Hi guys! Welcome back to the channel! It's Claire and Rags and this week we are going
to be sharing some tips with you to care for timid or shy cats
Now first of all I want to thank our friend Marlice for suggesting this topic and we very much
appreciate any suggestions so if anyone else has suggestions for video ideas
please let us know in the comment section below
Now Ragsy herself isn't particularly timid but she has been
at certain times in her life so we are going to share some tips to help
you care for a shy pussycat
the first one is herbal health - Now with particularly skittish cats don't be afraid to get some help from your vet or the pet shop
Things like synthetic pheromone diffusers are really really
good for this kind of thing these are diffusers that you plug in and have on
almost constantly to help your cat feel calm and happy it is a copy of a
pheromone in cats faces that help them feel safe and happy
We use these particularly around holidays when there are more people in our house
and Ragsy does get a bit stressed out about that sometimes so if we have a
diffuser and in in one of the rooms that she likes to be in she is more than
happy and calm under these periods. Second one is routine and important
Now I imagine if you have a shy cat you're very tempted to be very quiet around them and
maybe like tip toe or not do things that you usually do carrying on with your
daily routines and will eventually normalize and desensitize your cat to
all the smells and noises that initially spooks them and things like cooking and
cleaning and generally just walking around - it might spook them to begin with
but eventually they will become so used to them that they will be a lot more
comfortable in a slightly noisier environment
Third one is away from the chaos - Now saying that and a house that is quite chaotic with small children and
other animals isn't particularly good for a cat that is predisposition to be
quite shy or timid or skittish if you do have a shy cat in a home that does have
quite a bit of a chaotic family life make sure that there's somewhere that your cat
can go to and they can get to easily that is warm quiet safe and has all of their amenities
so that's food, water, toys and a litter tray
A good place is maybe a downstairs bathroom with a cat flap in
the door this is just so that if your cat just get overwhelmed and they have
somewhere to go and if they can't they'll get stressed
Fourth one is getting them to have a best friend now if you have a place like this and that is quiet and
warm and somebody that your cat can go away from everybody else a really really
good way to get your cat feeling safe and particularly around other members of the family is to really really bond with them
this is usually just one person who spends a lot of time with your cat grooming them and playing with them
feeding them and like even like just cleaning their litter tray this is kind
of person that they will feel safe with so if they are in a room with other
members of family and it's potentially some time that your cat will end up
being a bit nervous if you're there with them if you're the friends with them
it's sort of like a like a security blanket for them they'll feel safe in
that environment because they have such a close bond with you and if that
particular person is you you're very lucky you have the best kind of best friend one the purrs
Fifth one is treats and encouragement now as tempted as you
might be to roll out the treats whenever your cat is in a non-threatening event
and feeling nervous or showing skittish behavior but this is just reinforcing
sort of negative behaviors in them in in situations where there are no threats to them
basically this is just positive reinforcement for negative behaviours
Now it's not a punishment at all but try ignoring their timid behaviour and in a
non-threatening event and rewarding when they are bit more social or show more
calming behavior in these situations eventually your cat will feel a lot more
comfortable acting more calm and happy in these situations so it's a win-win for both you and your cat
Thanks for watching guys I hope that you have found these tips useful and interesting
again please feel free to share any tips in
the comment section below or any ideas you have for other videos me and Rags do
love reading the comments you guys are always so so nice
now on to our competition winner - Ragsy's decided that Darcy O wins a t-shirt this week not only because her and her cat Emmett have been together
at the same time as me and Rags but she's also familiar with the way her cat
enjoys being petted which is a very very good idea
Congratulations! You have won yourself a Relax My Cat t-shirt! So just email
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