Thread: New Kitten Problems - HELP!

I did exactly the same thing with Freyja and Wicca - I spent a good couple of hours in the kitchen with them when they first arrived and every 10/15 minutes I'd pick them up and plonk them in the litter tray, just to keep reminding them where it was. They usually hopped back out immediately though. But I'd shut them in the kitchen when I needed to get on with things, and pop back every 15/20 minutes, fuss them, rake through the litter tray for gifts, and once they'd left me something to bag up, I started leaving the kitchen door open, but kept them confined to one or two more rooms. Only had one litter accident since May (Freyja's second day, and I think it was disorientation). I half expected litter problems with Freyja when Wicca arrived as she handled it so badly, but no matter how cross and stressed she was, she always managed to head back to the litter tray!

Neither of my two ate under their own steam on their first day - I had to hold biscuits in my hand for them. Freyja started eating properly the evening of day 2 (after the Feliway plug in helped settle her in), and Wicca started tucking in around mid day on day 2.

Give it time, Wileycat - think about what a jolt puss has just gone through: left mum and dad, brothers and sisters, and a human that he knew and trusted. Smells that were familiar, routine's that he understood. He's got new smells to learn, people to trust, a new routine to get to grips with, find his feet around the house and learn where he fits in (head of the house within a week, I guarantee!). You might have lost your appetite in those circumstances too