“Can they ever be cured?? “
No.
I watch the show Hoarders on satellite. Its facinating..One woman was more upset that they took away dozens of cats and dogs more than when they took her children...another one they found dead animals under the junk and another one told them to look for her dentures under piles of crap cause she lost them a couple of years ago......facinating is right...they even hoard rotten food....