I think the biggest drawback is how some landlords essentially extort pet owners. We looked at one place recently that wanted $500 deposit, pet rent AND required the cats be declawed and view their vaccination history to make sure they are up to date. No one requires that if you have kids--to see their medical records before approval.I need to know, what do you consider a drawback or drawbacks to pet ownership?
This is the only drawback I see, and it's not much of one if we have a house sitter/pet sitter. Right now we have a problem, in that all three of our cat sitters won't be available when we need, for legal reasons pertaining to home ownership, to travel abroad in May. There are four "good" cat hotels in the general area where Jamie can be boarded, all of which can keep him separate from other cats (an absolute necessity), but I hate to have him ripped from his accustomed environment.Originally Posted by sarahp
The only drawback I can think of is that it's hard to travel. We like to travel, but Stumpy in particular is very needy of human interaction and play time. If we go away for more than a few days we need to get a housesitter to stay at our house.
We're lucky in that we have 3 lots of neughbours in our building who'll happily look after the kitties if we go away for short trips, but if we didn't have that it would be a lot harder.
Originally Posted by rescuecatsrule
Seriously though, vets bills are the only drawback I can think of.
That is so, so trueOriginally Posted by Pookie-poo
The only drawback is that their lifespan is too short.
That's the only drawback for me as wellOriginally Posted by Pookie-poo
The only drawback is that their lifespan is too short.