Hi All,
I am posting for the first time in this site and I really hope you will be able to give me some advice on how to proceed.
My gf and I are taking care of a male cat for nearly 7 years. For the last 3 years he lives at my place. He is really unusual cat- antisocial, do not like to be cuddled and approached. He has several contacts with other cats because we left him at a cat hotel when we were abroad a couple of times. Every time he goes through that very hard because as I said he is quite a peculiar cat.
Last Thu I found a baby male cat (about 2-3 months) in front of our block - he was very thin and underfed, had an eye inflammation and I took him home. He spent 2 days at a vet cabinet but since yesterday I took him back with the idea to find him a permanent home. However, until then, he should live with the older cat.
The thing is that their relationship did not start well - the baby cat obviously have no problem or any kind of fear from the old one- eating from his bowl, trying to use his toilet all the time. Our old cat, though, is totally shocked. He is not eating, not drinking water and not using the litter box for an entire day. When they met, the baby started chasing the old one and he is running like hell, although he is about 5-6 times bigger. As we both work, we will have to keep them separated during the day,which is also a problem, because the old cat used to have the entire apartment on his own.
Please give us an advice if there is anything we can do to predispose our old cat Mahmut so he at least try to become friend with the baby. Because this situation with the baby living all day long at one room and the depressed Mahmut on the other side could not last for long.
Thank you in advance!
I am posting for the first time in this site and I really hope you will be able to give me some advice on how to proceed.
My gf and I are taking care of a male cat for nearly 7 years. For the last 3 years he lives at my place. He is really unusual cat- antisocial, do not like to be cuddled and approached. He has several contacts with other cats because we left him at a cat hotel when we were abroad a couple of times. Every time he goes through that very hard because as I said he is quite a peculiar cat.
Last Thu I found a baby male cat (about 2-3 months) in front of our block - he was very thin and underfed, had an eye inflammation and I took him home. He spent 2 days at a vet cabinet but since yesterday I took him back with the idea to find him a permanent home. However, until then, he should live with the older cat.
The thing is that their relationship did not start well - the baby cat obviously have no problem or any kind of fear from the old one- eating from his bowl, trying to use his toilet all the time. Our old cat, though, is totally shocked. He is not eating, not drinking water and not using the litter box for an entire day. When they met, the baby started chasing the old one and he is running like hell, although he is about 5-6 times bigger. As we both work, we will have to keep them separated during the day,which is also a problem, because the old cat used to have the entire apartment on his own.
Please give us an advice if there is anything we can do to predispose our old cat Mahmut so he at least try to become friend with the baby. Because this situation with the baby living all day long at one room and the depressed Mahmut on the other side could not last for long.
Thank you in advance!
