How many cats is "too many"? I know there's no real answer to this question, but I would like to hear some opinions on this.
I have been renting for the past couple of years, but I am in the process of buying a house. In two months, I will be moving and be able to have as many cats as I want! The problem is, I am a huge sucker for homeless and/or injured cats, so without having a landlord to enforce a pet limit, I'm a little concerned I'm going to take in a crazy number of cats out of guilt, so I'm trying to set a hard limit on myself so I don't do anything stupid.
The limiting factors that I think are easy enough to see are:
Cost of food, vet bills, etc.
Time available to take care of cats.
But the major concern I have that I don't know how to quantify is making sure all the cats get attention and don't feel neglected. I live alone, I will probably be the only person around the vast majority of the time, and I work full time. I don't want to end up with more cats than I can truly pay attention to!
I currently have four cats and that has been fine, but I am already considering possibly taking in two strays that live near my parents' house. For those of you who have more than four cats, do you ever feel as if you struggle to pay attention to all of them? Have you ever reached a limit where you don't know what's going on with some of your cats because you are too busy?
Thanks, all!
I have been renting for the past couple of years, but I am in the process of buying a house. In two months, I will be moving and be able to have as many cats as I want! The problem is, I am a huge sucker for homeless and/or injured cats, so without having a landlord to enforce a pet limit, I'm a little concerned I'm going to take in a crazy number of cats out of guilt, so I'm trying to set a hard limit on myself so I don't do anything stupid.
The limiting factors that I think are easy enough to see are:
Cost of food, vet bills, etc.
Time available to take care of cats.
But the major concern I have that I don't know how to quantify is making sure all the cats get attention and don't feel neglected. I live alone, I will probably be the only person around the vast majority of the time, and I work full time. I don't want to end up with more cats than I can truly pay attention to!
I currently have four cats and that has been fine, but I am already considering possibly taking in two strays that live near my parents' house. For those of you who have more than four cats, do you ever feel as if you struggle to pay attention to all of them? Have you ever reached a limit where you don't know what's going on with some of your cats because you are too busy?
Thanks, all!