I think my cat may be depressed :-(
I adopted Hex 3 years ago, when she was 2. She is a Siamese cross and acts like your typical Siamese. Friendly, outgoing, silly, talkative, playful, etc. At the time, I was a singe gal and it was just her and I in a studio apartment. She was SO HAPPY. Fast forward 3 years and a lot has changed for both of us. I have gotten married, had my son and we have adopted two more cats. It took her awhile to adjust to life with my son, but she now loves him. When we adopted Bill, the second kitty, it also took her a few months to accept him but they have since become the best of buds. Then, about a month ago, we welcomed our third cat, Reggie, into our family. It only took Hex and Bill a couple weeks to become friendly with Reggie. There is no longer any hissing or dirty looks going around and they will actually all play together on occasion. Believe it or not, with all that going on, our house is still pretty much a library.
Everyone but Hex seem to be very happy and comfortable. Within the last week, she has quit talking, quit playing for the most part, her coat looks like crap (it looks greasy, and sort of fluffier than usual-in the past she goes through an ugly hair thing during stressful events), she still eats but not as enthusiastically as she used to (I actually have to pick her up and place her in front of her bowl to eat-but she will then eat it all). She won't even get excited about her laser pointer, which is her FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD. We took her to the vet yesterday to see if it was her health at all and the vet gave her a clean bill of health. He said she is probably just still adjusting to the addition of Reggie.
She has always been the alpha cat and from what I have noticed, it seems like Reggie respects that. It does seem like her and Reggie have a lot of the same personality traits. She still claims her favorite sleeping spots and I have been lavishing her with most my attention. In fact, she is laying right next to me right now-she is my shadow. I just feel terrible! I know she is not being herself, even though my husband thinks she is perfectly fine. I try to make her life as fun and joyful as possible (I am a stay at home mom, so I am always around to talk to her, play with her, etc.) I have never seen her like this. I know it takes cats awhile to adjust to changes, but it seems like everything is going well with the introduction.
What do I do?
I adopted Hex 3 years ago, when she was 2. She is a Siamese cross and acts like your typical Siamese. Friendly, outgoing, silly, talkative, playful, etc. At the time, I was a singe gal and it was just her and I in a studio apartment. She was SO HAPPY. Fast forward 3 years and a lot has changed for both of us. I have gotten married, had my son and we have adopted two more cats. It took her awhile to adjust to life with my son, but she now loves him. When we adopted Bill, the second kitty, it also took her a few months to accept him but they have since become the best of buds. Then, about a month ago, we welcomed our third cat, Reggie, into our family. It only took Hex and Bill a couple weeks to become friendly with Reggie. There is no longer any hissing or dirty looks going around and they will actually all play together on occasion. Believe it or not, with all that going on, our house is still pretty much a library.
Everyone but Hex seem to be very happy and comfortable. Within the last week, she has quit talking, quit playing for the most part, her coat looks like crap (it looks greasy, and sort of fluffier than usual-in the past she goes through an ugly hair thing during stressful events), she still eats but not as enthusiastically as she used to (I actually have to pick her up and place her in front of her bowl to eat-but she will then eat it all). She won't even get excited about her laser pointer, which is her FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD. We took her to the vet yesterday to see if it was her health at all and the vet gave her a clean bill of health. He said she is probably just still adjusting to the addition of Reggie.
She has always been the alpha cat and from what I have noticed, it seems like Reggie respects that. It does seem like her and Reggie have a lot of the same personality traits. She still claims her favorite sleeping spots and I have been lavishing her with most my attention. In fact, she is laying right next to me right now-she is my shadow. I just feel terrible! I know she is not being herself, even though my husband thinks she is perfectly fine. I try to make her life as fun and joyful as possible (I am a stay at home mom, so I am always around to talk to her, play with her, etc.) I have never seen her like this. I know it takes cats awhile to adjust to changes, but it seems like everything is going well with the introduction.
What do I do?
the problem with your cat is that her symptoms could have many different causes, one being depression so you might just want to wait awhile like you did with your other cat to see if she'll get used to the new cat or not. if you're still worried, get extra tests done. hope it works out for you in the end though 
