THE Key to Helping Your Shy or Scared Cat

Jay makes bed a cat into my home yesterday to foster while her human is in a recovery center for 2 months. It took 2 people 2 hours to find her to move. She had been alone in the apartment for 10 days with a cousin with dogs came in to feed & change water. Cat was never seen. Unfortunately the cousin took her dogs into the apartment before I got there and I’m sure she was terrified. I personally 10:04 found her after 10 minutes wedged behind a trunk under a blanket. I currently have no pets of my own. She’s hiding under the bed in the guest room. Frozen. Got here 19 hours ago. Hasn’t eaten, drank or used the litter box. Help!!!! How long do I let her hide out?

Shy tigerinos we love you! But, we understand ANY animal hiding from humans. We are sometimes literally the worst animal in the history of the planet.

Mr galaxy. I have a problem I haven't heard anyone address advise for.
I adopted 2 one year old girl cats from different families.
All was going well for the biggest part.
My daughter had a housing emergency and she had to come home.
She has 3 boys. 2 three year Olds. And a 13yr old. My girls are scared sh!tress by the bigger boys. The boys are very curious but not threatening. My girls aren't adjusting well. They are very defensive and they both hiss and growl. And start fights and then run for cover and they're completely freaked out by the boys who just wanna know who they are. Its been about 8 days were being patient and keeping them separated for the most part. Do you have any good advice for us?

Hi Jackson Galaxy love your videos! One of my friends cat who I’m cat sitting has been shy for the longest time. I can’t block it from going under the bed successfully, can I close the room instead?

Cant block behind curtains cant block side of my bed cant block under table cant block behind sofa cant block under a mobile platform whats used for diy. Has a blanket she hides under or bathroom she hides wherever possible even under my coat shirt shell suit trackys

I try to watch this but the rambling is absurd. Next

This was a super helpful video. I've had 9 cats in my life, always adopted and usually from abusive households. Within a year, every one of them has come around to liking me and interacting with me and other people. Except for one. We've had her for 5 years and she won't ever come out from the closet / bed. Vets recommended prozac but that hasn't done anything. This gives me a different way of thinking of things to try to help her be comfortable while still giving her space. Its interesting though–she was probably the only one not from an abusive or neglectful household. She wound up being born in a shelter though, so maybe thats why. She loves other cats but even after 5 years of caring for her, she'll still hiss and hide when I come into the room. Same with anyone else. I have 3 other cats right now and she gets along super well with all of them. Not sure why she's still so timid around the family after all this time though. One of the other three I currently have was rescued from a hoarding house that had over 50 cats. The other too were ferals I rescued. They're all way more socialized than her with humans. At this point, I'm at my wits end. If anyone has any advice, I'd gratefully take it.

I just got 2 kittens. They are 9 weeks old and sisters. 1 is very shy.. 1 is totally not bothered by anything (except loud sounds wich is normal for those small ones).
They like to sleep in a corner in the bathroom..

Should i wait a couple weeks? Or start blocking it?

My cat hides in the closet when he’s scared, but also sleeps in there when he’s fine. He does sleep on the bed, and lays in the sun, all in my bedroom. But venturing out of my bedroom is the problem. I used to have a dog, and the cat was fine,,playing with him, until he passed away. Now he just wants to be in his room by himself. He will let me brush him, rub his ears, stroke him, but on his terms. And, when anyone comes to visit he immediately goes to his closet, safe space. He comes out into the living room, in the morning, and late evenings, but, if there’s a sudden noise, or movement, he goes running back to his space. I have just ordered a huge cat tree, and am hoping that will bring him out more. He’s 16 years old, my first cat, (I have had several dogs in my life), and I still don’t know how to read his thoughts. He wanted cuddles as a kitten, but never sits on my lap anymore.

I have a wallflower rescue cat who I’ve had about 2 weeks now. His name is Blaze and he’s a flame point Siamese. He’s about 5-6 months old.
I adopted him FROM a rescue that picked him up off the street. The rescue thought he was feral because he’s so insecure. He was on his way to be a barn cat but he is so beautiful I couldn’t stand the thought of it, and since I’ve worked with cats all my life, I decided to add him to my little cat family. With him, I now have 3 indoor cats… and I just figured out his biggest issue… he’s deaf! Poor little guy! He would never have survived very long on his own outdoors.
He’s beginning to gain a bit of confidence now and is venturing out of his hidey hole more and more.
I’ve never had a deaf cat before so this will be a learning experience for both of us. We have plenty of time to get it all figured out together.

My cat becomes a wallflower at the petsitter's. What would be the steps to introduce them properly and prevent my cat from staying over-stressed for days when I am away?
Other than closing the closet he hides in? His previous petsitter had no issues with him but he was much younger.

How do i block the under the couch i just rescued a bengal that was never really socialized they had a hecktic big house with a bounch of animals so many places for him to hide and scared of everything and everyone now i closed all closets doors ect but he hides under the couch i did bring his little crate but he does not go there

I adopted a cat a month ago. He’s a 8 years old extremely shy/scared FIV+ black cat so obviously no one wanted him and he spent 5 months in a tiny cage in a container. No one came to see him. When I came to adopt him the workers were so relived that I didn’t have to pay anything and they gifted me cat food, litter, toys, box, etc. It’s been 5 weeks and he’s still hiding under my bed. Not letting me get close to him or touch him. I came for advice and there’s been two teams : “leave him alone, don’t acknowledge him and he will come out one day eventually” and “get him out of under the bed, give him another hiding place where he can observe you better and try to interact with him so he can get out of his shell”. Idk what to do.

I adopted a female cat that was so abused was told she is shy come to find out she is older than we were told and she is going blind. Had her to the vet after 3 weeks vet was shocked at her turn around now she roams the downstairs and terrorizes her cat brother

wasn't helpful at all, you talk way to much and saying saying nothing.

Oh one more thing,I have 4 other female cats,No males.and Lots of places for the kitten to hide.I feed my cats dry cat food.what should I do?? Rick . Please Help me find her.

Just got a very traumatized scared little baby rescue who’s just 6 months old. This video helps a lot with understanding him and how to get him to go out into the world 🙂

I found this video looking for help,we have 5 cats and we got this tabby when he was 6 weeks old and from the beginning he dose not like to be touched he will shrink down and run away and he's so skittish,fast forward one year still the same except he will let you pet him when you are laying in bed or sitting

What about a cat that’s confident enough to be out but skittish AF and just darts around like a lightning bolt. And fuck me if I want to give him pain killers or try to get the diarrhea off his freshly chopped off balls. Moment he thinks I’m coming in he turns into lightning bouncing off the walls. I’m in over my head. I just wanted a cat who wanted to be around people. My outside energy trying to give him everything but my inner conflict of realizing what I’ve done is … wearing on me. And before someone says yOu mUsT aCcEpT yOuR cAt! … no cat is fucking happy darting around.

Adopted a beautiful cat today and he is hiding under the bed, how long should I let him hide there? Adoption staff told me he is anxious and needs to feel safe in a Locked room

My issue is that my cat is reactive to too many things/everything, often it’s just a family member walking up past him when he wasn’t expecting it. He’s super cuddly and loves affection, so it isn’t like he doesn’t want others near him (he doesn’t understand personal space whatsoever). Sometimes he’s fine with people coming up to him, other times he bolts up the stairs and we won’t see him for at least half an hour. He acts like someone’s gonna hurt him but we’ve had him since he was 11 weeks old and there’s never been anyone acting aggressively.

I have a black cat name Bagheera (also) from jungle book. Whos a wall flower. But it seems to be selective on when he leaves. His brother on the other hand isnt scared of leaving he goes all over the house without issue.

I'm fostering a 13 yo senior cat who lost her family and the poor thing has been terrified around other cats even the ones she came with. Definitely have to try this I can't get her to come down the stairs with us

"Shy" doesn't begin to describe the bonded pair I've just taken in. It's been a little over a week and they are still mostly in hiding. They do come out to eat and drink and use the litter box. I'm not even sure where the other one is hiding … and this is a VERY small apartment.

Their food bowls are in the middle of the living-room floor. The litter box is where it's always been: next to my desk. None of those items are hiding. I've also plugged in a Feliway but can't tell at this point whether it's actually doing anything.
Apparently they spent a lot of time in the back of one store, so they saw very few people. Then they got moved to a different store where they were put up front, in the hopes a home would be found for them. So suddenly they were getting a lot of attention that they weren't used to. And this all went on over FOUR YEARS.
I've been advised to just let them be and they will come out on their own. It does seem to be working — barely — for the (neutered) male cat; he just tried to get up on the windowsill (memo to self: clear 'stuff' off the windowsill) and then skittered past me back to … wherever.