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Kitty doesn't take to strangers
Hi,
I have a cat named Shera, she is 1 going to be 2 yrs. old in April. I got her from the shelter and the main issue she had was that she didn't like to be around children. She was an abused kitty who got her tail tugged on by some children before she was put into a foster home. When my boyfriend and I adopted her she was 7 months old and we were told of her past abuse and also told that she would not do well around children and that it would take a while for her to warm up to us. As soon as we got her home however, she immediately started demanding to be pet and loved. She seemed to do so well with new people, even jumping on their laps and letting them pet her. Then, for whatever reason, a little bit past her first birthday she started acting different when it came to strangers. She usually hides under the bed and refuses to venture out of our bedroom unless all the strangers are out of the house. Sometimes she'll go on the bed but as soon as she hears a loud noise she'll go right back under the bed again. If she happens to be out and about and a stranger comes into the house she either runs upstairs as fast as possible (that's where my bedroom is) or stands there and does a long, aggravated meow and sometimes she'll scratch or growl. Not saying that we have a lot of strangers coming in and out of the house all the time but we do get the occasionally visitor. My concern is that my boyfriend's sister is going to be moving in with us and so is her three year old little boy. I'm worried to death that Shera is going to wind up being traumatized by this whole ordeal. They may be here for months and I don't want her to be afraid and hide under the bed all the time. I'd like to give her the benefit of the doubt and say she might take to them, but when they were here two months ago for two weeks she spent all her time cowering in a corner under the bed. I have no idea what to do. I need suggestions and would appreciate any advice on how to calm her down or at the very least keep her mentally unscathed from these soon to be visitors. Jenn |
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