The Minion who helped himself right into my old apartment and rubbed up against me, even though I was a complete stranger, as I was boxing things up still LOVES me and my husband (but especially me), has become really nervous of other people. I love him just the same, but I don't understand how he could go from being SO outgoing, to being so nervous of anyone other then Dan and I.

Minion has met his grandma (my mom) several times, and she is a BIG TIME cat lover. She is always thrilled to see Minion, but Minion takes off when anyone pulles into the driveway. He was all relaxed and cuddeling on my lap last night when my mom came over. When he heard her car pull up in my driveway, he got all tense and watched her get out of her car and come towards the house. He then darted off my lap and into one of the spare bedrooms. When my mom came in, he would peek at her from behind a door, but whenever my mom tried to get any closer to him, he bolted further away.

I have noticed that he seems to be incresingly skittish, but have not thought much of it, but last night I became curious. I wonder why he is like this? I have noticed a few things that led me to believe that he was abused at one point, so maybe he still has some emotional baggage to work through?

Any ideas on how a completely outgoing and un-shy little kitty can become such a "one family" cat so quickly?