My cat....

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mine has ear cancer

I have a cat who does not like to be touched on certain parts of her body either, particularly her tail, and she will nip when she has had enough. She also gives me love nips.

My experience with cats is that most of them will avoid seriously harming you if they can help it. The one time she bit me badly enough that I had to go to the emergency room was when I was trying to break up a cat fight and I grabbed her from behind, forgetting she was deaf. She really got me good that time. But I think she immediately realized she did wrong.

Cats also have a nerve in their canine teeth that they use to help them kill prey and sometimes when they open their mouth and kind of run their teeth over your hand they are stimulating that nerve and tasting you. It is a love thing. And please, don't tell me cats are not as loyal and faithful as dogs. Every cat I have ever had has been intensely loyal to me. Even the neighbors remark about it.

Thanks ClosetAspy.
I know cat's won't harm you seriously, but I still think it hurts when she does bite.
I just doesn't understand why she sometimes try to bite if I just touch her on her back or back of the head. And it isn't love biting, she really tries to chop at me.
ClosetAspy, do you think it's out of frustration?

It could be out of frustration, cats do some strange things sometimes and it's hard to figure them out. Also, maybe she has sensitivity issues (just like us!). If it keeps up or gets worse you might want to discuss it with your vet to rule out any physical problems.

I thought so, we'll let her out alone tomorrow (eek!) and she how it goes, we've orderen small chains we can have around her neck with our phone number on in case she get's lost. But that won't get her for at least a week.
She doesn't often try to bite, once a day or sometimes more maybe, depends.
Doubt it's any physical problems, as she doesn't make any sounds or anything if I hold her, just the ones that tell me that she don't want to. Not pain sounds if you get me.
Might just be her being a cat.

Sometimes Peter, my tabby and white DSH, will claw me when he gets scared by something.

Well that is just a reflex for cats I think. She's done that to me too.

One of my cats is what you might call "damaged" she was in a house with real small children (Children can be inconsiderate when it comes to animals) I worked to slowly gain her trust when she first came into our house, and I was proud when she started comming to me on her own accord.
But when she feels helpless (Like if I try to pet her belly) she grips my hand and bites me. Never hard mind you, just to show that she will not have me touching her there. I love cats because they are independent strongwilled creatures. They will tell you when they want something to stop, sometimes rather "loudly"
If you don't wanna get bitten you have to learn to pick up on the signals the cat is giving indicating that it might bite (whipping tail, mewling and other signs)

Yeah, I am starting to learn the signals, and she hasn't tried to bite in a good while now. Even though I have petted her much.