What is *your* personal pet limit?

[Chilli]

I can easily handle my pets I have now, but in the future, I plan to only have:
1-2 dogs, a group of 6 or so male rats (no females), 3-5 birds or so, & 20-40 fish.

Keep in mind that those fish won't be bettas^^ They'll be community tanks & the like.

At the moment, I own 1 dog, 1 cat, 7 rats, 4 mice, 1 hamster, 2 birds, & 20-some fish. Plus dad's dog & my sister's cat that is staying here. Its not too much for us.

[Husky_mom]

uu........uu...........I want a horse too, but thats if I have a ranch or the like, if so I would like to have at least 4 and a couple more dogs

[jenluckenbach]

I can't really say what my "IDEAL" number is. I have 16 cats now, plus a few fosters. But is it ideal?? *shrugs* I really do enjoy having many cats though. If I had, let's say, less than 8, my house would feel totally empty!

I can never see myself with a dog! And I have had small mammals in the past, but I don't think I will again. The time for cleaning and time for individual attention is impossible to find.

[sammy101]

My personal limit would be 1-4. Two dogs,maybe a cat or some fish.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I'm currently comfortable with all of my animals, but someday I do want atleast 3 dogs, 2 cats, and a couple bettas. Soo, for my current situation, I said 12-16, but when I'm on my own, it'll be more around 8 probably.

[Miss Z]

I voted on both 1-4 and 4-8. At the moment, I just have Tia, but we will hopefully be adding more to the family soon At one point a few years ago, I had eleven pets, but I don't think I could handle that now, as I have more homework and my mum works more hours. After all, it isn't the quantity of pets you have, but the quantity of love you share with them!

[zoey]

2. If I had 10 acres and 3 helpers it would be another story. But I have one dog and I'm thinking of getting a Beta fish. I have to be realistic. I'm in a small flat now, as of some things that happend last year. But fostering might be an option.

[binka_nugget]

Right now I have two dogs, five birds and 30-something bettas.

I think three dogs at the moment is ideal because of the small house we're in, and also because I work up to 12 hours a day 9 months of the year (but luckily there's always at least one person home). Once my doggy daycare is up and running, I can see myself easily handling four or five since they'll be coming with me to work.

At the moment, I think I could handle one more bird. Two of the tiels I rescued get extremely stressed out when I even come close to the cage, so they're happy in their big cage, and I'm happy letting the other three explore my room.

As for bettas, I have a system that can handle up to 96 bettas at a time and provide heated, filtered water constantly. Sooo.. seeing as how I do 30ish water changes a week already, I guess another 100 wouldn't be a problem. I don't intend to go that far anytime soon, but I could definitely handle it.

[luvofallhorses]

6 is definately my limit and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[wolf_Q]

I voted 4-8. I think I could handle 2-4 dogs (we had 4 dogs at one point and it was fine). Since dogs require so much time in training and individual attention I don't think I would ever have more than 4 (and likely they'd all be siberian huskies ). I'd like to have a couple of cats as well. I have one betta now, I can't see myself having more than 2-3. I really am not interested in any small animals (birds, hamsters, etc.).

[The Cat Factory]

I can't see myself having more than 2 dogs at a time, and 4 cats.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

3 cats and 2 dogs is my limit. We are hoping to rent a whole house with my Brother, so we might be adding another dog in the very near future. It is totally up to DH - he wants to get another dog when we move, but who knows if he really means it or not. We'll see though...

[chocolatepuppy]

Having two dogs, and two cats was perfect for me, and we plan to get another dog now that we only have one dog. I could see maybe a combination of 5 or 6 dogs and cats but that would be it. I do have 23 fish also but they do not need quite as much attention as the dogs and cats do.

[cyber-sibes]

... don't think I would ever have more than 4 (and likely they'd all be siberian huskies )

You have siberian husky syndrome - bet you can't have just one! Boy, am I curious to see how Glacier would answer this thread!

Depends on the animals. I've had up to 6 animals at once before - 3 cats and a hamster, a parakeet and an iguana before.

Dogs need more time, space, attention & vets$. We decided two was our limit.
BUT...if I had the resources, I'd love to have a few more huskies.

[cloverfdx]

3-4 dogs and 1 cat is my limit. Not including fosters .