Expense: food and vets.
Time: walks.
Noise: barking, meowing.
Lost sleep.
Mess: poop, pee, drool and hair.
Some need constant attention.
Hell yes!
To me at least, I love animals and need them around.
Yes!
Cats are low maintenance. For a truly low maintenance pet, just have a feral cat adopt you, like I did. Her name is Harry, and she has a heated house under my deck. Note: I named her before I could get close enough to know she was a she. I feed her twice a day, and she gives me an
immense amount of affection.
Expense: food
Time: very little, maybe 10 - 15 minutes of bonding each day
Noise: you think meowing is noise? Seriously??
Mess: none
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I HAVE SIX FERALS...WHO HAVE ALL TAMED TO THE POINT THAT THEY NOW LIVE IN MY GARAGE/MEDIA LIBRARY AND DON'T GO OUTSIDE ANYMORE...I HAVE ONE NAMED ROCKS...TWEEKED AFTER I WAS ABLE TO PICK HIM UP AND REALIZED ROXY WAS THE WRONG NAME FOR HIM.
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Outstanding! What are their names?
Wait, your Media Library is in the garage??
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THE GARAGE IS A TWO STORY DUTCH STYLE BARN WITH A 80% FINISHED SECOND STORY...IM WORKING ON THAT LAST 20%.
THEY ARE ALL BOYS AND THEIR NAMES ARE...
ROCKS.
GOOSE.
BATOU.
MAJOR.
DAVE.
CINNAMON.
Cinnamon?
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ROCKS,BATOU AND MAJOR ARE MY GUYS,COMPLETELY...THE OTHER THREE MY DAUGHTER NAMED AND CLAIMS AS HERS...ALTHOUGH I HOUSE AND FEED ALL SIX.
GOOSE IS NAMED AFTER CAPTAIN MARVEL NOT TOP GUN...THANKS TO A FACEBOOK POLL SHE DID.
DAVE AND CINNAMON ARE NAMED AFTER YOUTUBE'S CINEMASICKNESS...HIS NAME IS DAVE AND HE OPENS ALL HIS PACKAGES WITH A BOXCUTTR HE CALLS THE EVER LOVELY CINNAMON.
Okay then.
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I have a feral cat who lives in my back garage, which is a stand alone building out by the woods. We have had her for 6 years since she was very young. She is totally dependent on us for food and water and knows we take care of her but she won't come near us. We caught her in a kind trap and had her spayed and at that time we probably should have tried to tame her, but we didn't, thinking she would come around. She is a gorgeous black and white long hair and how she keeps herself well groomed is a mystery to me, but she does.
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Interesting. Mine won't let me come too close to her when I'm walking around on my deck, but will jump up on me when
I'm lying on the chaise lounge on the deck. She will then allow me to stroke and scratch her for 10 to 20 minutes. She is leery of me when I'm vertical, but not so much when I'm horizontal. Go figure.
Your back garage? You have a front garage also?
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There's pets easy to maintain.
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I had a cat that I loved dearly; she had a really great personality.
But I would say that the amount of joy she gave me was equal to the amount of stress, between her illnesses, messes ("accidents"), and general expense.
And, when she had it be put down (bowel cancer), it was devastating.
I wouldn't choose to go through it again..... 😿
I just had to put one of my cats down a month ago. He was diabetic and suddenly took a turn for the worse. It was a hard thing to do.
shareSorry for your loss. 😿 I had a friend who spent $5000 in one year trying to save a diabetic cat. If you take care of them in the right way, it isn't cheap.
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shareCats yes. Low maintenance, high love.
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