How many Cats do you have?

jen

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My cats:
Da-ku
Noira
Pwne
Bowie
Kinks
Eliott
Willoughby

Adoptable/foster cats:
Luna
Patches
Flynn
Aron
Truman
Greta
Mr. Minkus
Patrick
2 very feral unnamed kittens
 

marshfieldmale

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I have two. Both are two years old. One is a female calico, spayed...the other is a female tonkeniese, yet to be fixed (I'm searching for a low income vet to get that done).
 

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I have six cats. They usually get along well, although there is the occasional argument. They are all strays who were born near my yard and ended up with me for various reasons. Each has a special story.

Their names and ages.
Kolohe- had his 10th birthday in May
Torty- will be 10 next month
Stumper- Torty's littermate- will be 10 next month
Eric- my best guess is that he'll be 10 next month
Tiggy- will be 9 next month
Fluffy- had his 5th birthday in May
 

stormy

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I have 5:

Crystal & Francine are both 13 yrs old

Winnie & Stormy (sisters) are 11 yrs old

And Spyder is 6 yrs old.
 

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I have just the one cat. She's one of those territorial female cats that doesn't like other cats and the quality of the life of the cat I have is more important than the fun of getting more cats so I'm stuck with just the one feline. She's awesome though.
 

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She is so precious


I have:
Tiger: 5 year old male orange tabby polydactyl (almost 6)
Nollee: 11 month old female calico (well really she is more tabby than calico)

and as of tomorrow:

Oscar (whose name will be changed to Osiris) will be the newest part of my family: 4 month old male, all black kitty.

Im not allowed anymore, I think three cats is enough in 1100sq ft living space


So today I have 2 kitties
Tomorrow I will have 3!
 

allie72

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I have 4 now:
Milo 6 years B day March 16th 2001
Georgie roughly 4 years June 20th 2003 is the bday I chose for her
Lucky is 2 July 21st 2005
Jake is just over 8 months his birthday day is Nov 16 2006
We live in a 2 bedroom apartment the 2nd room is for the kitties.
 

epona

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How many you can care for is so much a personal thing, and depends on the cats themselves of course - some cats can get along happily in a smaller space, while others need a larger personal territory to be happy.

I have 2 cats, but I swear with my boys it's like having 10. They are currently chasing each other round and knocking things over! In our situation and with our cats we would have to think very hard before considering adding a third as they are both very lively and need room to run around and get away from each other when they are tired of wrestling. If they were both very docile, quiet, and submissive cats, then the space would be less of an issue I think.
 

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My boyfriend and I have three cats together. We live in a two-bedroom apartment.

Pooch - 4 years old (orange tabby munchkin)
Luke - 2 years old (black & white domestic shorthair munchkin)
Kelly - 10 months old (black & white domestic shorthair)
 

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I have six. I would like to have five. We have a three bedroom home with garage and fenced backyard and a cat enclosure outside. The two adult queens both are kept separated from the others except for one queen who can spend time with my neuter boy without losing her mind.
Exposure to other cats, or my younger baby, will drive these two ladies into a spraying frenzy. Everyone else plays very well together and with the family. Only those grown up girls give me grief.
Life with cats.
 

gomer

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We have five permanent cats

Mew 13 years
Tuxedo 6-7-ish years
Lemony Snicket almost 3 years
Eggies 2 years
Smeggweiler just over 1 year

And three outside cats, Smeggweiler's mother and two siblings.

We also have eight temporary kittens and three permanent dogs.

Our house is 534 sq/ft. That's a kitchen, livingroom, bedroom, bathroom and laundryroom.

Geeeeeenerally they get along well. Mew hates every living thing other than humans, and spends 90% of her life on our bar (I even put a bed up there for her). Though she does venture down to sit in the bathroom window sometimes, or sit in our laps on the couch. She wasn't like that when she was younger, but is getting crankier in her old age. But she's fairly tolerant of the 'redneck trash' that she is forced to live with. :p

Smeg used to play with Lemony all the time when he was a baby, but she's not too keen on the idea anymore so it's been a bit shrieky (the cat, not me) around here while she teaches him to leave her alone (no injuries, just noise). So he plays with Eggs a lot now, and the kittens when they're loose.

We have far too many cats for our tiny house. The animals do get on each others nerves sometimes (and mine as well) and we try to make areas where they can get away from each other if they want. We're going to build some 'tupper lairs' like the ones on here, so that will help as well. This house is only temporary, and our next will be larger, so it's just a 'deal with it now' kind of situation for all involved. But I don't think I'll ever have this many cats again.
 

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17 currently permanant, 1 spoken for and 1 Maine Coon that I'm showing to Grand for a friend = 19


I think the one with most cats on TCS is Kai Bengals - something like 24 I think...and I'll be at that number soon
 

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I have currently have eight. They all get a long pretty well.

They range from nine years to a little over a year.

I don't think you are crazy at all for wanting to keep that pretty kitty. I think once you pass the "three" cat stage that another is really not that big of an adjustment.
 

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I have one cat, Hank, who is about 4 and my boyfriend has 1 cat, Stinky who is about 2. We just got a kitten (10 wks old) and her name is Lucy. We are currently introducing her to Stinky. They don't get along quite yet but they are coming along. I hope to at least get one more, a bengal (to have as a pet, not to breed) but they will have to wait until I can afford one.
 

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We have 2, but we have our eye out for 1 or 2 more to add to the family.


& I have 4 Children, my husband and I living in the house.

We have cat toys all over, the kids love to play with the cats every morning... its the first thing they do when they get up in the morning
except... problem is... we don't have enough cats for each of them to play LOL!
 

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Originally Posted by Katz4Life

My Hubby & I have 6 indoors cats and our families always give us grief because THEY think it is too many...
Everyone thought I was "nuts" too, when I had 7 cats (we have 5 now). And I agree w/ your sentiments: life would just not be the same w/o them!


Like the T-shirt says, "Cat are like a bag of potato chips - You can't have just one!"

~KK~
 

allie72

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Originally Posted by KittKatt

Everyone thought I was "nuts" too, when I had 7 cats (we have 5 now). And I agree w/ your sentiments: life would just not be the same w/o them!


Like the T-shirt says, "Cat are like a bag of potato chips - You can't have just one!"

~KK~
My family gives me a hard time for having 4.
I too cannot imagine my life without all of them.
 
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