Why does the cat not like me!?

Question

Hi...I was just wondering...

There's a stray cat that lives on my street, (use to belong to a neighbour, but they moved, leaving cat behind) one that is super friendly, and goes up to basically everyone. Well, there was this huge storm recently, and my dad let the kitty into our house, and it stayed for a while, until my grandma had a fit, telling us not to let kitty run over all the furniture. So my Dad let's the kitty outside. Anyway, tonight, kitty decided to show up again, but it would go no where near me. It loved my parents, even my mom who never saw the cat before!!!

Why does the cat like them and not me!? is there anyway to make the cat more friendly around me? anyway to get it to trust me!?

Answer 1

give it food and stuff ^^

hi!!!!!!

Answer 2

I had a cat that loved to l**k the lotion off of my sister, but hated the way she talked.  

Answer 3

maybe because you might b a dog person

Answer 4

Cats are weird.  I met this one orange cat that belonged to one of my old babysitters.  The thing fought tooth and claw to sit in my lap while I was doing homework, even though I made it clear that I'm scared of cats.  Then, when I finally gave the thing the attention it wanted, it bit my finger and tried to follow me into the bathroom!

Answer 5

Most people go up to cats and go too forward too them, in order to become a cat's friend you've got to either lure it to you by just lazily making yourself exposed (sitting down on the ground or low to the ground in an accessible place to the cat) and letting the cat come close to you. Gradually when a cat will see you're not a threat it'll proceed quickly wanting only love, pets, and treats.

Another problem may be smell. You may not smell bad to humans but cats have hyper-sensitive noses sometimes they pick up scents on people that most other animals can't pick up with their noses. A good way to change that is to mask your smell (perfume or more deoderant) or to take a shower more throughrolly to try and stop the smell.

Smell may not be the problem. Sometimes you may seem to lunge at a cat and the first impressions take. If you scared the cat when you first met it by trying to either pick it up or pet it too quickly it may see you as someone who wants to hurt it.

Ways to get it to come to you is to offer it kitty toys, treats, or something long with a tassle at the end. Cats can't avoid tassles. If you get something about a foot or two away with a tassle and you shake it the cat will come to you like you were tugging it on a leash.

Make sure you are nice to it, let it come to you rather then the other way around, don't lean forward or bend down to touch it, offer friendliness treats or toys as a lure to try and get it to come to you, try and see if it may be your odor (it's rare that thats the cause but it can be), and let the cat come to you. Once it comes to you show it you only want to love it. Pet it GENTLEY always pet from the head to the tail with only your palm and don't brush up from the tail to the head and lift up the fur (they hate that). Also if you're feeding it catfood at your house try and make sure the cat sees YOU putting the food there, a cat will normally love the hand that feeds them.

A way of telling your cat has become more friendly to you:

A STRAY cat will sometimes kill small rodents, brids, or creatures and leave them at your doorstep as a kind of "thanks", my stray did that for a while.

A cat will also come up to you gradually and "ask" (rubbing up at you) to be rubbed and petted.

They will be more lazy around you being comfortable to leave their belly or paws exposed, most cats who are uneasy or unsettlesd will never sleep on their side or back and will curl up to cover any parts of their body not covered by hair as if the hair was a sheild. Make sure to see these signals from cats.

**One last tip, make sure you always wear a smile, cats can sense when a human is apprehensive or nervous, those vibes scare cats the most and that may also be making the cat avoid you***

Answer 6

If you have cat treats or cat food, the cat will love you. If someone has left the cat, it needs a new home. Are you willing to be the new owner and give it the love, food, water, and vet visits it needs? If not, then you might want to find it a "forever owner".  

Answer 7

Maybe you smell like grandma and that's why it is avoiding you.

Answer 8

sure get food and offer it food all the time they know who likes them though and cats animals in general are pretty smart animals have you done anythign to scare it even a tiny bit if you had that remembers that.

Answer 9

Sometimes animals are just weird like that.  Little dogs tend to not like me so much, so I usually try ignoring them.  But if you want it to like you more, occasionally give it a snack or brush it (cats love that).  It should warm up to you soon enough.