He might just need more time, three days often isn’t a long enough period for them to fully acclimate to totally new surroundings. It’s probably worth giving him another safe space that isn’t the litter box, maybe one of your moving boxes with some of your clothing in there for bedding.
Realizing that replacement is off the table for you given your rental conditions: most of the ceiling fans I’ve come across have readily accessible screws for cleaning or replacing the individual blades - could temporarily removing them be a solution? Give him a chance to feel confident in the space and then start putting them back as his comfort allows? In one of my old rentals it was on me to swap the blade orientation for winter/summer, but your terms are likely different than mine were.
I put a house in there and a bunch of my clothes (he loves sleeping in my clothes) which had come from the old place unwashed and even that didn't tempt him. But thank you. I'm going to get my hands on a ladder and try the blades (I'm a short woman). Thank you.
I'm renting so I can't take it down completely and I'm short but I'm going to get a ladder and try to remove the blades. I won't be able to do it until Friday though...
Also having food, water, and litter box in the same location is supposed to be distressing. Maybe spreading those out will help to alleviate some of his general anxiety?
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