It's odd and disturbing. I've never encountered anyone like her, though, so I figure she is one of a kind when it comes to her pets...she seems normal otherwise.
I could bore you with examples, but just yesterday, she told me she was a helicopter parent in reference to her cat. Anyone listening to her conversations and not aware it was a cat she is talking about/referring to would think it is a human.
I won't even get into what happened when she thought her cat was lost one week ago.
#44 My sister does that about squirrels.
She is nuts <-