I brought home Opal tonight, and she's been really scared. I had her out of her carrier in the car on the way home (about a 3-4 hour drive because of traffic) and she curled up on my lap and slept the whole time, but she would hide her head whenever I tried to look at her. Then, when I brought her in, she was scared and acted like she wanted to hide, so I put her carrier down with the blankets from her old house, and she got right in it and hasn't come out. She keeps meowing every 5-10 minutes and she doesn't act scared of me, but she's obviously scared of her new environment.
I don't know if I should stay in there with her or leave her alone. I don't know if when I talk to her and pet her if it calms her down, or it scares her, or just peaks her interest to make her stop meowing. She was purring and kneeding like crazy, but she's still really scared so I don't know if that means anything. She took a nap and I fell asleep in there with her, but then she kept waking me up by meowing. Is she meowing for other cats that she was used to? Is she home sick?
I feel so sorry for her, but I don't know how to make her feel more comfortable because I'm scared anything I do will just scare her more. I put a little of the food she's used to in there and she ate it, but she hasn't come out to go potty or drink water...or anything.
I don't know if I should stay in there with her or leave her alone. I don't know if when I talk to her and pet her if it calms her down, or it scares her, or just peaks her interest to make her stop meowing. She was purring and kneeding like crazy, but she's still really scared so I don't know if that means anything. She took a nap and I fell asleep in there with her, but then she kept waking me up by meowing. Is she meowing for other cats that she was used to? Is she home sick?
I feel so sorry for her, but I don't know how to make her feel more comfortable because I'm scared anything I do will just scare her more. I put a little of the food she's used to in there and she ate it, but she hasn't come out to go potty or drink water...or anything.