My irrational love of cats has landed me with six. Rescued a feral female from the shop at work and later found ou5 she was preggo. Didn’t have the heart to relinquish them to be.warehoused at a ‘no kill’ shelter. So the ones I couldn’t adopt out stayed. Love them all.
Seven in my house. Oi!
I have two indoor-outdoor models, and six more that mostly live in the wild.
Yes, you end up as close to them as to a dog.
I must confess to becoming a cat fool in late middle age. My kid adopted one from a shelter, then we fostered some kittens from the same shelter. Lost one - they wouldn’t take me seriously when I said he was in trouble, and KDS got him. We raised the others then couldn’t give them back. One of them has decided I am her human. She bit me today for lavishing too much attention on her sister. The one who bit me has warg DNA, I am quite sure. She’s awesome like that.
Cats are cheaper to feed. 2 or 3 cats for the price of 1 dog.