Hi All
New to this!
My partner and i are about to become the proud owners of two Bengal kittens (2 week torturous wait!!) We have chosen a boy and a girl, litter mates. We decided to get two as we hear that's better, and as we both work we didn't want them to be alone too much. They will be coming from a litter of 7 kittens, mum and dad both live at home, they have been socialised with dogs, chickens, and lots of humans (children as well). We went to see them twice before committing, and pretty much let them choose us. They both individually came up to us, had a fuss and fell asleep in our arms
We will be getting them at 10+ weeks and will be neutering them asap.
I was wondering if anyone had any advice for ensuring our kittens grow up to be well adjusted, friendly, sociable cats. I have read conflicting information on the internet about spraying and aggression…some sites seem to say that spraying and aggression is no different with Bengals from other cats, and other sites disagree.
We used to own a neutered male cat, who was absolutely no problem at all…in fact, he was a total wuss that used to let a neighbourhood cat into our house to spray…due to our experience with spraying, we are particularly keen that this doesn't happen. Additionally, i really want to avoid the male getting into any scraps with neighbourhood cats. I understand that most of it is down to unneutered cats being territorial, but is there anything else i can do in addition? We were thinking of introducing our kittens to other cats (several of my friends have some) at a young age to get them used to the idea that theres other cats around and teach them to be friendly.
Theres a lot of conflicting advice about letting Bengals out, and to be honest i am firmly of the belief that Cats of all breeds need to have opportunity to explore, i've always let my cats out and never had any issues.
Im not sure why i feel so anxious about these two, possibly it's because i got used to my old cats behaviour or maybe i've become a bit alarmed at some of the things i've read! Eitherway, and advice or tips would be very gratefully received!!