• fugepe@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Hard for me to understand people having several pets. I had one and it was somewhat demanding

    • chetradley@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      The threshold that someone considers “too many animals” is always the number they have plus one.

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        1 year ago

        We have 3 cats. I don’t understand how my wife’s best friend does it with the amount of pets they have. They have 2 ferrets, 2 cats, and 4 dogs.

        • Freeman@lemmy.pub
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          1 year ago

          For us it’s feet

          Pet feet cannot outnumber human feet, full stop. Otherwise you lose control and are no longer in charge.

          It’s a working theory but so far has been accurate.

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            1 year ago

            I see a couple of flaws

            1. Nobody who lives alone is allowed a pet
            2. If you have a toddler, in this rule that enables you to expand the number of pets, but I’d say a toddler adds to rather than eases the load
    • SuperMandy@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Depending on the pets, sometimes two can be less work than one. They entertain each other and play together, resulting in less destruction and less demand for attention from their owner. That probably all goes out the window with more than two though!