Desperate for help. We are willing to try anything & everything to get our two cats to co-habitate. We have a two year old female house cat (Brair) we adopted as a kitten. This past January we adopted a 2 yr old female Bengal (Kit Kat) who was surrendered to the shelter with approx 8 other Bengals. All of them had come from a breeder situation that got out of hand. It didn't take long to discover that our Kit Kat was probably caged most, if not all of the time in her two years. She didn't know how to jump up on a bed or go up and down the stairs (watching her learning process for living in a home has been interesting). She has had at least one litter of kittens that we know of. We have had experience in both the right and wrong way to introduce cats so we were determined to get this one right! To keep this short, the two cats do not get along at all. Brair runs, and of course Kit Kat chases (she is a predator!). We have had to keep the cats completely separated since January, splitting their time with full run of the house. We have tried everything from Feliway plug ins, feeding on opposite sides of the doors, playing under the doorways, medicating Kit Kat, an animal psychic, etc, etc. The times they have had together always result in Kit Kat puffing up, making these strange animalistic sounds, then an immediate chase, a fight (surprisingly not bloody though!), and one of the cats (I'm assuming Brair) is so scared that she pees and poops during these altercations. Kit Kat is also marking in the house. At first we thought it was because of possible outdoor cats, but have narrowed down that its because there is another cat in the house. I'm assuming Kit Kat's reaction to another cat is because of her time at the breeder in a cage (I can't imagine putting her with another cat to breed was a peaceful event, poor thing). We are at our wits end. We do not want to re-home Kit Kat...she is part of our family and we are in love with her (as is our dog Lady). As all of you Bengal owners know, there is nothing like the personality & companionship of a Bengal...we've owned one in the past and still miss her everyday. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!
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