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Hey fellow cat lovers! I need your advice/help/support. First of all I would like to say that English is not my native language so I apologize in advance for any mistakes. I need some help with my newly adopted cat. Here is some background information. I lost my 10 year old kitty in June to chronic kidney desease and I was devastated. I still cry from to time to time when something reminds me of him. I have another 9 year old cat. His name is Phillio. He has always had problems with agression, when my other cat was alive they would fight all the time but Phillip was always the one who would start the fight. During that time Phillip was not neutered because, well, I live in this part of the world where we are a little behind on many things. I had him neutered 3 weeks ago though.
So a couple of months ago a cute stray cat started to show up at my work place. I began to feed him and eventually grew attached to him. I finally decided to adopt him a month ago because it's almost winter and winters are brutal here. I had him checked by a vet and all that. They said he is approx. 10 years old. He is now living in my bedroom. My resident cat has a living room and the rest of the apartment. So for 3 weeks I've been following all the recomendations on how to introduce a new cat to your household. But even after that my resident cat is pissed. I haven't let them interact without one being in a crate yet. But I just see that my resident cat is veeery angry about this whole situation and I'm afraid he'll start the fight as soon I let my adopted cat out of the crate. I know I made a rushed and possibly decision when I brought another cat but now I can't really undo this. We don't have any good animal shelters here and rehoming an adult cat is usually next to impossible so I'm kind of stuck now. I feel like I made a mistake but at the same time I can't imagine my newly adopted cat dieing of cold and hunger in the steet. I would like to hear your opinion on this situatuion. Do you think it's possible that Phillip will calm down after maybe a month? It's been 3 weeks since he got neutered. My adopted cat also got neutered 4 weeks ago but he doesn't seem agressive and I saw him interacting well with other strays. I'm at a loss here guys.. I'm panicking and don't know what to do.
So a couple of months ago a cute stray cat started to show up at my work place. I began to feed him and eventually grew attached to him. I finally decided to adopt him a month ago because it's almost winter and winters are brutal here. I had him checked by a vet and all that. They said he is approx. 10 years old. He is now living in my bedroom. My resident cat has a living room and the rest of the apartment. So for 3 weeks I've been following all the recomendations on how to introduce a new cat to your household. But even after that my resident cat is pissed. I haven't let them interact without one being in a crate yet. But I just see that my resident cat is veeery angry about this whole situation and I'm afraid he'll start the fight as soon I let my adopted cat out of the crate. I know I made a rushed and possibly decision when I brought another cat but now I can't really undo this. We don't have any good animal shelters here and rehoming an adult cat is usually next to impossible so I'm kind of stuck now. I feel like I made a mistake but at the same time I can't imagine my newly adopted cat dieing of cold and hunger in the steet. I would like to hear your opinion on this situatuion. Do you think it's possible that Phillip will calm down after maybe a month? It's been 3 weeks since he got neutered. My adopted cat also got neutered 4 weeks ago but he doesn't seem agressive and I saw him interacting well with other strays. I'm at a loss here guys.. I'm panicking and don't know what to do.