Poor kitty lived under the bed for a good while, then we took her to the vet to have her checked out. I was hoping something was wrong that they could take care of, but just as well they found nothing wrong with her. After we brought her home she lived in the basement under a shelf for a while, until someone used a saw. The noise from the saw sent her running right back under my bed where she is now. She'll purr and purr when I lay on the bed, but won't come out to be pet and is incredibly scared to even come out to eat.
We're far from abusive, so we're not sure of any reason that she would hide from us in this fashion. We have 4 other cats in the house, 3 of them are her children, and the other one is a recent stray we brought in. She was fine with the stray for a good while, so I can only assume it's not him, but can not be too sure.
Does anyone have any suggestions of ways to get her to be more comfortable with my family and our house again? I was trying to coax her out with some of her favorite ham earlier, but she still wouldn't come out despite clearly wanting to eat it!
Help please!
We're far from abusive, so we're not sure of any reason that she would hide from us in this fashion. We have 4 other cats in the house, 3 of them are her children, and the other one is a recent stray we brought in. She was fine with the stray for a good while, so I can only assume it's not him, but can not be too sure.
Does anyone have any suggestions of ways to get her to be more comfortable with my family and our house again? I was trying to coax her out with some of her favorite ham earlier, but she still wouldn't come out despite clearly wanting to eat it!
Help please!