How are your cats when strangers come to your house?

Originally Posted by cococat

My cat (like my other animals) is 100% for sure they came to play with HER. She demands attention, is pushy, nosey, and loves it when guests visit.

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that is Lucky , look mom a new friend,

Popsie does not like strangers. He hisses and throws a huge fit.

Harvey hides, and won't come out until they're gone.

Tailer greets them at the door, shows them in, and has to get right in the middle of whatever it is that's going on. He's our resident supervisor.

Forest watches...from a distance. Because of his wobbly CH gait, he's zigged when people thought he was going to zag and gotten stepped on or kicked one too many times. He's now content to keep an eye on things from the upstairs landing.

We had my friends over the night we got Skye. Didn't even phase her. Miss Thang strutted around like she owned the place the second she got in. I'm glad tho I like having a social kitty.

Originally Posted by lisalee

How are your kitties when strangers come in? Do they run and hide or do they stay and observe everything?

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Pixel hides the whole time. everyone else hides initially, then makes an appearance.
except for Java, my **** - she insists each & every visitor pet her ASAP upon entering the house!

With Much, it depends on whether the doorbell rang. If yes, she is under the bed until they leave. If no, then she will watch from the top of the stairs.

Lucy will watch from a distance.

Carly sometimes won't leave them alone but the last time, she stared at my guests and went back to sleep.

Jack seems to think that whoever comes to the door is there to see him. Our front door opens into the kitchen; Jack sits on the very edge of the kitchen table, stretching his neck out, as if he's saying, "Pay attention to me."

Katie doesn't stir from wherever she is, but does give somewhat hateful looks at whoever happened to disturb her.

Rufus just turned 3 and I don't think any visitor has ever actually seen him.
Charlotte and Bridget think Rufus is their mother, so where he goes they follow.

cats? what cats?

if it wasn't for the litter boxes, most strangers might never know that I have cats. Especially not a little brown cat.

Seriously, they usually hide but Joshua will come out cautiously after a little while. Kinah will hide longer, but once she decides to come out of hiding, she's not afraid anymore. Once my older brother was in here and Kinah was hiding... and then suddenly she appeared out of nowhere and jumped on his lap uninvited.

Our cats are nuts. They all come running to the door if they hear someone knock. I don't know what it is, but they just love company! All three of them will come beg for pets. They aren't afraid of anyone. Even if the company brings their dog with. They still come and check everything out. Very rarely have I ever seen our cats hide. I could probably count the times on one hand.

Koko will try to help with whatever the person is here doing.
Muddy will try to leap into their arms.
Scarlett and Stumpy sit in the room and just watch them.
After 30 minutes or so, Dakota and Pinky will wander in to check them out.
Another 30 minutes has Sage investigating.
At exactly 2 hours Pinky will arrive.
If Lucky (the feral) is in the house, he'll just ignore them.
Bob is completely indifferent and goes about his business as if no one is here.
Oscar and Eightball will hide in the bedroom until they are gone.

Hennessy's response is:

"You. Pet me. Now."

Hee! Spud is convinced that anyone coming into the house is there to visit him. He has no shame, throws himself down in front of them and shows his belly, talking the whole time.
On the other hand, the only other human beings, besides my hubby and I, that have ever set eyes on Siam is the vet and the vet techs. He will hide even if he sees someone out the window. He is a scaredy cat!

Most of my cats will go hide because they're not used to anybody but me being in the house. Some will cautiously come out if the intruder doesn't leave soon enough but they will maintain their distance. A couple of them stay. Lindsay is my ambassador. He has never met a stranger. I wish all of my cats were more like him. I wonder if I will ever see one of my former ferals when my brother comes to stay with me for 5 weeks?

Mine will hide until they are gone. Sometimes one of them will get brave enough to come out and see them...and try to get their attention. Its usually Bosco.

He loves everyone and insists that everyone must like him.

I enjoyed reading all your stories, so funny and interesting! It's amazing the different personalities of all the kitties here, some shy and some certainly not so shy with strangers!