My new kitty, Evie is hiding. She arrived last night, and I know it's understandable that she's scared. The thing is, she is not eating or drinking. She got out of her carrier in the living room and started hiding in here, now she's made it to the kitchen and she's hiding under the refrigerator. I can't get her to come out, nor can I get her to show any interest in food. She won't look at me. I'm afraid she's trying to kill herself. I know that the flight down here from San Francisco was traumatizing to her then to be picked up by a stranger at the airport and taken to a strange home with two strange kitties she doesn't know is a severa trauma for her. My heart is breaking for this little girl. I want so much to let her know she is loved and will be safe here, but I've barely even petted her. I'm so scared she won't get food or water into her system before she causes damage, and I can't get to her. She's scared of my cats, and she's equally scared of me. I found her hiding place using the flashlite, but I can't move the refrigerator. I'm so scared for her. I've never had a situation like this. I was going to put her in a seperate room to give her time to adjust, but she got out of her carrier, before I could do it. Now, Simba stands in front of the refrigerator hissing, or Shane goes and lays down in front of the refrigerator, and to my way of thinking, he's trying to intimidate her because she's scared. He doesn't hiss or anything, he just wants to lay in front of her, in a way that if she wanted to get out, she'd have to go past him.
I KNOW I shouldn't have opened her carrier while she was in the living room. It's my fault, but is there anything I can do now?
I KNOW I shouldn't have opened her carrier while she was in the living room. It's my fault, but is there anything I can do now?