My girlfriend and I have a bengal, Bear -- we named her that cause there are other pets in our apartment building and she always growls at them. When we got her, she had been returned to the breeder a couple times because she was too violent for the families, or some such.
Once she got adjusted to her new home with us, she kept attacking me periodically (she's never attacked my gf though - not sure why). By attack, I mean she would jump on me, and then if I threw her off, she'd just jump on me again; complete aggression, and she'd only stop if I spray her a bunch with a water bottle or wrap her in a blanket until she's whined for a bit. I still find her attacks to be pretty funny, even if I have to deal with quite a few scratches in payment.
We've had her for about a half year now, and her attacks have gotten a lot less frequent. Now, she only really attacks me when I don't take her on her daily walk when she expects it and has tried to get my attention using her normal methods. Her pattern is to rub up against me, then walk to wherever she wants me to go, and if this doesn't work a few times, then she'll yowl. If that doesn't work, she nips me. Finally, after a few nips, if she gets 'frustrated' enough, she will attack me.
I still think she doesn't get enough interaction from us though. She normally sleeps in one of our closets from 10am-12 pm to 6-7 at night. And then when we get home she just wants to play-eat-play-eat-play-eat. I let her have access to the roof, and she likes that, but a lot of times, she comes back down and yowls because she wants one of us to keep her company on the roof. However, we're often doing other stuff.
I was thinking about maybe getting another bengal cat for her so that she doesnt have to depend entirely upon us to satisfy her play needs, but I'm also ambivalent about it. It seems kind of risky because (a) a new cat might have its own problems, and (b) Bear doesn't seem to respond well to the other animals (including other cats) in the apartment complex. So, I worry that if I were to get a new cat, she might bully it, or attack it, and that would just end up making more problems and not solving the problem the new cat was supposed to solve.
What does everyone think about the importance of having a second bengal, and the risk of introducing a second bengal into a household with a bengal who has demonstrated very aggressive tendencies?
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