Hi, at my house we have 2 cats, one of which just recently passed away. My father knew a couple at work who needed to find a new home for both their cats because of allergies, so we decided to take one of them.
The problem is the new cat(Lucky) is very skiddish, and is not taking to the new environment well. We have had him for almost a week now but he is still scared to death of all of us. Our other cat is not used to him yet so she growls/hisses whenever she sees him, and no one is around for most of the day. My parents both work and I have been away at college.
The biggest problem with the cat is we hides from us. He was no where to be seen all week, so I came home tonight to help find him and he was actually INSIDE a piece of furniture hiding. We dont want to keep him locked up in his cat carrier, but we are afraid if we let him hide he will never come out to eat or use the litter box.
We don't know if he has ate at all this week, but he won't eat anything we try to give him now that we found him. We have tried just sitting with him and holding him, but all he does is try to find ways to get away from us.
What should we do?
The problem is the new cat(Lucky) is very skiddish, and is not taking to the new environment well. We have had him for almost a week now but he is still scared to death of all of us. Our other cat is not used to him yet so she growls/hisses whenever she sees him, and no one is around for most of the day. My parents both work and I have been away at college.
The biggest problem with the cat is we hides from us. He was no where to be seen all week, so I came home tonight to help find him and he was actually INSIDE a piece of furniture hiding. We dont want to keep him locked up in his cat carrier, but we are afraid if we let him hide he will never come out to eat or use the litter box.
We don't know if he has ate at all this week, but he won't eat anything we try to give him now that we found him. We have tried just sitting with him and holding him, but all he does is try to find ways to get away from us.
What should we do?