So as per my last thread about losing my familiar her brother has become so withdrawn since she died not eating well refusing to come downstairs for food. We’ve feeding him upstairs, he’s started to venture back out into the garden which is a positive. We took him to the vet who said he’s lost 300g in 5 weeks and he’s possibly depressed.
We didn’t get this kitten on a whim, she’s here because my poppet isn’t and I still can’t get past her dying seeing her brother so quiet is breaking me.
So we collected the kitten from the rescue, brought her home set her up in the spare room she’s a confident friendly menace, the day after I needed to open the windows it’s been so hot upstairs so I was taking her downstairs to put her in her play pen whilst I gave the room some air, inadvertently our lovely fella intercepted us and after staring wide eyed he growled at her, no licking no tail wagging just a growl she gave the tiniest hiss and I walked away and shut her in a different room with her blanket, litter food water etc.
He knows she’s here, we’ve started scent swapping and he doesn’t really seem to be able to muster enough care to seek her out or be aggressive.
But now he’s seen her I feel like we’ve got it wrong I wanted to keep her hidden until we did the scent swapping etc.
Any advice? Both dh and I spend a lot of time with him and that hasn’t changed we tag team between giving him the usual fuss and in the spare room with her.
Any tips on how to make this a positive experience? It all felt so right but now I’m wondering if I’ve made a massive mistake. We didn’t get her for us we rescued her in the hopes it would give him another friend. I feel a bit overwhelmed today.