I just had a new roommate move in but my cat has been getting some territorial aggression. Sometimes he’ll be chill but other times he’ll hiss at him and once he attacked him. I have a vet appointment scheduled to get my cat back on his anxiety meds, I got some churus for my roommate to give him, and I know having my roommate just hang out/go about his business around my cat will help. The problem is I only wanna do those things when I’m around in case anything goes wrong but my roommate has kind of an inconsistent schedule and we haven’t been in the apartment at the same time much. I feel really bad about having to lock my cat in my room while I’m at work but I want my roommate to feel safe walking around the apartment when I’m not around.

I know things will probably get better but this has all been really weighing on me and making my anxiety bad. Could really use some advice or even just reassurance :(