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Ocelot II

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3. If you have guests often she'll probably get used to them.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 09:15 AM
Apr 2023

My 14-year-old cat has never gotten used to people in the house - she hides if anyone comes in. It might be because I don't have guests very often - I'm old, few friends, no relatives nearby, house is too small for entertaining, so about the only other people she ever sees are various sorts of repairmen - plumbers, electricians, etc. Last winter I had quite a bit of interior painting done by someone I know quite well, and he was in the house almost every day for months. After many weeks she came out of hiding long enough to stand at a distance and stare balefully at him, but he was never able to get close enough to pet her. She behaves pretty well at the vet and doesn't usually try to claw anybody's face off but she doesn't like people in her house. She loves me, though. Carys might warm up to visitors if you have them often, but if she doesn't, at least she loves you.

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