Any suggestions about getting my cat involved with my guests?

Cat’s are funny that way, they are the way they are and there is not much you can do to change them… Some cats are always going to be more shy, or less approachable than others (mine still runs and hides behind the sofa even when my ex roomate, who was living with me when I first got her, comes over…) It sounds as if she doesnt like anyone invading her space and is letting them know… You may be able to teach her that hissing and scratching are unacceptable, but I doubt you are ever going to make her happy to see other people… You could try having them feed her treats, but I honestly think asking for a personality overhaul may not happen…

Just tell people to leave her alone…cats pick their people, not vice versa…if this is her demeanor, then so be it! Only if she starts getting aggressive, would I intervene. They aren’t like dogs, who are social animals instinctively…most cats (except lions) are loners by nature…The fact that they co-exist with us, at all, I think is a miracle in it’s own right.

I had Dave for 14 years…we had GOOD friends, people who’d been around us for at least that long…who were totally surprised to find out we even had a cat…Dave was totally anit-social…he loved me, tolerated Greg…ADORED the dogs, but that was the total of his social life.

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Get them to give her a cat treat.