Oh, I hope you don't return the kitty, it's so cute! I suppose you can try to act the way one does with a child when a new sibling comes to the house, with lots of patience and spending time to reassure the older cat of her status in the family.... I hope that they'll get to be good friends in a short time!
(((hugs))) I so hope things work out for all of you. Pets can be so difficult to deal with at times. I know you are so worried about your older cat. Hopefully they will come to an understanding and your older kitty will find he likes having a playmate around.
That is part of the problem really. My old cat is past having a play mate. He has so many things wrong with him I dont think he will actually enjoy anything about the kitten at all. I think I was just being selfish with the whole idea and now I am totally stressed!!!!!
Try seperating them for a while. Keep kitty in one room, and the older cat has the run of the house. S/he is probably feeling a bit insecure (yes, cats suffer it too) and feeling like you are rejecting her and she is being pushed out of her home. Give him/her lots of pats and attention (and the kitty, too) and let her know that your affection hasn't changed. She should start eating again. Then bring kitty in to the same room with her for an hour or so a day, until they get accostomed to each other. It is a time consuming and tedious process, but it should allow them (mainly the older cat from the sound of it) to get used to the change and get used to having the new kitty around, as well as reassuring him/her that you aren't trading her in for a newer model. This is the process that I used to introduce a (formerly) stray cat into my household, and with patience it worked. My three cats might not always agree with each other, but they accept each other, and tolerate each other for the most part (two of them still occasionally
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The theory is the vinegar masks their identifying scents, and will allow the cats to socialize so that they get to know each other.
HOWEVER - because your older cat is diabetic, please check with your vet first.
I've used this method several times, and it's worked. The one exception was with a Siamese cat...and the less said about THAT experience, the better.
Good luck to you!
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I suppose you can try to act the way one does with a child when a new sibling comes to the house, with lots of patience and spending time to reassure the older cat of her status in the family....
I hope that they'll get to be good friends in a short time!
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