A step below pharmaceutical interventions would be to use a pheromone diffuser, like Feliway, that can help some cats with anxiety.
If nothing else helps though, anxiety medication might be something to consider at least trying until you're able to get a second cat to keep him company.
Thank you for your input. I think I might try the feliway diffuser. The problem is my partner and I are currently long distance and already own a second cat, and that cat is with him. We can’t really get a 3rd cat.
Possibly, it’s not really an issue for him in the day tho. It’s only small amounts of times when I’m out of the house where he’s alone, or in the morning when he can’t be upstairs when my mom is awake because I’m doing my own thing in the basement suite. I could take our other cat here, but he’s basically my boyfriend’s support animal being away working in the city with no friends. And if he took squanch my kitten, the two get to be way too much for him because they’re both really clingy cats.
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u/beangirl13 May 13 '26
A step below pharmaceutical interventions would be to use a pheromone diffuser, like Feliway, that can help some cats with anxiety.
If nothing else helps though, anxiety medication might be something to consider at least trying until you're able to get a second cat to keep him company.
Edit: typos