The cat has been around for almost 2 years now. We got them just a couple of months apart. He actually acts like he wants to play with her sometimes. It still scares me though. But, I'm determined to make it work.
Also, We moved the uvb last night. It is now on the underside of the screen so he will get more uvb. Also added a second basking bulb with his current one. The stick on thermometer wasn't reading last night when I got home, so I checked how it felt when I fed him dinner. It felt too cold to me. I will be getting a new digital thermometer tomorrow when I run my errands.
Just adding the second light made him wake up immediately this morning. He was sitting at his bowl begging for breakfast. I will post new pictures of his setup once I get my thermometer. If all of this doesn't improve his health, then I will be trying to find a way to make him less stressed. I just feel stress would be odd since he has been in the same spot for over a year now, with the same home dynamics as he has always had. It's not impossible, but it's also not that likely. He just got sickly recently so I'm not sure. We are working on it though! He is LOVING his diet change too. Even ate all of his squash this morning, which he never has before.
Fingers crossed he continues to improves.