Hello all,
I'm hoping to get some insight and some advice on what I can do.
Backstory: My boyfriend and I recently adopted a 14 year old cat, Oscar, as his previous owner is a friend's grandfather and is going into a nursing home due to health issues. He has been declawed for the past 14 years, and is on a urinary diet. We do also have another cat (Oxana, about 2 years old) we adopted a few months ago from a family friend who rescued her from a building basement. We had no issues with her before and she is a huge lap cat.
We have a two bedroom apartment, and have given Oscar the smaller room/office/guest room. Here he has his food, a litter box, some toys, treats, nip, and boxes. Oscar has been with us for about a month now, and doesn't really come out from under the bed. In the beginning, he would hiss at unfamiliar people on sight. Now, since I'm the one who can spend the most time with him and feed him, he allows me to feed him treats and nip and pet him a little but immediately goes back under the bed once snacks are done. He doesn't really engage in play when someone is in the room but I do notice feathers from his toy on the floor. He does not eat when we place food out for him, really only eating around 12 am-2 am. We take turns sleeping in his room, as to get used to us, but also we don't want to leave Oxana alone. Recently, we've put Oxana's litter box and food bowl in our room as to let Oscar roam the home around at night. Last night, I woke up as he was eating, he meowed so quietly but went right back under the bed. Every time he is out from under the bed he is crouching, low to the ground so I know he's scared. I'll sit on the floor next to him ( as I am right now) and he seems calm enough to close his eyes and take a cat nap near me, so I'm guessing this is a good sign.
So far there has been no urinating or pooping outside his box, no excessive meowing, he eats his fill of food, so other than just hiding from us and the occasional hissing, there is no issues. My end goal for Oscar is not be a lap cat, but to make sure he and Oxana are happy and comfortable with each other to be able to share the same apartment at all times and to be happy and safe here.
Unfortunately, about a week ago, we did attempt to introduce Oxana and Oscar to each other which resulted in a fight. No injuries were sustained by either cat, and both went back to their respective rooms. They did spay in the hallway (or one of them did, I'm honestly not sure) but that has been cleaned up with baking soda and enzymatic cleaner, with no further spaying incidents.
We have a Feliway diffuser in the room as well, hoping it'll help him. I was thinking about bringing a chair over near the window sill, as I noticed on the rare time he likes to go out at night that he enjoys the window sill, as well as putting a Red Solo cup with water as his previous owner did.
I'm sorry for the very long post, I just wanted to get as much detail in the post as possible.
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