Hi i adopted a kitten yesterday, a little black and white boy with a hitler moustache, up to date on his 1st round of shots, and 9 weeks old.

this is only the 2nd night, just fyi.

first night we brought him in the apartment and he hid behind the couch, then under my bed, til we crawled under and got him so we could put him in a "safe room" that was not carpeted, with his litter box and food and water.
He would not use his litter today, until i bought him a new/different brand of litter, then he immediately went when i left the room. He tries to run out the doors when we come to check on him. He deifnitely wants to escape his room.

he mewed all through the night last night.
today he mews for about 5 to 10 minutes after we are in the room with him and then leave and shut the door.

He hides behind the toilet and it takes a lot of coercing to get him to come out and eat or play even though he will eat from my fingers, gladly rambunciously play with his toys, and sit in our laps and knead us when we pet him.

he will not sleep in his kitty bed, only behind the toilet, hiding.

any suggestions? just time? should i let him out into the rest of the house even though he still wants to hide? i'm glad he finally figured out his litter and is eating canned mixed with hard food.

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