Burmese kitten - more nervous with visitors than it was

nemmie · 5th May 2008, 3:03 PM

Family member has a burmese male kitten. Its about 18 weeks old - so only been been 'home' for 2 months.

Anyway, it used to be very happy go lucky with visitors. Happy to play and chase. But in the last 2 weeks its got very nervous. Will hide when visitors come - sometimes will come out, mostly not.

Is this a phase its going thru, or is this its adult personality forming ? Just wondering if anyone has any experiences.

TIA.

josh_676 · 5th May 2008, 3:08 PM

Did you let children play with it? was anyone rough with it?

nemmie · 5th May 2008, 8:55 PM

No. Someone came to do a few jobs round the house - made a bit of noise with drills etc, but nothing too bad. Didn't upset the older cat.

Master PooBaa · 7th May 2008, 10:27 AM

noise still could have spooked it... it IS a lil young thing

Try having some friends around, but get them to be a bit quieter than normal. Slowly Draw the kitten out with toys n interesting things... get it comfortable with people again.

nemmie · 7th May 2008, 10:45 PM

Yep, thats what we'll do. Funny thing is, even if its got comfortable with new people, if it goes off and has a short nap it gets all nervous again. Like its never met the guests.

-=N0N@ME420=- · 14th May 2008, 3:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nemmie

Yep, thats what we'll do. Funny thing is, even if its got comfortable with new people, if it goes off and has a short nap it gets all nervous again. Like its never met the guests.

iirc something about cats having 5 minute memories.

Cats always seam nervous and hide from me the first time they see me, so I'm usually patting them gently in a corner, do that maybe 5-10 times and eventually when they see me they aren't worried.

So strange.

5th May 2008, 3:03 PM	#1
nemmie Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 49	Burmese kitten - more nervous with visitors than it was Family member has a burmese male kitten. Its about 18 weeks old - so only been been 'home' for 2 months. Anyway, it used to be very happy go lucky with visitors. Happy to play and chase. But in the last 2 weeks its got very nervous. Will hide when visitors come - sometimes will come out, mostly not. Is this a phase its going thru, or is this its adult personality forming ? Just wondering if anyone has any experiences. TIA. Last edited by nemmie; 5th May 2008 at 3:06 PM.

7th May 2008, 10:27 AM	#4
Master PooBaa Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,272	noise still could have spooked it... it IS a lil young thing Try having some friends around, but get them to be a bit quieter than normal. Slowly Draw the kitten out with toys n interesting things... get it comfortable with people again. __________________ Since when did your incompetence become an emergency for me? Member #1 of the OCAU Hotsauce Club!

5th May 2008, 3:08 PM	#2
josh_676 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,392	Did you let children play with it? was anyone rough with it?

5th May 2008, 8:55 PM	#3
nemmie Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 49	No. Someone came to do a few jobs round the house - made a bit of noise with drills etc, but nothing too bad. Didn't upset the older cat.

7th May 2008, 10:45 PM	#5
nemmie Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 49	Yep, thats what we'll do. Funny thing is, even if its got comfortable with new people, if it goes off and has a short nap it gets all nervous again. Like its never met the guests.