THE Key to Helping Your Shy or Scared Cat

Got a shy cat? Watch this video to learn my top tips for increasing their mojo!

Chapters
0:00: Introduction
1:15: What is a Wallflower Cat?
2:58: The Confident Where
3:56: Catification
5:13: Caving and Cocooning
8:27: Closing

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[iibnf]

We adopted an abused cat - it took about 2 years for him to finally realise that we were not terrifying monsters, but that he was safe and could relax. He still jumps at loud noises, but he's blossomed into the most loving, darling little buddy ever. Patience and care and undoing all that damage really pays off!

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[buildtherobots]

My cat is definitely a wallflower, or at least she was when I adopted her. Like he said it wasn't an advantage. The shelter waived the adoption fee because she was so painfully shy that she was being overlooked and considered low likelihood of being adopted, also she was 4 years old which is past the prime for some reason. I was in the store weekly for work as a brand ambassador and spent time looking at the cats who were available and reading their biographies (after work). This tiny cat spent all of her time sitting in the litter tray hiding from view. Every now and then she would peek over the edge with giant green eyes and promptly disappear again. I eventually figured out that the rest of her was tuxedo print and that her previous owner had left the country for foreign exchange study and the boyfriend she left behind dropped the cat off at the pound. I had a feeling that if someone just gave her a chance and was patient that she would come out of her proverbial shell.
She warmed up to having a living space that only had 2 people occupying it very quickly. That was 10 years ago last September and she is still with me today. And at the ripe age of 14 she is more splendid than ever. She is still timid on first meeting people but is monumentally more willing to venture out of her safe place and explore or say hi to someone new than she was when I got her.

[Dsfgxfdd]

Shy cats are the most loving cats when you gain their trust, I got one myself.

[heysaekari]

"they can't control their nerves when they go out." my cat and i have more in common than i thought

[shaneashby]

Jackson, shy & scared cat is my biggest problem. It would awesome if you could do even more videos on this topic. Cheers mate!

[mehitabel]

I miss my wallflower cat! After we got him, it took about 6 weeks until he let us touch him. Then he turned into the best cat ever - he had the sweetest soul. Never give up on the shy ones!

[cynrez]

this guy is cat god, he is protected in the afterlife.

[sydandtheecity]

My kitty Sevyn was so shy while at the shelter. I got him when he was 5 months 🫶🏾 The shelter said he was shy and they raved about him sitting on one of their laps like ONCE but now??? Oh he is roaming around a house with a dog and three other people and greets new people willingly. Sometimes it really is about just nurturing them 🥰❤️ he’s 1 year and 3 months now ! 😄😄

[MysticMetaKnight]

My brothers drive me crazy - mind you, we're all adults (20+), but it's like everytime they walk into the room and see one of the cats they think they need to go over and touch it! It's like I'm trying to tell a child that it's not a toy. Just let the cat chill! They're running away because they're being bothered, they're growling and nipping because their desire to be left alone isn't being respected. I've never used squirt gun diplomacy on cats, but I'm very tempted to do it to my brothers.

[brsljankan.]

My cat wants me to chase him across the apartment, from the bedroom through the hall to the kitchen and back, about ten times every day. Then he places himself on the sofa and looks very pleased. He didn't do this before the lockdown.

We once had a cat whom other kids wanted to put on a plank and send down the river. Daughter saved him and brought him home. It took five years for him to let us come to him from behind and caress his neck and head without suddenly turning and biting the hand. Five years. He was the brightest cat I have ever seen, used "cat sentences", melodious structures of various length to talk to us. He lived to be 16.

[charliegumbita]

I just adopted a cat off death row. I was definitely a butler service for him. Everything was under my bed. I was once a wallflower human, I have PTSD and I still have my moments. I can’t believe I didn’t realize that I was enabling my cats fear by never asking for him to come out of his comfort zone.

Thank you Jackson.

[minicat]

One of my cats is afraid of all my guests at first, but once they fall asleep in the guest room she smacks their feet and jumps on them in their sleep. That's how she introduces herself.

[laursouth]

My cat comes out but she’s scared of EVERYTHING. Everything makes her run, if we move too fast, if we cook and the put the cookware down too loud, definitely if we have guests.

[pepperfairy]

I did exactly this to my new rescue. She was a feral living in a cat population. First she wanted to be under the bed and i ended up removing the legs from my bed. Then she was under the couch so i used tape to block the under of the couch. I placed beds and little cottages in different levels on the bookshelf. First she was so scared she had to see me and she would stare at me eyes wide. But now, after 3 months of getting used to everything, she sits up on her scratching post and looks around like a queen ruling her underlings. She still gets worried and wants to hide a lot, but I see the confident cat appear more frequently. And she has let me even pet her a few times! We're getting there.

[daniazinnia]

I had to very slowly block the unders and realized my shy fearful calico cat was okay when I was laying down or sitting—she was scared of people standing at their full height. Very slowly I had her acclimate to the rest of the house (even with another not shy dominant cat!). Now she is the sweetest bravest cat ever! Everyone loves her personality and she even goes outside for walks! Definitely worth it—please take the time to do this for your shy wallflower kitty. 😻

[CP-nluo]

3:56 overcoming wallflowerism with environmental enrichment
4:02 block the unders
5:04 cocoons
5:16 caving

[Artsy_Christmouse]

What about a cat that is only a wallflower when you have guests over? Like, she's perfectly confident when it's just me and my live-in boyfriend, but when there are others, she hides.

[dorothymadara]

One thing that we did is we started moving his food bowls. The mojito cat in the house wasn't very pleased but the wallflower saw it as a game and got to explore his surroundings much more. Though he's still skittish he definitely has gained more courage to come out.

[tinasmith]

I just adopted a young cat that hid for 3 days and didn’t eat or drink. I followed your advice and has worked beautifully. Today is day 6 and he has emerged for boops and snuggles….happy days ahead

[harmonys]

I never realized I was enabling my cat’s hiding and anxiousness :( I put a bed and litterbox in the closet for her and even fed her there because she seemed SO much more comfortable in the closet. I thought it was cruel to force her out in the open if she was so scared of it, you know? She comes out into the main area sometimes but mostly stays against walls/on the fridge. I realize now I’ve been making it worse over the last couple years. Now that I know, I’m going to take steps to help her get her mojo :) she will probably be a bit unhappy with me for a little while but hopefully the cocoon thing mentioned will help her have a “safe” spot that’s more out in the house. Last year I eliminated “unders” because she was SO bad about hiding under things and I worried about a fire. Didn’t occur to me that the very back of the closet behind things... is just as dangerous :( I want her to have a long, happy, confident life