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Hi everyone. I adopted a 1.5 neutered male a couple of months ago. Ever since we got him, he's stand offish about getting pets (he will flatten his chin to the ground almost as if to try and shrink away in hopes we'll stop petting him), he always seems to have pent up energy despite how much I'll play with him. Whenever one of us goes upstairs he races up with us and makes a beeline for his food bowl, scarfing down whatever food is left in his bowl. I actually only feed him twice a day now, because he was hovering food alllll day long if I let him. He is turning into a bit of a bully towards my resident cat BUT there are times the new kitty appears to just want to play and make friends with my older kitty, and other times he is definitely being a bit of a stalker. He gets pretty irritated towards us pretty quickly, but I know he doesn't hate us as he will come lay in the bathroom when we're in there, he loves to stick his face in my husband's shoes, and occasionally he would lay in bed with us, particularly down near our feet. I am going to take him to the vet this week about his behavior, to see if it's an anxiety thing. We think he could've possibly been abused, neglected or in a hoarder situation in his previous home as we noticed he seems to be missing some teeth past his fangs in the back of his mouth on both sides, and he wasn't neutered before arriving at the rescue in October. Has anyone had a kitty with similar behavior and had to put them on some sort of medication? Most importantly, did it help? I've tried Feliway, I've tried CBD, etc. I'm exacerbated at this point and stressed because I don't want my older cat forced to hide but I don't want my new cat to be miserable either. For some additional background, I have 3 litter boxes for 2 cats, and both use the litter boxes without issue. They eat out of their own food bowls, has plenty of water, and no issues with peeing/pooping anywhere outside of their boxes.