<human>: Hoping this is the right place for some advice. I have a cat whose previous owner moved out and left it alone in a house for a couple of days before her neighbor rescued it (approx 2 weeks). My in laws then thought a house cat would make a great farm cat and rehomed it from the neighbor (about a week). 

The cat is acting scared out of its mind which is understandable given the circumstances but she has been like this in all three houses. Going as far as to hide away in a single place for over a day! We now have her in a normal house with no other pets/small children but she seems only interested in finding a hiding place.

She is fully house trained and is using a litter box (she does not want to go outside) but shows little interest in anything beyond scoping hiding holes. I was able to get her to play a bit last night but not much.

Is this something that she should slowly come out of ? I am worried that she will hide somewhere and not be able to get out again. Any advice on helping bring her out of her shell a bit?

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<bot>: Through a procession of screwups by the cats original owner, neighbor and my in laws i have ended up taking in a cat but the thing is acting completely shell shocked.