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Hi, this is my first time posting on this website and I am on mobile so I apologise for any formatting issues.
I picked up my first kitten yesterday (03/07/20) and he was fine on the way home apart from being a little scared and he came out of the carrier fairly quick on his own too. For the first couple of hours he hid under the shoe rack so I sat close by until he was comfortable enough to come up to me. He lets me stroke and pet him and also plays with his toys.
He had eaten before we collected him but he didn’t eat the rest of the day and he hid in various corners and also napped. I know today is only the second day but I am worried as he isn’t eating as often as he should or drinking the water in his bowl and he hasn’t used the litter tray either. He peed once on the towel that he came with that has his mother’s scent on it and he puked a teeny bit this morning. I have been trying to show him how to use scratch posts but he ignores them.
He mostly just naps behind the sofa, nibbles on a bit of food and plays with some toys. When he gets in his litter tray he sniffs it and scratches at the tray liner and lifts it up to see underneath. He won’t let me lift him either.
His behaviour is not extremely concerning as I know he is nervous and scared and needs time to adjust but is there anything I can do to help him and how can I train him using positive enforcement if he won’t listen?
Thank you for reading.
I picked up my first kitten yesterday (03/07/20) and he was fine on the way home apart from being a little scared and he came out of the carrier fairly quick on his own too. For the first couple of hours he hid under the shoe rack so I sat close by until he was comfortable enough to come up to me. He lets me stroke and pet him and also plays with his toys.
He had eaten before we collected him but he didn’t eat the rest of the day and he hid in various corners and also napped. I know today is only the second day but I am worried as he isn’t eating as often as he should or drinking the water in his bowl and he hasn’t used the litter tray either. He peed once on the towel that he came with that has his mother’s scent on it and he puked a teeny bit this morning. I have been trying to show him how to use scratch posts but he ignores them.
He mostly just naps behind the sofa, nibbles on a bit of food and plays with some toys. When he gets in his litter tray he sniffs it and scratches at the tray liner and lifts it up to see underneath. He won’t let me lift him either.
His behaviour is not extremely concerning as I know he is nervous and scared and needs time to adjust but is there anything I can do to help him and how can I train him using positive enforcement if he won’t listen?
Thank you for reading.