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Anonymous
If he's younger than 7-8 weeks old, he's not properly weaned and needs to be fed kitten formula with a bottle often (you can get this from a vet). He seems older, so he should be fine. Get him a litterbox and put it somewhere secluded he can easily get to (cats like privacy) and put the food and water across the room from the litterbox so he won't accidentally mix litter with that.
Then leave him alone for a bit tonight. Be slow with him. Gently talk to him and gently pet him, but don't try to pick him up or chase him to love on him--he doesn't understand what you want yet. Just be jovial and delicate and don't pick him up too much (pet him wherever he is, but make him feel in control of his surroundings) and in a month or so, he'll be perfectly fine with you. Don't leave him alone too much, and make sure you get wires and cords and possibly dangerous shit out of his reach. If you work a lot, for god sakes, get another kitten about his age, if you can get one from the same litter, that's best. Cats are very solitar, but most get really bored and lonesome, like dogs, if they're alone most of the day because you're at work/school and then they can never fucking adjust to times when they absolutely must be solitary (like in a nice kennel for trip).
Please think of how this kitten must feel. He's a baby, in a strange place, with hundreds of thousands of new smells, sights, sounds, and a new human. He's suddenly away from all his littermates and his mom, and he's scared!
Be gentle with him, but understand that he didn't chose you, and you didn't even chose him. He's going to have to get used to you, and if you're impatient, he's going to say "Fuck you."
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