[beckysueb]

With that many cats, she wouldn’t have to have had anything wrong with her for her house to fall into squalor. That many cats can make an awful mess. Its an effort keeping up with 3 cats. I can’t imagine 52.

[Rockingham]

The distinguishing consideration is was the woman crazy before she got her first cat? Or did the first cat or two give her toxoplasmosis that prompted a mental decline that led to the dozens of cats and appalling squalor?

Notably, the parasite also infects rats and causes them to become reckless, which in turn makes them easier for cats to catch.