How many cats is too many cats?

I think two is about right in a two-bedroomed apartment, though it would depend on if you have a garden, and if you let them out or not. I have 5 cats, though my house is quite large, and I have a big garden too, and they all go out whenever they want. I only ever had two, - as you say, I think two is a nice number to play together, and keep each other company, - but I do voluntary work for a Cat Charity, and my others were all cruelty cases, and I am a sucker for a pair of pleading feline eyes, so I ended up with the number I have! At one stage I had 6, but one of them was run over last year:-((

Two cats is just right, maybe you have one boyfriend too many!

Depends on how big your place is. We have around 1,000 Sqft and two cats is enough. If we were in a bigger house we would be able to add another cat. It is good to own more than one cat at a time because they keep each other company.

I think it depends on the person, the size of their place, and their finances. Lets face it a lot of cats cost a lot of money. Two cats though is fairly common. I know many who have two since they want the one to have a companion. With a two bedroom apartment 2 is fine and not a problem. It sounds more like your boyfriend doesn't like cats. Just remember this old saying and tell him it, "he who dislikes the cat, was in his former life a rat" :)

hhmm i think too amny cats is depend on how u take care about them and manage their necesseties. and as long as other family members adore the quantity... i hav had 5 cats and my family was okk with it... so this quantity was just fine for me...

I am with you two cats is good! they keep each other company while you are away! I have 3 and some times thats two too many but I love them all! I honestly don't know how people can get tons of cats and not realize they have too many!

Two cats sounds just about right, although my sister's friend is supporting five or six cats at her place. She treats all of them as they were her children too, and has adopted strays as well as shelter kittens and cats.

i have only three cats. a mother and her two kids. the father cat is gone. i would really like to have 4 cats again. right now i have: 1 rabbit 2 dogs 3 cats

I think 2 cats is fine. I have 5 and that is my limit. It takes a lot of time to give each cat the petting and attention they each need. Each person has to decide for themselves how many is too many. But I believe if you can't give each cat the one on one attention of petting them and spending quality time with them, you have too many. I have seen on Animal Precinct and other shows like that that when people have a lot of cats or dogs for that matter, the cats become feral and fearful of humans because they don't get the human touch and attention they need. Dogs become fearful of humans, also.

I love cats so much! I have a friend who has 22 cats, she has a big house with a big garden where they can run and play. I have just 2 cats, but I dream a house with 20-30 cats...

Too many cats is only too many if you cannot take care of them. If you can, then keep on getting them!

ok. too many cat would be at least 3. 15 cats like my old street's neighbor is way too damn much cat litter!

I don't think 2 cats is too many. I say 3 is a limit. I think if you go past that they may get stinky. Yeah, how do people end up with sooo many cats sometimes. Especially when they are cat lovers but with that many its impossible to keep them clean.

Hey, I used to have 6 cats. 6 cats! And it wasn't that bad. It was kinda nice. I'm not a crazy old cat person either, (even though my name is Catman72 on this, lol) but I think it was nice to have so many cats.

1 is too many! Ask my dog.

That's really funny. Right now my wife and i only have one cat, Mao, but he's big enough for two. he weighs twenty pounds and he's a big fat fluffy orange tiger cat. Which always makes us laugh, because our dog is a tiny fluffy 6 pounds. However, at one time we had 3 cats before we moved 'cross country. I wouldn't recommend 70, but however many you feel you can take care of without neglecting, is how many you need. I think two is a good number, because they can keep each other company. If you're boyfriend doesn't like your cats...well. He'll need to get over it, if you've had cats your whole life, why should you give them up now?

We have three cats, all shelter rescues. I believe our city has a law limiting the number of cats any one person can own at a given time to six (at least legally, I'm sure there are people who exceed that). I think it is up to you how many you can afford, would want to look after etc. Two sounds like a good number to me. Best wishes!

First of all, I love that you named one "Notso Fluffy" reminds me of a time when we had two guys at work with the same name, the one that was there longer was "Dave" the second Dave was called "the other one". ...but back to your question... I think a lot of the "too many cats" equation depends on the person's lifestyle and the cats personalities, so it changes from one situation to the next. But I have to say that I would think that some one who had more than 5 or 6 in their house was a little "touched" so to speak. But I also believe that, as long as they can properly care for and socialize all their cats, you should be able to own as many as you want. BTW, my boyfriend was a cat-hater before he met me. He still doesn't like cats in general, but he does like my cat now.

I have 2 cats too. Sylvester and Izzy. I think that 2 cats are enough unless you have a larger house.

1 cat is equal to too many cats