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I have 3 cats as of recent, we've had our Annie for about 2 years now, and adopted a second cat for her several months later. The second cat was intended to be a play buddy for her but sadly April is not that kind of cat, but they get along. Recently, a third has joined our household after we rescued him from some nearby bushes and cacti. We were unsure if he was going to stay with us at first but eventually, all 3 started to get along and he definitely has a lot of love for Annie in particular. Annie seemed to enjoy playing with him once they warmed up to each other, but for the past week perhaps, she's seemed... depressed.
When we had just the two cats, it was kind of a challenge to play with Annie. April would butt into every play session and take over which then made Annie not want to be involved and simply watched, so we had to separate them into different rooms and play with them that way. This is still the case now but Annie is more easily distracted by the fact the other 2 cats are outside the door and wanting to get in, so she doesn't engage in playtime anymore. She usually plays with spring toys on her own, but again, this past week or less, she hasn't been and doesn't seem to want to play with the kitten either like she did before.
Thankfully, she's still eating, drinking and using the litter box and will come for treats but she's sleeping a lot more than usual and just in general doesn't seem interested in much else, and she seems to be crouching more than usual but doesn't make a noise indicating she's in pain when picked up or touched. My husband is hesitant to take her to the vet until she stops doing one of these things (stops eating for example) because we don't want to take her and then be told she's fine and is likely just sad.
It's genuinely hurting me and my husband as she's the first cat we adopted and of course we love her to death. We spoil her every chance we get (within reason) and give her plenty of pets but she's not the most receptive to being pet or cuddled (never has) but it's impossible to get her to engage in playtime with us these days. We don't know how to help her with being sad and down if this is the case, and we're willing to take her to the vet if this continues and there could be something more to it but I wanted to post here first in case there's any way we can cheer her up, or further diagnose her to figure out what could be wrong with her.
When we had just the two cats, it was kind of a challenge to play with Annie. April would butt into every play session and take over which then made Annie not want to be involved and simply watched, so we had to separate them into different rooms and play with them that way. This is still the case now but Annie is more easily distracted by the fact the other 2 cats are outside the door and wanting to get in, so she doesn't engage in playtime anymore. She usually plays with spring toys on her own, but again, this past week or less, she hasn't been and doesn't seem to want to play with the kitten either like she did before.
Thankfully, she's still eating, drinking and using the litter box and will come for treats but she's sleeping a lot more than usual and just in general doesn't seem interested in much else, and she seems to be crouching more than usual but doesn't make a noise indicating she's in pain when picked up or touched. My husband is hesitant to take her to the vet until she stops doing one of these things (stops eating for example) because we don't want to take her and then be told she's fine and is likely just sad.
It's genuinely hurting me and my husband as she's the first cat we adopted and of course we love her to death. We spoil her every chance we get (within reason) and give her plenty of pets but she's not the most receptive to being pet or cuddled (never has) but it's impossible to get her to engage in playtime with us these days. We don't know how to help her with being sad and down if this is the case, and we're willing to take her to the vet if this continues and there could be something more to it but I wanted to post here first in case there's any way we can cheer her up, or further diagnose her to figure out what could be wrong with her.