First I just want to say thanks to this site. I had been baby-sitting a cat and came to this site for advice. I just adopted two male tabby cats (brothers 14 weeks old).
They have been at my place for 2 1/2 days now and I am a little worried. They were described to me as being very friendly and I would have no problem with them adjusting. One of them seems to have no problem(the smaller one, who was very shy at first, but not anymore), but the larger brother has spent most of the time hiding from me, and will dart out of the room when I come in and hide under the bed. I thought maybe he was just a little nervous, but last night I really tried to chase him down because he needed some eye medicine. He really was scared of me, clawing and scratching at the wall (I cornered him in the bathtub) and me to try and get away. I just let him go, I don't want to traumatize him, but at the same time I am worried about him getting his eye drops (which I can imagine would be a horrible experience if I did get a hold of him). Just wondering if anyone has any advice, I do not want him to hate me or spend most of his life hiding from people.
Oh I just wanted to add that when I came home from work after the first day, there was some vomit/poop (Im not really sure) on the floor, I hope this is just nervousness and not permanent.
Thanks so much!
They have been at my place for 2 1/2 days now and I am a little worried. They were described to me as being very friendly and I would have no problem with them adjusting. One of them seems to have no problem(the smaller one, who was very shy at first, but not anymore), but the larger brother has spent most of the time hiding from me, and will dart out of the room when I come in and hide under the bed. I thought maybe he was just a little nervous, but last night I really tried to chase him down because he needed some eye medicine. He really was scared of me, clawing and scratching at the wall (I cornered him in the bathtub) and me to try and get away. I just let him go, I don't want to traumatize him, but at the same time I am worried about him getting his eye drops (which I can imagine would be a horrible experience if I did get a hold of him). Just wondering if anyone has any advice, I do not want him to hate me or spend most of his life hiding from people.
Oh I just wanted to add that when I came home from work after the first day, there was some vomit/poop (Im not really sure) on the floor, I hope this is just nervousness and not permanent.
Thanks so much!