Protective cat attacks man

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6. It was his presence. A stranger in the cat's territory.

Some cats are as territorial as dogs. Mine is. But mine at least gives a warning growl first.

I had a friend come into my place to look after the cat when I was away for a week and there was no problem. But the cat knew my friend.

When someone comes in that the cat doesn't know, she watches them very carefully, sometimes from the top of the kitchen cupboards. If I accept the person, the cat does, too. She comes down from her observation point and rubs their legs.

But, if it looks to the cat like the person is a threat to me, the cat growls first, then takes a pre attack posture. She scared the hell out of a doctor from my insurance
company who came to do a routine wellness check. When the doctor put a BP cuff on my arm, the cat stood between us on full alert, staring at the doc. When the doc pumped up the BP cuff, the cat growled and got into an attack posture. I had to calm down the cat before the doc could safely proceed.