i know this is a stupid thing to feel when you have had a kitten for 2 days but whenever i come into the room and try to pat him he gets down low and sprints! yesterday (THE FIRST DAY OF HIM BEING HOME) he sat on my lap and licked me and played with me but now, i open the door, and he follows me out, then i try to pick him up and at least have a pat and he runs off behind the couch or under the table!
i just fed him- at the mo he is crying to be let out of the laundry!
mum also really wants a hold- but she picks him up and he gets all weird and runs off her lap.
whenever we bring him into the lounge he will hide behind the couch, and we go and try to get him and he runs around the lounge room and it is very annoying! the first time we thought he might of needed to go to the toilet, so i took him into the laundry and left him. the second time he did the same thing and started nipping at my fingers-i tapped him ont he nose and put him back into the laundry, i know i should leave him but its so hard to resist his face!
any settling in tips?

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He is just scared at the moment most cats don't like picking up at the best of times just give him his space and time! Remember he has jus left his mummy!
Don't tap him on the nose either gently blow in his face but never ever smack a cat they don't understand it!
I'm sure given a few days Leo will be settled in but the more you chase after him the more you will scare him x

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I am sure things will get better...It must be strange for the little fellow being in a new home. When we bought Ruby home she would throw herself about in my arms if i picked her up.....Keep at it....

When I rescued a cat and her kittens from our shed, the kittens were exactly the same when I brought them into the house. Hiding from me, as soon as I walked into the room, they would run and hide anywhere they could. After a week, they came out of their shell and started to trust me. After two weeks the kittens got brave and ventured downstairs to meet my dogs.

Your kitten will come out of his shell in his own time it just takes time for him to trust you and get used to his new surroundings.

When I brought my kittens home I left them to hide whenever they wanted to and I didn't force them out. I let them sniff my hands first and only when they seemed comfortable did I pick them up. Any time they wanted to be put down I gently put them down. My only direct interaction with them was to feed them and let them chase some ribbon. But again this was only for short periods of time. I let this continue for a few days and after that they were fine with being handled by me and my husband.

It wasn't until they were four months old that my son first handled them, as he was too scared to and he had been told not to pick them up as they were babies and had to be handled in a certain way. They are now really confident with him too.

Bearing in mind my boys had each other so were not alone, think about how poor Leo must view his strange new world. It is HUGE and there are no familiar smells to him yet.

Also, although he is cute to you do you know what you seem like to him? An article in 'Your Cat' magazine described the relationship size like this. A human to a cat is the equivalent of a human next to one giraffe on top of the other i.e We are 9 times higher than an adult cat, let alone a little kitten.

The more you let him settle in his own time, the faster he will trust you completely. Tempting as it is, let him settle first

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He's in new surroundings with strange people. Just leave him be and let him come to you when he's ready instead of trying to force him to sit on your lap. Each time you are picking him up or trying to pat him when he doesn't want you to you will be making him more scared meaning it will probably take even longer for him to come to you in his own time.

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