The morning after the night before

Morning everyone!

So last night went pretty well, all things considered. The kitten was pretty settled for most of the night, though it wouldn't go near the jumper/towel in the litter tray.

We left our bedroom door open so we could hear it and just before we went to be bed we heard it wandering about the cage and knocking the little ball toy with a little bell in it.

At 4.30am we were woken up because it was mewing a lot. We tried going 'shhhhhhhhhhh' quietly through the door, which worked at first but then it wouldn't stop. I got out of bed and went and got a little bit of chicken from the fridge to see if it would take it. It was very scared and hissed at me a little bit, but then I think it must have realised I was trying to offer it some food as it started sniffing the chicken and licking its lips. It didn't take any though so I just left it in the cage.

Got back in bed and it started mewing again, so we figured we'd try and treat it like a baby and let it cry for a while before it settled and it worked. We think it might have even tried to get out of the cage again because I heard the bars clanging a bit, but it did eventually quieten down.

I've just gone in and peeked in the cage, and the chicken has gone and it's lay on the jumper looking around. It's managed to tuck itself inside it so just its head is poking out. Looks adorable :)

I'm glad it started sniffing the food I was giving it, I'm seeing that as progress!

Today, we're going to focus on trying to get it to eat from a spoon, then our hand. We're also going to just in the room and read or something so that it can see us but without staring at it or anything so that hopefully it'll see we aren't a threat to it.

Joy will be here soon with the trap for the other one!

Eep!