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My male Siamese cat (Frankie) is 12 years old and was a rescue when he was 3 days old (he's never had a mother or father cat) and has always been very very attached to me. He's lived perfectly fine and happily with various other cats and kittens while growing up and behaved normally. 4 years ago after he'd lived alone for a few years, I got a 13 week old male Siamese kitten (Bane) and he took to him pretty much instantly, he was cross with me for about a week but they cuddled up together and Frankie would groom him and was generally very happy and normally behaved. Bane sadly died of cancer 1 month ago and Frankie's behaviour changed, he started pacing a lot, being very noisy and very clingy towards me again. I figured he was lonely so 2 weeks ago I got another 13 week old kitten (Vinny) and Frankie's behaviour has changed again.
Vinny is very playful and sweet and was bugging Frankie a bit at first but Frankie is non violent and would just run away when Vinny playfully swatted or nipped him. Vinny has calmed down a bit now and Frankie is happy to sleep next to Vinny, he even tried to groom him a couple of times but Vinny isn't keen and started trying to play fight which Frankie doesn't like. Now, 2 weeks later, Frankie is being really off with me and Vinny too, he almost seems dead behind the eyes. He won't purr at all unless he's outside in the garden, he's stiff to touch and shows no interest in being stroked, he hardly even looks me in the eye. He still constantly sits in the main room though with Vinny snuggling into him but won't actually acknowledge that he's there.
I have a Feliway Friends diffuser plugged in which seemed to initially calm the situation but Frankie honestly seems like he's totally checked out of life. I'm constantly trying to give him extra attention but it's like he hates me. Can anyone offer any advice? He's met and been fine with so many other cats and kittens in his life, what on earth is going on?
Vinny is very playful and sweet and was bugging Frankie a bit at first but Frankie is non violent and would just run away when Vinny playfully swatted or nipped him. Vinny has calmed down a bit now and Frankie is happy to sleep next to Vinny, he even tried to groom him a couple of times but Vinny isn't keen and started trying to play fight which Frankie doesn't like. Now, 2 weeks later, Frankie is being really off with me and Vinny too, he almost seems dead behind the eyes. He won't purr at all unless he's outside in the garden, he's stiff to touch and shows no interest in being stroked, he hardly even looks me in the eye. He still constantly sits in the main room though with Vinny snuggling into him but won't actually acknowledge that he's there.
I have a Feliway Friends diffuser plugged in which seemed to initially calm the situation but Frankie honestly seems like he's totally checked out of life. I'm constantly trying to give him extra attention but it's like he hates me. Can anyone offer any advice? He's met and been fine with so many other cats and kittens in his life, what on earth is going on?