Worried family takes their cat who suddenly stopped playing and eating to the vet, only to discover he's sad and worried he's being replaced by the new kitten, they reassure him he's loved, and now he and the kitten are best friends

Making friends as a cat can be a little bumpy sometimes. 

Adopting a second cat into the family is generally an idea that we support. It means your cat has a friend to spend time with when you are gone for work or on trips. It means there is another creature in the house that your cat can cuddle whenever they want to. Adopting a kitten for your cat means that there is someone they can teach, someone they can show how to commit crimes and do shenanigans. The benefits are endless, and nearly always, when someone asks us whether they should adopt a second cat, we say yes. Except for some times. 

Some cats have a hard time bonding with other cats. They are not used to having to share the attention and affection of their humans. These cats are usually ones who have never known what it means to share space with another, and the idea of it confuses them. It's not because they don't want a friend, and it's not because they can't get along with another animal. They are just kind of- confused about the situation. That's what happened with today's cat. 

All of a sudden, after the family adopted a new kitten, this cat stopped playing, stopped eating, stopped… being the way he always was. His family worried and took him to the vet, and there, they found out the strangest thing, some cats… cat get sad. And their cat was feeling like he was being replaced by the new kitten. It's not that he didn't like the new kitten. He just didn't know how to deal with having to share his humans' time and affection. But it all worked out in the end. After they proved to him just how much he matters, he gave the kitten a real chance, and now, they are best friends.