I have been thinking of getting a cat. Now I have never had a cat and never really though of myself as a cat person, but I saw a beautiful stray cat that lives in the school next door and s/he was gorgeous! And it got me thinking how much I miss owning pets. Our house was always a menagery of animals when I was little, we always had a dog, ****ys, parrots, fish, chooks, sometimes rabbits & guinea pigs, we even had a sheep once!....And the list could go on. But now DH and I live in a unit so I wouldn't want to bring a dog here, even a little one. For one thing I don't really like little dogs, but also I don't know that we'd have the time to walk it, take it out to pee/poo all the time etc and we both work so I dont want to leave it on its own much.
But cats are different, right? They like to be alone sometimes don't they? They can be litter trained, and stuff right?? LOL, I have no idea! But what considerations would I have to make if we got a cat? Are they expensive to buy and keep? Are they good for young kids? I wouldn't want a pure breed or anything, probably just one from the pound or something. What other thing sshould I be thinking about?
TIA