My girlfriend and I got a kitten a few months ago that's not adapting well at all. She doesn't play, barely eats, hides CONSTANTLY, usually hisses when we approach her and when we actually do get her to sit near us she just curls up into a defensive ball and won't move unless she's running to hide again. She's not really aggressive as she gets along well with the other cat and, when we can find her, she'll sometimes sit cooperatively in our laps, but only after she hisses at us when we try to pick her up. We figured this would subside however it's been some time now and she's not changed. We've employed several tactics that we found online but nothing seems to work, and it's gotten to the point where we're making one last attempt to do something before giving her up. I realize that probably sounds heartless but the truth is we're not going to spend the time/money/resources on a cat who is always hiding and hissing at us as it's pointless to us to do so. She's about 2 1/2 - 3 months old and adorable but we just can't figure out what her deal is. I also know the woman who raised her after birth so I doubt any of her current issues stem back to any previous abuse.



If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it. I've looked at other topics here and other places on the internet but none of them seem to address a kitten this young being so extremely skittish. For what it's worth we're also taking her to the vet next week to look at her but we doubt any of her behavior problems are due to any physical issue.



Thanks ahead of time.

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