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Getting back to the hissy issue, I have a hisser on my hands also. He was a stray, and showed up about a year ago. Really skinny, we fed him and he stayed - barging into the house and hunkering down on the sofa during a storm last fall. Took him to the vet, only because he got into the carrier by himself. Took three people - the vet and two assistants - to hold on to him so he could be examined and get shots. Turned out to be a totally healthy specimen, and was already neutered, 3-4 years old. Not really a feral, but I feel he's not completely socialized. You can pet his head, but you can only touch him elsewhere when he is hungry.
"Jinx" hisses I swear anytime he wants something. He lets me know (sometimes in the middle of the night) when he wants to go out, first of all, by scratching the rug in the hall, and when I emerge from my room he starts his spitting conversation and I follow him down the stairs, him spitting the whole way - until we get to the door - still spitting and I let him out. Its really interesting, its like part of his normal vocalization. He isn't aggressive, not even with my other cats - one of them is actually the boss of him! Its very interesting. Not sure he has figured out any other way to talk to people. LOL.
"Jinx" hisses I swear anytime he wants something. He lets me know (sometimes in the middle of the night) when he wants to go out, first of all, by scratching the rug in the hall, and when I emerge from my room he starts his spitting conversation and I follow him down the stairs, him spitting the whole way - until we get to the door - still spitting and I let him out. Its really interesting, its like part of his normal vocalization. He isn't aggressive, not even with my other cats - one of them is actually the boss of him! Its very interesting. Not sure he has figured out any other way to talk to people. LOL.