Thanks to all for the thoughtful replies. It reassured how I already felt; I was looking for some expert backup opinions to present to my girlfriend. The "older" cat (he may actually be younger in age) is her baby and she was so worried that he was being put out by the new guy.
Anyway, the...
I have a 2 year old rescue who is pretty afraid of everything. He became friendly with our older cat (who passed away recently) and is in love with our dog, but he won't have anything to do with strangers, doorbells, etc...
We recently took in a stray siamese cat who is extremely people and dog...
The trouble is that she has a heart condition and we try to take her to the vet as rarely as possible because the stress is no good for her. But we'll call the vet and see what they say. Thanks for all the advice.
Our older cat's right eye is drippy with discolored goop. And the inside of her lid seem a little swollen and red. We have Vetropolycin from our younger cat's eye infection a couple years back. It's not the HC kind, just bacitracin zinc, neomycin sulfate and polymyxin. Do you think we can try to...