Hey All
I’ve a cat at my home that we adopted from the RSPCA a few years ago. Initially I’d refused pets but the kids and wife eventually got me to agree to one cat. Now I don’t mind our cat but she every now and then if we forget to let her out she pees in our house and the smell is so strong, the kitty litter we moved outside as the laundry doesn’t have enough space. And of course the usual suspect to clean it up is me and also making sure it has food and water. I really want that cat gone.
I honestly could not really care for having pets in the family as I never grew up with them and it never really clicked with me. But as you it has to stay but our cat is part of our family yada yada.. so our cat will stay despite her urinating antics.
Anyway I just wanted to ask the OzBargain community what their thoughts were on having pets. Do you love having them around, they’re genuinely part of your family or is a not here nor there type of thing and you only have one because spouse/kids want them or you never want them and don’t want any animals inside your home.
We have three cats (technically five but two live in NZ with my parents). They're our children. We love them so much, it's hard to put into words how much.
I genuinely feel sorry for people who are denied the opportunity to have a pet and often find that people who don't like pets haven't been given the opportunity to have one (or haven't been raised with one). This includes a lot of people from Asia, India and Pakistan.