How many cats?

paula freeman

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How many cats have you ever owned? How many at one time?
 
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The most I've ever owned at one time is 2.

Growing up while I lived with my parents I had 4 cats total.

Since getting married and having a family of my own I had 2 cats Charlotte and Toby for 14 years.

Then Layla who passed too soon from suspected FIP.

Then Jasper who still lives with us.

Then Benji who passed too soon from a suspected HCM condition.

And now Tilly. So still 2. I would dearly love a 3rd but Jasper has major allergy problems and I want to be sure we can actually afford it financially and emotionally before we make that decision (we also have 3 non fur kids).
 

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I've only ever had one living on my own. My parents had as many as 5, and me and my sister ended up inheriting 3 of them.

Funny thing: the oldest cat we ever had (indoors) lived to be 15 with lots of health issues. But one of my parents cats? Our oldest was 90% outdoors , lived to be 15 and only died after trauma (hit by car, very sad). I am 100% certain that with proper care she's have easily reached 20+.

The other cars all only lived to be 7-12 except for one, and weren't nearly as healthy. Odd, huh?
 
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We have 3 right now.. Prince, Princess and Tammie..:) I think that is the most I ever had
 

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The most I have ever had is what I have now. 3. Lilith, Sophie and Henry. I also have a dog. A 13 year old Border Collie named Bailey
 

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I've had cats all my life so I have no idea how many total. The most I've had at one time is five, I think. Right now I have 3 and that seems to be a good number. We had four up until we lost one and they all got along well but it seemed rather crowded. I think a lot depends on your home - cats need to have places they can be alone IME.
 
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