TIMIDITY
Carole Wilbourn is a well known Cat Talker, author, and loved cat behavior expert from New York. Carole’s website: www.thecatherapist.com
Carole writes:
Ingredients for a timid cat:
1. He was the last of the litter to be born or he was the runt.
2. He never got the choicest nipple, often being pushed aside by his littermates.
3. His lack of resemblance to his mother led her to favor the kittens who looked more like her.
4. His mother cat nursed her kittens for only about five weeks, and then lost interest in her kittens.
5. He was always shy with his people and kept his distance, though he played with his littermates.
Actions that define a timid cat:
1. He’s always on guard, even when he’s curled up in your lap.
2. When visitors stop by or at any sudden loud noise outside or in, he hides under the bed or sofa.
3. He’s afraid of household appliances like the vacuum cleaner and the blender.
Don’t Lose Hope ― He will improve with your love and support
― But It Takes Time:
You’ve certainly tried to make him feel loved, and he has become a bit less reserved, but his rocky start paved the way for his timidity. He does not possess the emotional thick skin or constitution that allows him to roll with the punches. Yes, he has low self-esteem that was formed when he was in his mother’s womb. Continue to nurture him with patience and understanding. As he grows in years, he’ll gain in confidence. Time is the key unless you create a special program for him or perhaps engage professional help.
SOLUTION by CatTamboo:
As devoted pet owners, we need productive ways to connect with our animals. It isn’t enough to know that we need to give them love. How many of us are really experts at love anyway? Empathy and unconditional love that stem from selflessness and service will heal your pet, but we need practical tools to use. Life is busy and most of us want to enjoy our pets!
Laura suggests that it is a basic, deeply rooted problem that often makes cats timid. So how can you connect with them in a way that heals their source of pain? One way is to reconnect them with their innate hunting instincts!
Cats are natural born hunters. Their ability to survive in the wild depends on it, and nature’s process of selection favors the strong in this way. If you have a timid cat that was likely the runt of the litter, then by nature’s law, the cat would have likely perished early on. So you are your kitties savior! The confidence that is instinctive for cats is gained from hunting, but cats in captivity often lose themselves, thus never connecting with their instinctive nature.
CatTamboo toys are a new interactive pet toy scientifically designed to trigger this hunting instinct. The instinct is primal! If the animal eats birds, insects, mice, bats or other small creatures, then this product will captivate their interests. In fact, I’ve even seen a bearded dragon (lizard) pursue and taste one of the CatTamboo toys. Sugar gliders, ferrets, cats, dogs, and wild or zoo animals of many other or similar species are instinctively captivated by these toys.
So how do CatTamboo toys accomplish it? CatTamboo toys use rods made from all natural materials in combination with modern manufacturing techniques and synthetic materials. The rods come with multiple feathers attach to the end. When the toy is whipped through the air: feathers attached together like wings fly through the air just like a bird, or bat would, thus making the visual movements and audible sound of real live prey. Each toy is hand tuned so the wing-like flying action is optimized.
So try out this amazing new product and watch how within two months of loving play that is fun for both you and your timid cat, you can witness the transformation.
The key elements are:
1) Entice your timid cat
2) Help your cat gain self confidence: let him catch the toy once in awhile. At first he might just want to watch and listen. This is good! It means you have their attention! Be patient and let the toy fly around and land. Fly the toy toward the wall and land. Hold the toy still and then, make the wings do a twitching action like a moth with that nervous, light weight twitching energy…fast at first, and then stop. Then watch your cats eyes. Your goal is their absolute attention.
3) Help them gain trust and confidence in you. Remember, the solution involves you…only from a distance. This is good! Your cat will recognize your presence as a part of it without contributing the credit to you. The healing process will simply occur naturally with play, which is exactly why it works.
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