Hello everyone!
Yesterday me and my by got a 3 months old birman kitten, but he's terrified. He stays hidden most of the time, barely ate anything and hisses at us when we try to approach.
At first I made the mistake of not confining him to a room, but eventually I moved the litter box (which is still unused), food, water and toys close to his hiding place.
Last night he joined us on the sofa for a bit, but refused any other kind of interaction and after he got back to the hiding spot, he spent all night meowing. In the morning he hissed everytime he saw us and seemed even more terrified. We tried to let him approach us and not scare him away, but he's still extremelly scared.
He seemes to be very gentle in spite of this. The couple of times we had to pick him up he didn't scratch or bite or try to run.
I'm worried because I've had more kittens before (at my parents' house) but none of them seemed so skittish. In a couple of hours at most they would get adjusted to the new place and have no problem interacting with the people around. However, the previous kittens were much smaller rescued strays, while the one I've got now comes from a breeder.
Do you have any suggestion for what we could do? Should we se send him back to his previous owner (and cat sliblings) if he won't adjust in the next couple of days? I don't want him to feel tormented, just because we wanted a cat.
Yesterday me and my by got a 3 months old birman kitten, but he's terrified. He stays hidden most of the time, barely ate anything and hisses at us when we try to approach.
At first I made the mistake of not confining him to a room, but eventually I moved the litter box (which is still unused), food, water and toys close to his hiding place.
Last night he joined us on the sofa for a bit, but refused any other kind of interaction and after he got back to the hiding spot, he spent all night meowing. In the morning he hissed everytime he saw us and seemed even more terrified. We tried to let him approach us and not scare him away, but he's still extremelly scared.
He seemes to be very gentle in spite of this. The couple of times we had to pick him up he didn't scratch or bite or try to run.
I'm worried because I've had more kittens before (at my parents' house) but none of them seemed so skittish. In a couple of hours at most they would get adjusted to the new place and have no problem interacting with the people around. However, the previous kittens were much smaller rescued strays, while the one I've got now comes from a breeder.
Do you have any suggestion for what we could do? Should we se send him back to his previous owner (and cat sliblings) if he won't adjust in the next couple of days? I don't want him to feel tormented, just because we wanted a cat.