New member here, first post. So we've had a marbled female (spayed) Bengal for a long time, she is now 3 years old. We've debated on getting her a playmate for the last year so last month we found a female bengal a couple states away. The price was good and her quality is exceptional. The catch was that she wanted to keep the male with her and sell as a package. The couple we bought them from had intentions of breeding. We talked for a couple weeks before committing but decided to take both of them, with zero intentions of breeding. So we get them home and decide to keep them solitary in their own room of the house for several days before introducing the new couple to our established female. After a few days we put our established female in a crate and took her into the room with the other two and there was some hissing from her, zero response from the new female, but the male began showing his dominance immediately. He circled the crate about five times with his ears pinned back, swatting his tail back and forth and then he just walked away. We've done this a few more times and it's the same response each time. A few days ago I decided it was time to let them meet. I left the door open and the established female runs up to the male (which is substantially larger than her) and just hisses at him. He doesn't immediately have a response until he checks the main livingroom out. Then the established female starts following him and he gets ticked off. His tail started swatting rapidly and then he went after her. They fought and rolled for about 10 seconds before I could get to them and separate them. So I put him back into the room where he was and now afraid to reintroduce them for fear he will hurt the established female. He has a great temperament towards humans but is always trying to mate with the new female, so much that she will hide on top of a cabinet about 10' up and he will growl until she comes down. If she doesn't come down he starts spraying. We had no problem with the females, but this male has me a little concerned because of his dominant tendencies. Any tips are much appreciated.

I would suggest switching their toys and blankets in their separate domains so that they get used to each others' scents. However, if he is trying to mate with her, does that suggest he isn't neutered? Maybe that's step 1.

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Welcome to the forum. Step one is to get any unfixed kitty spayed and/or neutered! The issue here is that you brought two kitties who are used to being together into your home with a cat who knows neither one of them. If you've read much of the forum, you know that introducing cats is the #1 issue next to inappropriate peeing outside of the litter box. Many owners feel their kitty needs companionship. This is not always the case. You are in a situation now of having to integrate THREE cats. Know that your kitty has had your home as her territory for years and these two come bounding in wanting to take over, especially the male! This can lead to stress and bad behavior in your resident kitty.

Know that male bengals are extremely dominate! And if they are not neutered, even more so. He will continue to spray and mark in your home as he wants the territory! My advice for you is to see if you can create some type of outdoor enclosure to expand the area for your kitties. You need to also make sure you have extra cat trees, more toys, etc. etc. I think it's wonderful you have provided a home for these two new additions, but I'm guessing your patience will be worn thin before it's all over with. This situation will not be solved overnight or maybe not even in months! You need to make sure to protect your resident girl! She was there first! She may not want to share her space. If not, then the other two need their own space away from her.

You need some serious catification. My two cats finally get along, but I have more cat furniture than human furniture! Each one own their own space and they rarely sit next to one another. Even on the patio, they are on opposite ends hanging out. Cats want their own territory. What ever you get...get three so they each have their own space.