Do cats hallucinate?

[tamaranth]

ozymandias_cat is stalking things that aren't there I can't see. Several different things. In different parts of the room. He is quite nervous about them all, poor kitty.

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[themonkeycats.livejournal.com]

Do not fret, mighty Oz!
Teh Things Apes Cannot See iz over here now--we can see them!
And we will slay them for you.
Jus as soon as we finish slayin our tails...

Oz writes:

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

you are most kind, kittenz. I thought you would appreciate my sending 'em over. Little bastards. (Them, not you.)

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

It may be a scent thing. Has the cleaner used a new product?

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

cleaner-day now Fri not Tues so nothing new scent-wise, at least that I can think of... Though scent-stuff has certainly freaked him out in the past (e.g. the first time I went to the beach after he moved in.)

He stalked the pattern on the rug; the edge of the bookshelf; something under the chair. Is now resting from exertions.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Whereas Bob is licking up the menthol exhalations from my tissues. He also likes deep heat. Weird cat is weird.

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

My personal belief is that cats do this to freak out humans... Seems to be working!

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

Yes, this. It's worse if there's a baby around (fortunately not the case here), because babies can see the invisible monsters too.

[asynje.livejournal.com]

Cats clearly see things the rest of us do not see.
But poor kitty - that it upsets him.

Mine have always gone roawrrr and stalked whatever it was.

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

It's probably a really tiny bug, or one of those airborn bits of fluff.