Precious is 16, and for 14 or so of those years she had Osage (a feral I bottle fed). She's the original grumpy butt; however, with only 30% kidney function, I'd probably be grumpy too. When it comes to me, she can't get enough of her meowmy; night time is our real cuddle time as she likes to sleep with at least one paw on me.
I brought home a kitten this weekend, and for the most part Precious had been hissing and growling and then heading someplace where the kitten wasn't. Tonight, they've stayed in the same room with grumpy butt sitting on HER UPS (favorite spot in the world to perch) and hissing when the kitten came too close. She's also grumbling in this poor pitiful me mode. I think the grumbling is an act, because I can pick her up and pet her and she'll keep complaining while purring.
All in all, I think tonight we may have made some progress.
