In the Strange Behavior forum about a year ago, I posted about Chessie's fear of visitors coming into my townhouse.

This past Saturday night, a friend of mine spent the night at my place. Chessie initially started hissing and then took off to hide. I checked on him a couple times during the night, and he was hiding in a different spot each time but was otherwise okay.

Sunday morning, I went to give Chessie his heart medicine, but I couldn't find him anywhere. We began looking everywhere, even checking all of the closets that had been closed when we turned in for the night. I then noticed some hair hanging out of the cupboards above my countertops. I opened the doors, and he was curled up inside. I could tell by his eyes that he was scared. At the same time, I knew I needed to get him out of the cupboard since he's not allowed in there at all. I went to lift him out of the cupboard, and he went nuts. That's when I realized I should have put a shirt on before even attempting to move him since I now have claw marks across my chest and stomach. He jumped out of my hands and took off, hiding until my friend left.

While I understand that he has a fear of visitors, is there anything at all that can be done to calm him down when I have company over? I obviously can't just never have anybody stop in to visit since my family does come to my place from time to time.

What is interesting to note is what happened last December. My parents came by one afternoon, and while we were in the living room, I heard my dad tell my mom to look over at the kitchen doorway. There was Chessie, stopped in midwalk looking at them. My mom said hi to him, and he bolted back to the kitchen. So at that time, he did seem to want to come into the same room as the company I had and then chickened out.
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Chessie and Casey Jones relaxing together.

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