Stressed Cat?

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We've had our new cat just a few days and the wife's already stressing out about the cat stressing out Personally I think the little fella's getting on fine. He's found the cat litter tray which is the big one, finds a nice public spot to have a snooze rather than some nook to hide in and generally spends his day wandering about, looking super cute What he is doing though is not settling down at night and sometimes tours the house meowing. I'm wondering if he's looking for another cat or his previous owners

Given he's a rescue cat I'd have thought he'll calm down a bit over time but no, the wife is one for a magic wand so she wants me to buy a "Feliway Cat Diffuser". Overkill or an effective solution?
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[DaddyStu]

My rescue dog was similar for a week or so. Great all day but 'woofed' a bit when settling down at night. Soon got used to the routine though and gets in his bed on time every night now without being told.
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[stinkwheel]

The diffusers do work. I base this on the fact that Danielle Gunn-Moore uses them as part of her treatment program for cats with stress-induced cystitis and she's probably the foremost feline vet in the UK.

I expect it would help settle him down more quickly.

I wonder if you're giving him too much of an area to wander through initially, let him get used to his main "safe space" first then gradually give him more access to the rest of the house?
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[MarJay]

Give it a couple of weeks and see what happens then IMO. Apparently cats don't often meow to other cats, they mainly do it for the benefit of humans as I understand it.
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[CaNsA]

I'm a total cat slave, had and have many.

[P.]

One of my cats is deaf and screams, and I am talking about having to keep him downstairs when I have a meeting planned, lock him in away from the stairs, close the living room door AND my door. His howling is incredibly loud.

He is however, an absolute terror and destroys things despite having a wealth of toys, enrichment and me available all day every day. He has done it since he came here over a year or so ago.

My other is less noisy, but far more timid and almost half the size. He doesn't talk much either which is a shame.

When we fostered (as in random cats brought in to the house and not introduced, just kept split by the hallway door, the Feliway was a solid way to ease them in, they didn't scratch at the door, no hardcore growls or anything, just a little hiss and run when one was at the door. Definitely far better than when I didn't use it to introduce the 2 I currently have, that was warfare.

Cats will work themselves out for the most part, I only stress about them when I hear a yelp or they look to be physically struggling (my other no longer with us cat used to struggle with poops and was often vomiting) at which point I take a bit more interest in what they are doing but otherwise I let chaos run the house.

Massive tree in the house, plenty of hiding spots high in cupboards, I actively leave any large boxes on their side so they can run and smash into them. They are larger than normal cats so I have had to refit some parts of the house to stop them destroying it, but basically tell your mrs to sit back and just watch them grow.

Ghost, my tanky boy was extremely noisy at the start when he moved in. We got him checked with the vets/neutered and they confirmed he is definitely deaf - absolutely zero reaction to popped balloons, clapped hands, vacuum cleaners etc - as I say he is still VERY vocal but hes also a machine.

https://scontent.fgba1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/398288199_1829114714198974_1821107531562057553_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=AHTXEY4tSaAQ7kNvgGRmTJh&_nc_ht=scontent.fgba1-1.fna&oh=00_AYDQW_mz0g4as0tz7qAi8obcG9YMczK91B1E-bAehSyJ7w&oe=669FF952

A few days is nothing though, my old cat Dylan spent maybe 2 or 3 weeks absolutely beefing my new cat in the background there so much so he went into hiding when I put food down until Dylan left... but a month later...

https://scontent.fgba1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/318001903_1625083801268734_6405319634622076481_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=BmUbHStJVDIQ7kNvgGOzMwu&_nc_ht=scontent.fgba1-1.fna&oh=00_AYDLYwIaK-0agr2yXoupTd7r2tmvZHotW86T-ECDbmGGbQ&oe=669FE0CC

Take time, relax the cat as much as possible, put a Feliway in (don't be cheap, its worth it) and things will settle.

[Easy-X]

Jasper is generally settling in well. He seems to thrive the more people are about. When my other two granddaughters (2 & 10) turned up he plonked himself in the middle of the room "look at me! look at me! I iz cute!" It's just night time: between the foxes and a couple of cats that live over the road from us, the bedroom window is his version of Netflix

https://i.imgur.com/zsvQ0TC.jpeg

As far as we know he was an indoor cat living in a flat from kitten to now (18 months old.) Would it be okay to slowly introduce him to... The Outside? What are the chances of him running off to try and find his old flat?
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[P.]

[CaNsA]

All our cats have free reign and come n go as they please.
Fakers went deaf, so had learnt how to be outside and ended up just not caring.

If you choose to let new guy be an outside cat, do so after a few weeks of house confinement.

Remember how you opened the house upto him slowly, do the same with outside.
Go out into the garden with him.
Short outside time sessions are decent.

FYI - He will go missing for a day, you will worry.
He will be scared, hunkered down in a quiet spot.
When it goes quiet, approx 11pm, he will come back and expect some food.

But I cannot stress the importance of slowly slowly.

[Easy-X]

A harness sounds like a good idea, give him a walk round the garden. Luckily out back we're surrounded by gardens on all sides. Quite a trek over several fences to get to a residential road.
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[to v or not to v]

feck me, im glad i prefer dogs.
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[bugeye_bob]

Grab a bag of the fine cut cat nip on amazon/fealbay, give him some mid evening, if they eat it it chills them out, if its sniffed its like crack for a cat, but eaten its really calms them, gets them a little stoned almost.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143559709905?itmmeta=01J3DN0QAMJX9NF98XDW40N5WE&hash=item216cd354d1:g:yogAAOSwieJiqQju&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4L0HfA7xSt4LDUfI2rsAGlVdKvUM0GPlcWl0gzwseGhSCgmefvNRT9jLVHwYTtij%2F9E4J4Vo7a%2BrAhH%2BBFPwjULRnNuGHPnqT6dlBO2istF2%2FU4oBPpE51CIkG5StEvtFas9odJm23xtZ68T1lKAArwdSNo1mOHRSGB2flD0vafCSXjqxdmLYh48WA62axfcemX6dFW99XWkP3HI9mFL%2B2Z%2FtxU2xImcWcb7Xd0eq9UJOQEKA92hBzXtx%2FcETztoqMNMwRHr4cDTQTgbVhPsU215SYUyZvn%2BtawOLWOAO8Ty%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtvWCtZtk

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[Easy-X]

Complete overreaction...

https://i.imgur.com/JVhfj0w.jpeg

...safe to say I think he's very happy with his new home and he's no longer running around like a lunatic at night
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[P.]

Other cats always look super small now

[Easy-X]

I realise now what a brute Willow was
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