Try seperating them for a while. Keep kitty in one room, and the older cat has the run of the house. S/he is probably feeling a bit insecure (yes, cats suffer it too) and feeling like you are rejecting her and she is being pushed out of her home. Give him/her lots of pats and attention (and the kitty, too) and let her know that your affection hasn't changed. She should start eating again. Then bring kitty in to the same room with her for an hour or so a day, until they get accostomed to each other. It is a time consuming and tedious process, but it should allow them (mainly the older cat from the sound of it) to get used to the change and get used to having the new kitty around, as well as reassuring him/her that you aren't trading her in for a newer model. This is the process that I used to introduce a (formerly) stray cat into my household, and with patience it worked. My three cats might not always agree with each other, but they accept each other, and tolerate each other for the most part (two of them still occasionally have a small disagreement, but nothing overly serious).
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