Smores was in his box when I opened the door, I started off with soft talking and put some catnip in front of him. He made a motion towards it and sniffed it. I then used the end of the stick toy to scratch the sides and top of his head, he seemed to enjoy it. We did that for awhile. I brought his water bowl closer to him, he sniffed it but was not interested in drinking water. He eventually made his way out of his box and laid down in front of me. He seemed relax and gave him more pets and head scratches with my hands. He is alert and gets scared when there is loud noise or people walk into the room, he watches them. He went into his box and one point and then came back out again. He is a very sweet and gentle boy, he just needs time to get comfortable.