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Yeah - it can go that way, I know.... I wondered if they were bonded or if they barely tolerate each other when they ~aren't~ stressed out.

Nope, mine are sisters and litter mates. They get along great the rest of the time. As soon as something upsets them (like me grabbing them, stuffing them into a cage and hauling them to a kennel and leaving them their a week) and they can't stand to be near each other. Beta probably would not mind but Alpha has a very strong defensive reaction to anything upsetting. Beta prefers the 'if I just purr louder they will be nice to me' tactic. Alpha prefers the 'scratch and run like hell for the deepest darkest hole' tactic. Beta will respond in kind when Alpha provokes. If I do something mean to Alpha she will hiss at Beta because she know darn well she will not get away with hissing at me.