Hello,
We have rescued cats as a family in the past, but I can't really recall what happened as they settled in. Partly because our more recent boy was so confident!
Yesterday evening our new fur baby arrived (18m old female). We let her out into the litter box so she knew where it was, then hid under the sofa the rest of the evening. We did the usual thing, had a quiet evening, softly spoke to her and left her to it. About 3am I woke to her crying, and she climbed up on to our bed and explored our bedroom. The same thing happened about an hour later. It felt like she was becoming more confident with us.
This morning she was hiding under the bedside table and didn't come down for breakfast, and I found that she had peed on the bed in our spare room. Of course accidents happen, and moving home must be very stressful, so I didn't scold her. Has anyone else experienced this when a cat is settling in? Did it resolve itself?
We have rescued cats as a family in the past, but I can't really recall what happened as they settled in. Partly because our more recent boy was so confident!
Yesterday evening our new fur baby arrived (18m old female). We let her out into the litter box so she knew where it was, then hid under the sofa the rest of the evening. We did the usual thing, had a quiet evening, softly spoke to her and left her to it. About 3am I woke to her crying, and she climbed up on to our bed and explored our bedroom. The same thing happened about an hour later. It felt like she was becoming more confident with us.
This morning she was hiding under the bedside table and didn't come down for breakfast, and I found that she had peed on the bed in our spare room. Of course accidents happen, and moving home must be very stressful, so I didn't scold her. Has anyone else experienced this when a cat is settling in? Did it resolve itself?