• fugepe@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    20
    ·
    1 year ago

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

    • chetradley@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      1 year ago

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

      • CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        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
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          9
          ·
          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.

          • kenbw2@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            11
            ·
            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
          • CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 year ago

            We’re at a tie right now then. 4 people and 3 cats. The theory seems to have a giant loophole for snakes and fish though.

            • Freeman@lemmy.pub
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              1 year ago

              More a loophole or feature. Fish are easy to take care of same with snakes. You can feed em and head out of town without worry etc.

              Bird has two legs.

              It’s not an actual rule we every invented and then followed. But more, one we ended up realizing waaaay after the fact.

            • Freeman@lemmy.pub
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              6
              ·
              edit-2
              1 year ago

              That’s a divide by zero issue. Snakes and fish don’t count against quota.

    • SuperMandy@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      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!

    • Valravn@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      1 year ago

      For guinea pigs 2 is the minimum. They get depressed if lonely. They are not that demanding though and more piggies is barely more work