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    Helping Anxious New Cat

    Because I doubt in the long term I would want him in there at night as I can’t sleep with my door open and he would be shut in there with me. Advice given was if you don’t want him in the bedroom then just shut him out from the start. The rescue said that he was an affectionate chap generally...
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    Helping Anxious New Cat

    A little update. Yesterday Sully braved coming downstairs on his own to see me as I was sitting in the living room. He had a good explore but unsurprisingly kept looking for me to see if I was there still - likely security thing for him. When I went to bed last night there were a few meows and...
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    Helping Anxious New Cat

    Thank you. Essentially if the crying won’t do him any harm in the long run then I can tough it out and ignore him when I’m out of the room. I don’t want to encourage him to be clingy in the long term but I don’t want to distress him too much in the short term.
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    Helping Anxious New Cat

    Thanks for the welcome. He’s in his safe room still. If i’m upstairs he’ll have a wander round the bathroom and my bedroom but I haven’t seen any evidence yet that he’s willing to do that alone. The door is open just enough for him to come out but I wondered if leaving it wide open would be...
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    Helping Anxious New Cat

    I adopted a 4.5 year old male cat on Saturday. Whilst he was in the RSPCA centre with another cat, she was already reserved by someone else as they were happy for them to be rehoused separately. He had come from a case where 12 cats were living in 1 flat and does not in general get on with other...
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