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Our kitten, Nibbles, is 5 months old now. He is doing great. I've noticed something about him though. He likes our entire family equally (me, my husband, 2 kids)... but when new people come over... that is a different story. If any child comes over he is surprised and wary for about 5 minutes then is totally over it. But any adult hat comes over he is terrified and hides upstairs. My father-in-law came for Christmas and stayed a week... we thought after a day or so Nibbles would get over it... and he never did! He stayed upstairs the entire time except to come down and use the litter box. We had to move all his stuff upstairs for him.
Now... day two after father-in-law has left and I am pretty sure Nibbles is still trying to run off a week's worth of pent of play by tearing around the place like his tail is on fire. We did try to play with him while our guest was over but he was always looking over his shoulder to make sure no one was coming. Our guest didn't come upstairs at all during that week.
Is this normal behavior? I find it interesting Nibbles is totally fine with kids he doesn't know but won't adapt to new adults.
I can't imagine him ever going outside if this is how he faces new things!
Now... day two after father-in-law has left and I am pretty sure Nibbles is still trying to run off a week's worth of pent of play by tearing around the place like his tail is on fire. We did try to play with him while our guest was over but he was always looking over his shoulder to make sure no one was coming. Our guest didn't come upstairs at all during that week.
Is this normal behavior? I find it interesting Nibbles is totally fine with kids he doesn't know but won't adapt to new adults.
I can't imagine him ever going outside if this is how he faces new things!