My Bandit (RM June 2007) was a truly, truly grouchy cat.  She would growl at
anyone who came near her (except for me) and would yowl, scratch and bite
anyone (other than me) who dared try to touch her.  My granddaughters knew
better than to go anywhere near her and vets and vet techs tried their best
to examine her from across the room.

Hugs,

CatNipped

KittyFC has always been grouchy.  She would give Nox a run for her money.
I don't know why she has always been short tempered but she is.  It doesn't
bother me too much given her history.
We manage to get along quite well, if I am careful about her feelings.
Otherwise I am so dead.

Tweed

Shmogg was a grouch.

Yowie

As I was reading your replies, I did remember a cat I once knew, whom most
people would probably call grouchy--  My grandma's cat, Pandora.  She just
would never allow anyone to touch her.  I eventually stopped thinking of her
as grouchy, because as you got to know her, she was very good company!  She
would always sit on the sofa with whomever was there watching TV.  She liked
to sit under the Christmas tree.  She was very smart, and showed it in a lot
of ways.  She was deeply attached to my grandfather, and pined dangerously
after he passed away.  We came to realize that we didn't need to touch her
in order to appreciate her or love her, and that she loved us as much as she
could, given her aversion to being touched.  I'll always remember her as a
special cat, although I hardly ever touched her, and certainly never did so
without getting a good claw-studded clout.

Well none of my cats are pretty mean, although Mischief will have her
moments.

But I can't tell you how many cats I've met where the owners will warn
us ahead of time how much of a handful they can be.

most of the time they are right.  However there are the ones which
will seem so innocent...

And then you bring them to the back and they suddenly turn into
CATZILLA!

And they you tell the owner that you can't get the blood/urine or even
give a vaccine they say "Oh but they are NEVER like this at home."

Sure, as I'm trying to hide the blood dripping off my hand....

hehehe

My aunt has a long hair gray cat named Blue.  He seldom comes out from under
her bed.  If he does come out, and heaven help you allows you to pet him, he
will bite and bite hard.  He glares at everyone when he does walk around the
house.

He is a rescue and we don't know his history.  He put my uncle in the
hospital once when they first got him and didn't know to not touch him.  At
that point they decided to have his PTS but were talked out of it by their
vet who refused to PTS a healthy cat.

He isn't an only cat, so isn't much trouble as long as you stay out of his
way.

My grandson's aunt had a black cat named Elvira.  She was as pretty and as
evil as the name sounds.  She co-existed with everyone as long as they
didn't try to touch her.  She did love her owner.

And a neighbor had a cat that looked like Persia.  I once saw that cat cross
the street while Charlie was out working in the yard just to bite him.  She
would walk up to you like she wanted scratching and then chomp down.  And he
is the cat whisperer.  Even he admitted that cat was evil and he could get
along with Blue and Elvira.

Jo

Jo

Tanada is my Grouchy Old Womancat.  Do not pet her without getting
permission first.  I have scars from doing this.

Pam S. a Grouchy Old Woman

my sister's cat, linus, is a grouchy cat whenever someone visits, but my
sister swears he's a little sweetheart when it's just them and ronja,
her other cat. but linus seems to hate everyone except my sister, and
he's also pretty aggressive towards other cats when we're on the island.
kasper is the only one who dares to stand up to him. here is linus

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