Help, my new kitten is in our wall

headcrash27

We picked up kitten yesterday and he has so far been incredibly scared and anxious. He spent all of yesterday hiding under our radiator and then last night we put him in the kitchen to sleep. He has managed to get through a small hole between our kitchen cupboards and the kickboard. I took the kickboards off this morning and found out that we have a tiny hole on our wall where the pipe comes out to connect to the dishwasher that i think he has escaped into. Our walls our drylined so he would be able to walk the full length of the kitchen if he wanted to. He hasn't eaten or drunk anything since we got him and he hasn't used the litter tray so i am really concerned about him. I have tried putting some tuna near the hole in the hope that the smell might entice him out but this hasn't worked. I've also tried talking to him gently to entice him out inbetween sitting quietly for most of this morning in the hope he will come out on his own, but this isn't working! Does anyone have any suggestions or do you think he will come out on his own? I hate the thought of him stuck behind there, we had the walls drylined as we had really bad mould/condensation so it must be horrible in there for him. I'm also worried in case he is stuck and can't come out, although i would have thought he would have cried if that was the case? I have only heard him mewing a couple of times this morning.

spike7451

Put a trail of food out for him,that should tempt him out.
OpoOps,,just read you've tried that...Can you widen the hole at the back of the cabinets at all?..

cjmumto2

Kittens normally hide and tend not to use the litter tray for days if necessary. My kitten dissappeared for a week but she did come out at night to eat and after 3 days used the litter tray. I would widen the hole a bit and put some tuna down as you have done and talk gently when you are in the kitchen, it does take a while for them to get used to all the sounds and smells of a new home.

Wait a few days and leave a litter tray and food near by and keep an eye to see it is coming out at night. If not eating or drinking or using litter tray after 2 days I would think about making a huge whole in the wall just incase she is stuck.

fran2491

oh poor thing lol! i has a similar situation a few years ago one of my girls got stuck while inside the cellar went through a gap, had a suitcase up against the wall, she climed on the suitcase and in a tiny gap! then fell to the inside of the wall! as a last ditch attempt to help her out on her own without pulling down the wall, i put a bed sheet in the hole shook it a bit and left it dangling inside the wall so she could use it to climb out like a ladder i guess,in about a hour she was scratching at the front door to come in you could maybe give it a try hun, if it was me i would put food outside of the hole but not inside he would have no reason to come out then hehe:cool:

KiKi

If you can put some feathers on some string, or something like that which he might follow out, that could help.

But he definitely needs to eat and drink water, so if (after he's out and you've blocked up the holes) he's not eating or drinking then you need to consider getting him to the vet. How old is he?

ETA: as others have said, kittens take time to get used to their environment. Keep him in a small room with a box and blanket so there's somewhere familiar for him before introducing him to anywhere else in the house. It's a scary world out there for something so small!

KiKi

spike7451

When he does come out,I'd take him to the v.e.t.s for a check up,in case he's ingested anything he shouldn't have while in the wall cavity. (bit's of fibreboard,insulation,dust ect)

julesmby

any news ??????

fannyanna

Ahhhhh

I hope your kitty has come out now.

juliebunny

If kitty still isn't out could you contact the people where he came from to come and help as kitten would be more familiar with them. I've had to to do this with rescue kittens I have homed. They get so scared when homed on their own. They may even be able to bring the mum cat over or another kitten from the litter to entice her kitten out?

KiKi

Any update, OP? I really hope she's out of your wall. If not, you may need to break through it - the poor thing needs to eat and get water, more than anything.

KiKi

headcrash27

Hi all, yes he is out of the wall now thank god! After much coaxing he eventually came out late last night. Hubby has now managed to block up the hole so he can't do it again. He seems fine and is a lot more confident today and is eating and drinking well.