Hi - I'm looking for a bit of advice on what the maximum number of cats I should have is. I live with my wife in a two bedroom, modern apartment on the 1st floor of a building. We have had one cat for a few years who is deaf so she has to be an indoor cat. Last week we went to a local shelter and adopted a blind cat. However, the shelter had another blind cat that we really loved straight away, but we opted for the one we adopted because she was particularly stressed at the shelter and had been there for a long time.
So anyway, my question is - does anyone have an opinion on whether a 2-bed apartment is an okay size if we were to adopt the third cat? I don't want to overstress any of them by forcing them to live in too small a space (although the cubicles they have at the shelter are tiny!). I spoke to a woman at the shelter and she seemed to think the rule of thumb is you can get one cat per room you have (so we have 3 if you count the living-room/kitchen). It just seems to us that as we already have a blind cat now, it makes sense to take the other one as they have similar issues/problems. I've asked friends but got all kinds of different replies about how many cats is okay (one friend has 4 in a one-bed room flat which seems a bit extreme to us!).
Any opinions greatly appreciated!
So anyway, my question is - does anyone have an opinion on whether a 2-bed apartment is an okay size if we were to adopt the third cat? I don't want to overstress any of them by forcing them to live in too small a space (although the cubicles they have at the shelter are tiny!). I spoke to a woman at the shelter and she seemed to think the rule of thumb is you can get one cat per room you have (so we have 3 if you count the living-room/kitchen). It just seems to us that as we already have a blind cat now, it makes sense to take the other one as they have similar issues/problems. I've asked friends but got all kinds of different replies about how many cats is okay (one friend has 4 in a one-bed room flat which seems a bit extreme to us!).
Any opinions greatly appreciated!