Colleague at work needs to re-home her 8yr old Bengal due to family illness.
I lost 2 beautiful elderly cats at the end of 2016 and am left with 10yr and 15yr old females. The 15yr old, has stepped into the void that my boy left and has become very affectionate, the 10yr old is very much on her terms!
I've always wanted a Bengal having had a semi-intelligent cat before but I just don't know about introducing such a cat into the home with the other 2 at that age.
I've approached my husband who said No, No, No, oh go on then!
Anyone have any experience and can advise. I know they are a handful and need to be indoors which is ok as the other 2 don't go out that much. The house is big enough for them to have their own space but these 2 have grown up together and I've never introduced a middle aged cat.
Help me decide please 
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Autumnchill · 22/03/2017 19:40
I have a rescue bengal who is very loud, beats up all the neighborhood cats and brings me a variety of 'gifts' including birds (dead or alive), frogs, live mice, and her biggest donation to the household was a very beautiful koi carp 
. She also steals sachets of cat food from somewhere and brings them home saves me a small fortune.
In November she disappeared and despite searching, leaflet drops etc. we finally accepted after 6 weeks that she had been hit by a car and died. Then we got a phone call to say she had been handed in to the RSPCA over 20 miles away! I have a sneaking suspicion that she was catnapped but the culprit couldn't cope with her yelling and demands for constant food 
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I have visions of him tormenting me like that cat in the video that went viral where it pushed the glass off the table despite being told not to
You'll quickly learn not to leave beverages or drinks receptacles unattended brute's favourite thing lately is waiting till I sit down and batting or climbing the blinds. He did it for a solid hour when the feliway ran out.
We also have a ginger moggy who has fluff for brains. It took them about a year to start to tolerate each other, another six months to be able to be in the same room and recently they have progressed to sleeping on the same bed, all be it as far apart as possible. I think in another 5 or six years we may see them cuddle up together
We had 2 Bengals, mother and son. Mother was definitely the boss, and the lead in anything naughty. She very much liked balancing on the top of doors. Unfortunately last year she had a stroke and we lost her 
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Son was so lost that we got 2 kittens (non Bengal) to keep him company. He went from laid back to ferocious and hated them on sight. Feliway Friends seemed to help, and 10 months on they are all best buddies. He does however shove girl kitten off the top of the 8ft cat tree if she dares to take "his" space. (and she doesn't learn).
They are all kept indoors. Bengal will stand on doorstep and look out of open door (mother shot out 3 times and had to be coaxed back in).
Just spoken to her and my best friends sister is taking all 3 of them. She's semi-retired and has always had cats for as long as I've known her so they will have a great home.
When they're settled I'll get a picture but now I get to be cool aunt and no flying books / ornaments
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