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Hello everyone! New user here.
First of all, sorry if i make some mistakes, english is not my first language.
Anyway, let's get straight to the point: two months ago i adopted a second cat, female two years, sweet and quiet but scared a lot by everything.
I already had a cat that i adopted last november, male, neutered, 7 year-ish (i don't know the exact age because he's a rescued cat as well).
I started putting her inside a safe room, with her own food, litter box, and shelter. I tried giving her food near the door with the resident cat on the other side, but she never wanted to go that close.
To be honest, at first she didn't even want to eat with us (me and my girlfriend) nearby, she used to eat at night, but after some days she was more quiet, it's perfectly normal.
Since our resident cat didn't show any sign of aggressive behaviour, but instead was curious towards the new cat (i know, it's an exception), we tried to put a plexiglass wall between him and the safe room to let them see each other, but as soon as he went too close to her, she started hissing and growling at him.
So why am i writing here? It's been 6 weeks and the new cat didn't show any sign of improvement. The door of her safe room is open when we're at home, but she still doesn't want to eat if the other cat is nearby, she's sweet with us but mostly scared, but for the most time is hiding inside her shelters. She rarely leaves her safe room and if she does, she moves to a different hiding spot in another room and stays there. I've never been able to interact with her outside one of those spots. The resident cat tries to play with her but she always hisses and growls (the resident cat never hissed at her, or growled) and runs away hiding.
What should i do to make her less scared and more comfortable? I was told just to let her go, patiently wait and she will eventually find out there's nothing to be scared of and will start getting along with us and stop hissing at the new cat.
My biggest fear is that our home is not a good environment for her, and she's not a cat to have with another cat.
Any tips?
Tnx everyone!
First of all, sorry if i make some mistakes, english is not my first language.
Anyway, let's get straight to the point: two months ago i adopted a second cat, female two years, sweet and quiet but scared a lot by everything.
I already had a cat that i adopted last november, male, neutered, 7 year-ish (i don't know the exact age because he's a rescued cat as well).
I started putting her inside a safe room, with her own food, litter box, and shelter. I tried giving her food near the door with the resident cat on the other side, but she never wanted to go that close.
To be honest, at first she didn't even want to eat with us (me and my girlfriend) nearby, she used to eat at night, but after some days she was more quiet, it's perfectly normal.
Since our resident cat didn't show any sign of aggressive behaviour, but instead was curious towards the new cat (i know, it's an exception), we tried to put a plexiglass wall between him and the safe room to let them see each other, but as soon as he went too close to her, she started hissing and growling at him.
So why am i writing here? It's been 6 weeks and the new cat didn't show any sign of improvement. The door of her safe room is open when we're at home, but she still doesn't want to eat if the other cat is nearby, she's sweet with us but mostly scared, but for the most time is hiding inside her shelters. She rarely leaves her safe room and if she does, she moves to a different hiding spot in another room and stays there. I've never been able to interact with her outside one of those spots. The resident cat tries to play with her but she always hisses and growls (the resident cat never hissed at her, or growled) and runs away hiding.
What should i do to make her less scared and more comfortable? I was told just to let her go, patiently wait and she will eventually find out there's nothing to be scared of and will start getting along with us and stop hissing at the new cat.
My biggest fear is that our home is not a good environment for her, and she's not a cat to have with another cat.
Any tips?
Tnx everyone!