We got two kittens on Sunday. Brother and sister, 4 months old. They had been sold to another lady previously who hadn’t paid them any attention so she gave them back to the breeder who told me they were very shy once they came back and didn’t like being handled at all. The girl has come on great and since being with us is comfortable jumping up on the couch for cuddles, loves being stroked, follows me round rubbing herself on me etc. She’ll also let new faces stroke her although now and again she will run off and hide but she’s doing well.
Her brother, the breeder said, was still very wary and shy and with us, he will come out and play very happily. He will play fight with his sister, running mad round the house but if any of us so much as breathe near him, he runs off to hide. Sometimes if we walk near him or our hand/foot is near him, he will hiss.
I know it’s early days and it will take time with him and that’s okay. Other than playing with him, we haven’t tried touching him or picking him up and if he comes out to explore, we just leave him to it. I was just wondering if there’s anything we can do to ease him in to our family and make him feel safe and comfortable enough that he doesn’t hiss and run off to hide if he notices we are in the room. We want to get them down to the vets for a once over and have them both neutered and microchipped but I don’t think we’ll be able to until he’s more settled.