least) that same night. Already, they will hop on it on their own and walk a bit before jumping off. They're super loyal, following us around the house, upstairs, downstairs, etc.
Loki had a tendency to try to suckle on his brother's tummy whenever he woke up from sleeping. Sure, it was cute, but I know that can be a sign that he may have been weaned too quickly. Our vet wasn't overly concerned if it was only a sleepy time issue, and not constant or obsessive. And it tapered off over time.
Our other current cat is an elderly Maine Coon, and he doesn't want A THING to do with them. He makes a lot of noise when they get near him, but he's all bark and no bite. And of course, THEY WANT TO PLAY. He's a rather grouchy old man - we adopted him as a young cat....15 years ago. We make sure he gets offered plenty of food, and close the bengals in the bedroom with us at night so he can have the run of the downstairs and sleep peacefully. And after a couple of "accidents" in the laundry room where he tends to hide out sometimes, we added an extra litter box for him.
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