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First-time cat owner with a question I haven't seen asked in quite this way. Just now I had a drawer open that I was placing t-shirts into, and my cat jumped up into the drawer. I didn't want every t-shirt pre-cat-haired (ha ha), so I lifted him out, and he hissed at me. He is male, 2 and a half years old, neutered, indoors except for taking him outside on a harness to hang out in the yard. He hisses when I pick him up to go inside, too. Does he hiss simply because he wants to do what he wants to do and is frustrated when I stop him? I don't think picking him up feels like a threat, because I can pick him up fine other times. But I have read that hissing is a defensive warning from a frightened cat.