About a month ago Alfred was rehomed to myself and my girl Karou (she was also a rehome and has been with me about 7 months). Karou was NOT happy and due to some health issues and not yet being spayed, Alfred is kept separate from Karou but in the same room and they can see each other.

Karou has been a little off so I took her to the vet for a check up and the vet said there were some spots on her stomach where she had been stress grooming (her fur’s still growing back from her spay surgery). I’ve been giving her more very focused attention and making sure I acknowledge her every time I walk past but I thought some hideaways in her space might help. I never put any in because she completely ignored all other hideaways I gave her or peed on them and tried to drown it in her water bowl.

She’s on TMS as she had a sensitive stomach and the vet wanted to make sure her UTI didn’t flare up from stress.

Any recommendations on hideaways? I’ve tried the wood one but I don’t think she liked the lack of 2nd exit and also the hay tunnel but that she only throws out of her way. She does have a stuffed moon she used to snuggle with all the time but I haven’t seen her use it at all recently. I thought maybe a cat snuggle cup or a cat tent as she stretches out when sleeping. It has to be machine washable because even though she’s litter box trained, she still pees all over her crate. Karou loves people and the cat (though the cat’s terrified of anything larger than a hamster or smaller than a big dog) so I was really surprised she reacted so strongly against Alfred. First time human bonder naive hopes I guess.

Any advice on hideaways and how to discourage stress grooming? Should I make it so Karou can not see Alfred at all? I do have frosted panels I can put between them so they can see shapes but nothing distinct.