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Well, I think the dangers are a bit exaggerated, but no you're not paranoid. High humidity (or low humidity, for that matter) can certainly affect a guitar. I once had a guitar whose top basically collapsed due to a combination of the extremes of Canadian weather and poor construction of the guitar.
As far as keeping the cats away from it, my cat's never even touched my guitar. Even when I leave one out on the couch (as I'm known to do if I expect to be picking it up again soon) she steps around it. Still, if it's a concern you can always just keep it in the case when not in use.
Since most of us don't have the level of climate control available in a typical shop, just keeping it out of the worst of it is okay. It's not a situation where the instrument will fall apart if exposed to any humidity above a threshold, but there can certainly be long-term effects. It's one of the many joys of living in a country that goes from -30 to +30 in the course of a year.
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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
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