There’s good cats and grumpy cats just like good humans and grumpy humans. Just like humans, some cats enjoy being picked up and hugged and some don’t. Boo on the shelter workers. That cat is sure enjoying his head patting so leave off picking him up. He’s far from the worst cat in the world. They said he was ok at first but then got grumpy at the shelter. Well, who wouldn’t be grumpy. Get him out of there and away from those grumpy workers and he’ll be just fine.
We’ve had wonderful ferals that become homebodies and some that remained half feral. All were/are good cats.
1/2 Feral is like 1/2 Alkie or 1/2 Queer...Dont exist.