I have the following simple dynamical system: \begin{align} x_1' &= a - f(x_2)x_1\\ x_2' &= bx_1 - cx_2, \end{align} where all parameters and initial conditions are positive. $f(x_2)$ is a positive and increasing function with respect to $x_2$. Suppose I want to study the asymptotic behavior of this system and decide to do the following.
First, I note that the more $x_1$ I have, the more higher the production rate for $x_2$ will be. Secondly, I note that the larger $x_2$, the higher $f(x_2)$ would be. Thus I choose to replace $f(x_2)$ by a function $g(x_1)$ such that:
$g(x_1) > 0$ and $\frac{dg}{x_1} > 0$.
$g(x_1)$ gives the same fixed points for $x_1$ (perhaps through something like a quasi-steady-state-approximation for $x_2$).
Together, I obtain: \begin{equation} x_1' = a - g(x_1)x_1. \end{equation}
Due to the construction, the asymptotic behavior of $x_1$ in this equation should be the same as that of $x_1$ in the original equation. I tried this out with $f$ and $g$ being simple hill equation and it works. My question is: what may render this method invalid?