savage_rose wrote:We have 2 dogs, 7 cats, 2 betta fish and hermit crabs.

We didn't intend to get 7 cats, but sometimes they find you :) . It all works out--we have a big house so there's space for everyone.

Having that many cats i wonder if they all get along or if there are many spats between them each day
That includes if they get annoyed/annoy the dogs a lot too.

Why do you dislike them? Are they annoying?


My Aunt is living with us until she gets her own place and she brought her pit bull with her. My mom was really against it at first, but this pitbull is so sweet and docile for the most part- she does get a little riled up by the cat once in awhile. She doesn't bite at all and loves getting pettings and dog cookies. She does tricks very well and will not eat something if you say "Poison".

My bf's little sister had two rats. One loved to climb into one's sleeves or hide in our hair, the other not so much. My sister also had two rats, and they both loved to hide in sleeves and hair too, and one used to hide between my sister's breasts XD My rat doesn't like any of those thing though. Well, maybe she'll hide in my boobs once in a while if I'm standing somewhere from where she can't get out to safer place and there's a lot of new people in the room She's that cowardly But totally cute 'cause of it But she has her favorite hiding place: behind my back, when I sit on my couch. She sometimes falls asleep like that when I pet her. She then turns on her side in her sleep and exposes her tummy for better caress

Awww that sounds adorable!! I sometimes wish I could get a rat, but it's okay that I can't. Whenever I had my hamster and had her out of the cage she would crawl everywhere. You could have her running for a long time if you kept putting one hand in front of the other for her to crawl on. She was also brave and willing to try and jump down from a high place like my hands or shoulder.

My sister and I had an apartment together for a while, and when we did, she had a pet rat. She named him Megatron. He was adorable. He loved to lick her ears, and he would just ride around on her shoulder. She didn't clean his cage enough, though, so he smelled a little funny. I had my cat Pepper at the same time, but Pepper was terrified of Megatron. Never really had to worry about them interacting.

a cat scared of a rat? That's kinda funny hehe. It's too bad she didn't take care of his cage well enough. I know with my hamster I was cleaning her cage 3-4 times a week. She had decided she liked living in the critter trail tower thing I attached to her cage and would make a nest there. I had to clean that out a lot because if I didn't the urine and poop would make the nesting material soggy and stick to the cage and her.

I think it doesn't really matter how much you clean a rat's cage, they just smell funny. I don't know about males, never had or knew anyone who would ahve a male rat, but I know for sure all the females smell similar, and it;s no matter how often I would clean the cage or how much I would try to bath them Although it's important to clean the cage at least once a week, if the cage isn't clean enough the pet might get some sickness out of it, and I mean all rodent pets here :)

My sister's cat was scared of rabbits XD As I mentioned before, I have had two. One was a minature, but I kinda can't blame the cat for being afraid of her, cause she was a meanie The other rabbit was a male lop and he was the cutest, the most calm rabbit But I kinda think he was in love with the cat, 'cause he chased after him and tried to... um... have his fun with him... if you know what I mean So yeah, I had a gay rabbit with a thing for cats

memoriam wrote:I think it doesn't really matter how much you clean a rat's cage, they just smell funny. I don't know about males, never had or knew anyone who would ahve a male rat, but I know for sure all the females smell similar, and it;s no matter how often I would clean the cage or how much I would try to bath them Although it's important to clean the cage at least once a week, if the cage isn't clean enough the pet might get some sickness out of it, and I mean all rodent pets here :)

What you said about rats seems to ring true, No matter how many times i bathed the two rats and used pet shampoo for them on them, And dried them off thoroughly within three months, They still smelled funny. Those two were males though. But yes, It never did seem to matter, Even when the cage was regularly cleaned or them.

Heh, I think Pepper thought Megatron was too big. She was even more terrified of him when he was in his ball. Poor Pepper, it was so hilarious watching him chase her around when he was in that ball. And chase her he did.