Hi Trayi52,

Sorry to scare you!!! I'm sure as with any breed characteristic it's not the case that all of the cats are like that. I've known several torties, including mine, and they've all been different. I'm sure Grover will be fine

As I mentioned before, our 8 year old tortie is absolutley fine living with us. She never hisses bites or scratches on purpose (if she scratches me while we're playing with a shoelace she gets all upset). Her tortie character comes out in her 'I'm a princess' temperament I think. But she is very affectionate and likes to be around us. She's a determined and very vocal little animal, I find it endearing that she has all these opinions on things. She's even getting the hang of being picked up - though she's not wild about it

In fact I think I've experienced more hissing and biting from two black and white moggies owned by my partners family!!!