I’ve owned most of the common furry pets (except guinea pigs and rats) and there’s unique challenges with taking care of each of them. What is burdensome is also different for each person.
I love cats but I don’t think I’d adopt another. I don’t want to catproof my shelves nor my plants. I don’t want to smell kitty litter either.
I love rabbits but same thing. I don’t want to rabbitproof my house. I don’t want to clean litter boxes. And most importantly, I don’t want the hassle of finding someone to take care of them when I’m gone.
I love dogs and will probably stick to dogs. I like going on walks and sitting in the yard. I don’t mind drying his paws off when it rains or walking the yard weekly to pick up his turds.
All pets are great. Animal companionship is the best.
Perhaps “cage” was the wrong word - I meant pets I have to corral to a specific location…but I would prevent my cat from going outside so maybe that’s not it either lol
So I guess it’s just back to my original point: I find the space and care accomodations required for birds to be much too inconvenient
Cats are great, but they’re nocturnal. Many will skitter around, scratch stuff, scream, or otherwise bother the heck out of you when you are trying to sleep. I get so little sleep as it is, I’m not willing to deal with that again.
I’ve owned most of the common furry pets (except guinea pigs and rats) and there’s unique challenges with taking care of each of them. What is burdensome is also different for each person.
I love cats but I don’t think I’d adopt another. I don’t want to catproof my shelves nor my plants. I don’t want to smell kitty litter either.
I love rabbits but same thing. I don’t want to rabbitproof my house. I don’t want to clean litter boxes. And most importantly, I don’t want the hassle of finding someone to take care of them when I’m gone.
I love dogs and will probably stick to dogs. I like going on walks and sitting in the yard. I don’t mind drying his paws off when it rains or walking the yard weekly to pick up his turds.
All pets are great. Animal companionship is the best.
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I don’t think I’ll get another pet that requires a cage after hamsters! (My rabbits were raised like cats, litter trained and no cage)
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Perhaps “cage” was the wrong word - I meant pets I have to corral to a specific location…but I would prevent my cat from going outside so maybe that’s not it either lol
So I guess it’s just back to my original point: I find the space and care accomodations required for birds to be much too inconvenient
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That’s my friend’s parents. They get little budgies and keep them in the worst cages which means they only get the worst parts of pet ownership
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Cats are great, but they’re nocturnal. Many will skitter around, scratch stuff, scream, or otherwise bother the heck out of you when you are trying to sleep. I get so little sleep as it is, I’m not willing to deal with that again.
That’s possible, too. My cat wasn’t like that but I know my friend’s cat is banned from the bedroom
Cats are crepuscular, meaning they’re more active at dawn and dusk, but they may be somewhat active at any hour if they have slept enough.
my cat isn’t noctural. not all cats are the same.