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Hello,
We rehomed a 5 year old female cat 2 months ago and she's been hiding in our bedroom closet ever since. She is incredibly friendly with us - she'll play and always greets us purring. She eats/drinks/uses the litter box normally.....but she is so afraid of our apartment. If we try (rarely do) to put her in our bedroom she runs back into the closet. Should we make her new "safe space" in the bedroom to acclimate her to other rooms? We just moved the litter box out of the bedroom as she started using the other one in the next room on her own. We know she explores a little at night, but never ever during the day. There's hardbly been progress made, it's so slight.
We know her old owners and they are lovely people who took good care of her. They gave her up due to a move. So as far as I know, she wasn't in a bad situation prior.
What would you do? Should we let her be or force her out of her comfort zone a little?
We rehomed a 5 year old female cat 2 months ago and she's been hiding in our bedroom closet ever since. She is incredibly friendly with us - she'll play and always greets us purring. She eats/drinks/uses the litter box normally.....but she is so afraid of our apartment. If we try (rarely do) to put her in our bedroom she runs back into the closet. Should we make her new "safe space" in the bedroom to acclimate her to other rooms? We just moved the litter box out of the bedroom as she started using the other one in the next room on her own. We know she explores a little at night, but never ever during the day. There's hardbly been progress made, it's so slight.
We know her old owners and they are lovely people who took good care of her. They gave her up due to a move. So as far as I know, she wasn't in a bad situation prior.
What would you do? Should we let her be or force her out of her comfort zone a little?