My Ivy is the same way. She spends most of her time behind the woodstove or in a closet. The other cats pick on her quite a bit. She comes out when there is food involved, cat food or my dinner! She also appears as soon as I lay down at night and sleeps beside me. I think she's still adjusting to loosing Dom and Twicket. They were her best friends out of all the kitties here. Boots is trying to be buddie with her so maybe she'll be out and about more soon.