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Pathological Cat-Tree Apartment Takeover

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PATHOLOGICAL
Diagnosis
Pathological Cat-Tree Apartment Takeover
Arbor felis dominium domesticum
Clinical description

Patient's small apartment now contains three cat trees, a ceiling-mounted shelf system, a window hammock, and a 'cat patio' enclosure extending onto the fire escape. The cat, Beans, uses one of the trees. Guests cannot sit on the couch without consulting Beans first.

Prognosis

Permanent. The human occupies 30% of the apartment.

Recommended treatment

Untreatable. The cat, in theory, would like another tree.

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Common symptoms

Patients with Pathological Cat-Tree Apartment Takeover typically present with some or all of the following:

What is this?

Patients diagnosed with Pathological Cat-Tree Apartment Takeover present with a cluster of recognizable behaviors we have, on reflection, decided to name. The condition is fictional. The behaviors, unfortunately, are not. Someone in your life is showing at least two of them right now.

The Institute's taxonomic entry lists it as Arbor felis dominium domesticum, a binomial coined in-house and used nowhere in the peer-reviewed literature.

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