My name is Barnabas!

I adpoted Barnabas from PCAPS back in June so my resident cat would have a friend while I'm away. Barnabas is a sweet boy who loves cuddles and has a curious nature. He may be skittish the first moment you meet him, but he warms up to everybody VERY quickly.

The issue is that he didn't get along with my resident cat. I took the time to try to slowly introduce them over a few weeks. Everything seemed fine until I let them inhabit the same space. Barnabas attacked my cat unprovoked on two occasions. I'm not sure if I introduced them too quickly or if I somehow spooked him when introducing them, but now I'm unable to try to get them to cohabitate because my resident cat is too afraid to even approach Barnabas through a baby gate.

I think he would be best in a single-cat home, or in a house with multiple cats and an already established hierarchy.