How much time do you spend taking care of your pets?

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Daily care for Waffle really doesn't take that much time. Clean bowls and fresh food and water daily + a scoop of the litterbox and that's it as far as everyday needs. If we were asking how much time we sit around doting on our animals and catering to their every whim, that would be a different story!
 

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AM - clean and fill water fountain and bowls. Give them all their morning treats. Check the litterbox (I have the littermaid boxes so I don't have to scoop much). brush Patsy (not because she needs to be but becasue she enjoys it).

AM for ferals - clean water bowl after the raccoons have played in them all night, feed them and play with them. They also get some treats

Afternoon - Check the ferals food. Take Princess to the "babysitter" so I can get some stuff done without her "help".

PM - Pick up Princess when she wants to go home. Feed canned food to all. Play with ferals. Then come in and play with Princess and cuddle with Patsy. They get treats one more time before bed time.

Middle of the night - try to ignore feral cats knocking on the door becasue they are hungry. Try to calm down Princess and Patsy becasue of the knocking.
 

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Daily care doesn't take a whole lot of time. Scoop litter, clean & refill water bowls. Food is refilled when they need it (but hubby usually gets that during the day if they don't need it in the morning). The scheduled Mommy-Baby Time with Trent doesn't count because that's just special time for me and Trent.
I'd say generally 30-60 minutes tops.
 

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Originally Posted by dawnofsierra

We didn't have a choice for "my entire life revolves around caring for my kitties", so I checked 120+.


Do you count the endless hours being "trapped" by them and end up just sitting trying to read and watch TV thru them while you are scritching them? How about bed time when one by one they come up for their love rubs before they settle down for the night?

Then there are the dog walkies.....

I'd say most of my waking hours outside work are spent taking care of the little beasties.
 

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In total for Taffy's cat care I usually give her 30 minutes of attention with food, cleaning her litter box, giving her fresh water and grooming her with her brush as well as letting her outside on her leash and harness in the backyard. She gets all my divided attention as she's my little furry baby.
 

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Usually takes less than a half hour in the morning to scoop the boxes... then usually when I wake up and am stumbling around in the dark (and over cats) i make sure they still have food. Water gets changed every other day cuz they have an automatic water thing. But that doesnt include play/loving/tripping over cats time.

If I get accepted for the job I applied at... first that that happens is Ari gets spayed, then both get Leukemia nd distemper shots, along with rabies... ari gets registered (required in my town) and both get heartworm/flea/tick so that I can take them for walks in the woods. Then after that I am going to save up my money for at least one automatic litter box to lessen the grossness of "digging for buried treasure" should only take one maybe two paychecks... and then after I get a second one the grossness should be down to a minimum as shall be the time (more time to play!)

of course.. that is saying I can find a automatic box big enough for my fat boy to go in... and if they wouldnt be spooked by the noise....
 

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Not much time for Guin really... just washing bowls and feeding / watering him twice daily is enough
A few times a week he has a nice brush and I also spend some time playing / cuddling him.

I am glad that he gos outside to the toilet.... at least I don't have that yukky job to deal with anymore
 

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Just the basics? 16-30 minutes this includes scooping out the litter box, switching out food bowls and feeding three times a day, brushing when they allow it.

I spend a lot more time playing with the boys though.


Oh and I almost for Jeordie my gold fish, I spend about ten minute or so on him a day for basic care as well. Feeding, checking the filter plus the water changes every weeks.
 

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Hmmm, well - in the morning I scoop two litterboxes, feed them and give them fresh water - this all takes about 15 minutes. Then in the evening I brush them, brush their teeth, feed them again, give them fresh water again, and scoop the boxes again, which all takes about 40 minutes. Then, before bed, I scoop the boxes again, which only takes about five minutes. So, around an hour a day, I guess? I'm not counting time I spend playing with them or giving them attention and snuggles, because I enjoy that, so I don't consider it work in the sense that cleaning the litterboxes or something is. And every two weeks the litterboxes get dumped and totally cleaned, which takes around half an hour, and once a month they all get bathed, which takes about an hour, so on the occasional day, I spend more time than an hour, but not usually.
 

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Morning feeding and bowl scrubbing for two kitties.

Evening: Alone time playing and cuddling with each of them, chicken feeding, litterbox scooping, laying on the couch vegging out all three of us time.

Occassional: Walks. Only one kitty at a time, but Leo has his harness and Lola has her soft carrier that she LIKES to go in. When she's bigger, she'll go on a harness as well!
 

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I don't really know how much time. We are always playing with them and whenever that food or water dish is empty I fill it. Princess goes to bed with me so she get's lots of loves then too.
 
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