He is a year old and we've had him since he was a kitten.
My cat is the same way, she may comes to the door to check out who is there and pretty much takes off as soon as they go to pet her. She typically needs to check out the situation, get a smell of them before she will let them pet her.
don't let "strangers" (to him) just automatically go in for a pet, he needs to be approached (let him smell their hand before going in for the rub down) For many cats it may take a while and some don 't get out of it at all. After my cat was fixed she became very Lovey to everyone.
All the best and lots of luck
Cats have different personalities, just like humans do. We have two cats who are brother and sister. He is terrified of people and won't even let us go near him unless he chooses to come to us. She runs after people, meowing out loud to try to get them to purr her. She is so friendly she will wrap herself around any stranger and even climb up them to get purrs. There is no reason for them to be different, other than they were just born that way.
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Most cats do get a bit more confident with age, although our poor cat is so extreme he has to be treated for stress every time a stranger comes near, and he is now 10 years old.
Where did you get your cat and when and how old is it. depending on where it came from and how old it is then i might say that it was abused but i need more information.
Cats are naturally nervous animals. However, some cats are born with a curiousity that can sometimes kill them.
the main way to avoid this is by socializing him with people at a young age.
once this passes it's almost impossible to correct without alot of practice and patience
Some cats just don't like it, or are skittish around people. One of our cats is around 4 or 5 and still won't come see visitors.
prolly mistreatment as a kitten, cats tend to react to people based on how they were treated wen they were a kitten
my cat runs when someone new ries to touch it, it even ran from the judge's in thecat show!
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