,p>More info and pictures of a stricken "robot kitty" at link.
,p>Eek. I love my cats. I would be desolate if this happened to any of mine. Fortunately, none of them hunt.
It’s likely a parasite.
Parasites are known to change the personality and behavioral changes.
Poor kitties!
Some poster here once posted the thought that Toxoplasmosis could be responsible for left-wing idiocy...
I kind of liked that idea.
As you may well know, toxoplasmosis is spread through cat feces and when rats or mice catch it, it makes them seek out cats as they find the smell of cat urine very attractive. This results in them getting killed and eaten by the cat which then picks up the disease and spreads it forever after via its feces.
Millions of people are infected with this pathogen and we do not know the effect, since the pathogen changes the brain activity of mice and rats to become irrational, perhaps it could have an irrational influence on human behavior...
It would be interesting for someone to do a psychological profile on people carrying taxoplasmosis.
Cats are evil and should be exterminated from human society.
http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/3/757.full
This would explain why men hate cats.
Monty Python - ‘Confuse a Cat’ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvhdWBBuBpA
Mad Cat disease?
When “Mad Cow” disease broke in England, many of the animals went to rendering plants that also made pet food. This included pigs and cattle. It is not inconceivable that a prion is responsible for the “disease”. Toxoplasmosis or another parasite is also a high possibility. Just in the last ten years, several neurological affecting single celled parasites have been identified as pathogens in the veterinary field.
Mad Cow Disease?
... think of the possibilities ...