having many pets in the house,good or bad?
By asliah
@asliah (11137)
Philippines
August 21, 2012 3:10am CST
greetings to all of you guys,many of us really love to have pets in our home but do you think that having many pets in the house is not good too?cause i have 2 puppies 10 love birds,2 cats,10 fish and 2 turtles,when can we say that its bad to our health when we have many pets in the house.do you also have many pets in your home?will you limit the numbers of your pet?why?
18 responses
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
24 Oct 12
We do not have a lot of pet in our home aside from dogs and puppies. I really really love dogs and puppies and since birth it was only the pet that we used to take care. I think if you have enough space in your house for the pets then it will be better. I think there is nothing wrong when we have many pets in the house as long as we can feed them.
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@RSantos026 (288)
• Philippines
27 Aug 12
It's depend on the owner of the pet, if the thinks or have time for their pet that will be not bad. But if you have many pet but you don't have time to clean their waste well that will I consider it as bad, I also have pet here I have lot of different kind of fishes, I have also have an albino frog (tiny white frog).
I also watched TV it's says that if you have a pet you are adding 3 more years in your life, that because our pet make our happy. Thank you for sharing! Have a nice day!
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@RSantos026 (288)
• Philippines
27 Aug 12
Sorry for my english my friend. Hope you still understand, have a great day, Godbless. :)
@angelkarah050182 (4980)
• Philippines
21 Aug 12
At present, we don't have any pets. Yes, I do agree with you. Having a lot of pets is not good for our health especially hairy ones. They said they will cause or aggravate asthma. One or two pets is enough. Thank you for sharing. Happy mylotting.
@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
21 Aug 12
Now I can't do it at home because of the limited resources and I am living in an apartment on higher floors of a building and it is practically difficult to manage. Also, in such circumstances, as you said, the health issues are important and having a lots different pets may creat many problems. First of all someone should be around to look afte them, and as more of them are around, we need to keep an eye on everything, feeding, cleaning, maintaining etc.
But if there are people dedicatedly for looking after and got a farm house or a house with lavish best surroundings with adequate space and conveniences, we can try for it. But not preferrably in the indors, especially the closed homes like higher floors and the like.
Health problem is also a manin issue. Apart from all, we need to proper chek up for the pets and medicines if required etc. make costlier on these days. However, we at my native palce all these pets were there and I had a very best time with a lots of pets like dogs, cat, parrot, rabbits, even caved snakes and monkey also. All were looked after my father and once he expiered, we stopped all and now only one cat and one dog alongwith a dozzons of rabbits are there with my sister. But got 15 goat and 5-6 cows and such animals as we can get enough milk at home and she used to sell the milk on commercial basis also. For her, all these are her dear pets and she enjoy the life with all and she likes to take care of them and enjoying the life with all such animals day and night.
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@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
21 Aug 12
I think the question of having too many pets is dependent on the capability of the owners and their available resources. A person can have as many as 10 pets but if he lives in acres of land and have ample resources to feed and care for the health of his pets well I don't think that's too many. But if a person lives in a one-room studio and he's got 2 dogs I think that's a bit too many for comfort.
We have 2 pit bulls and they have their own dog house in a separate building or shed with another lock, just so nobody can "mistakenly" enter there as they can be quite vicious when taunted or provoked by a complete stranger.
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@Juliyan23 (600)
• Indonesia
21 Aug 12
Well, it depends on how big your house is and how pet friendly your house is.
The air ventilator is the main part that we have to consider to when we have a pet.
The litter box, and also the cat's pee ( my male cat always pees everywhere in the house :D ) will make a odor pollution. That's why the design which is called pet friendly house means that we have a good air ventilator and a good design to avoid our pets run away.
My house isn't big enough to have more than 4 big pets such as cats or dogs. So I only have 2 cats - and over than 20 Koi Fish in the pool.
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@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
22 Aug 12
I think it's great to have many pets in the household as long as they are being taken care of. We currently just have one dog and I'd love to have more, but at the moment we just don't have the room to support it. Someday when we have a house with a backyard we plan to get another dog.
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
22 Aug 12
I dont like lots of pet , normally our dog would stay outside in a dog house but my cat would live inside . I only ever had one cat at a time, I dont want lots of cat in my house .
You have that many pet living in your house , it cant be healthy .
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Aug 12
My husband and I have many pets. We have a dog, a cat, 5 rabbits and 2 guinea pigs. Some people think that we have too many pets and they joke about it and call our home "the zoo" because we have so many pets, but I don't think that we have too many pets. It is hard to say how many pets are "too many" and I think that is depends on 3 different things: Your time, your money and your home. If you want to have many pets you have to make sure that you have enough time to take of all them. Pets have different needs, but they all have needs and it is important that you have enough time to take good care of all of them. Money is also important, you need money to buy food, treats, toys, hay, litter etc and you need money for the vet bills. The third thing that you have to consider is the size of your home. If you live in the small home it is problematic to have many pets, and if you have plenty of space you don't have to worry about that.
@ckciasigurl (2081)
• Italy
21 Aug 12
hi asliah!
i think that there is no problem if you have many pets as long as you can manage the hygiene of the pet and give the proper needs like vaccine and foods :) , my friend has 10 dogs and it is fun to have many pets,
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@Ankitdhama (103)
• India
21 Aug 12
How many pets one should have? It depends on the person having the pets. If he loves pets then ofcourse he will have many at a time. As I love pets and I also have three dogs and one parrot. I love to have pets because they don't let feel you alone when you are bore. They give you a good company. But some people don't like to have pets it's there choice and let them have it.
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@512771751 (1096)
• China
27 Aug 12
Every coin has two sides. There are so many pets in the house, your house will be like a zoo. You have spent too much time taking care of them.
@mikej143 (309)
• Philippines
22 Aug 12
nothing bad on having these pets as long as we were responsible or the care of these pets nothing wrong to have inside the house as long as no one are allergy with those kinds of animals and all their waste must be clean every second. To have these kinds and many of pets it is required to have discipline actions and time management these were not just any other material things that you could put it their any side of the house and until the time you will lost interest you just throw it away they were lives and make it your best friend.
@thersdae_me (327)
• Philippines
21 Aug 12
We only have a dog for a pet at home. Actually it's the only pet I allowed because we used to have three dogs and my husband loved them. Unfortunately, they are not that easy to maintain considering that we have three kids to take care of in the house as well. The maid started complaining until she finally resigned. We got a new maid and she resigned also after a month. Then, I decided it's time to resign the two dogs instead just so we don't loose our chance of hiring another maid in the process.
We gave the other two dogs to my dad who keeps about ten dogs and a lot of chickens, goats, cows, and almost any pet that can be kept in his farm. He loves dogs soooooo much, most obvious he keeps ten of them. Lol!
I don't have anything against pets. I think it is actually good to keep them because they add fun in the family. They're like babies, they can make us laugh with their cute acts and can touch our hearts with their kind and loyal gestures. Maybe it's just not yet the right time for us to keep one because we can't look after them yet. Pets of course, needs to be taken care of. Even my eldest son wants to keep pigeons like his cousin does but still, I cannot allow him to do so. My husband's family has history of asthma and his cousins on his Dad's side have asthma so I wouldn't dare trigger a cause for my kids to also have it. And yes, because we cannot look after any pet yet as of this time because his two sisters already need caring more than any pet would. But in time.... In time. :)
@anubrataroy (444)
• India
21 Aug 12
I feel that's a little zoo except for that all are not wild animals. I have two dogs Dino and Bliss at my home. And I have a great time playing with them. Keeping too many pets is too expensive as well. I don't like the idea of keeping birds as pets, especially when you are going to keep them in cage. I feel people who are inhuman keep birds in cage.
@coelenterata (188)
• Indonesia
21 Aug 12
no i do not have any pets in my house it is really not because i do not like pets but i am afraid that will bad for our health.the most often example is cat or dog which can bring toxoplasmosis which is very bad for pregnant women which can caused abortion,fetal defect.we can had certain disease too from their scratches or bites