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I have a dlh named Disco...had him since he was 8 weeks old...He is now 6 years old. He's neutered. The thing is, he is oddly over affectionate. He purrs and purrs, loudly I might add, no matter what his mood is. He doesn't play fight. He's deathly afraid of heights, the empty bathtub, and any empty sink. He drools. He tries to groom my other male cat. He lays flat on his back with his legs spread on the floor. He'll let anyone do anything to him (i.e. pulling his tail, and other things kids will do) and purrs loudly during the "abuse". He'll run across the hardwood floor, slide straight into the wall...yep...still purring. It seems he has no animal instincts...In the 6 years I've had him he has NEVER hissed or shown any aggressive behaviour typical of cats. Does he have a mental retardation problem or is this just his personality? Either way, he's my baby and I love him Thank you for your reply.

He sounds an awful lot like my Spottie except Spottie is scared of kids. Spottie is.....welll....uh....special. Lets say he would ride the short bus if he were human. Most toys scare him especially ones that might move. But he is sweet, and he purrs and he drools and he purrs some more. All of the other cats are nice to him, no one ever picks on him. Here is a picture of Special Spottie

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Tessa Onyx, Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, ShyRaven, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo, Penny (We be house cats at last), and Salem, Wicca and Marmalade (We iz also house cats, we guess)and the 5 porch kits also Riley da goggie and Buddha da baby hamster too
Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts
A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

bumping this up so PH can reply to this...thanks