As far as I can tell, cats aren’t pack animals - when you get more than the space comfortably allows, you start getting illnesses and behavioral problems (like inappropriate elimination… why does his house smell?)
I haven’t heard of many people having problems with 3 or 4 cats, but more than that sends off warning bells for me.
(We have two)
Not pack animals, no. But while they’re territorial, they can also be facultatively social. For example feral cats will aggregate in sociable groups at times, especially near feeding stations. And what’s a house but a big feeding station for cats ;)?
But sure, there is always a limit.
Same here, though obviously certain large scale accomodations/larger households can change the equation and I wouldn’t necessarily leap to the conclusion someone is nuts if they had more. Me, I’d be inclined to say two is ideal for a single person ( better than one, really ), three reasonable. Larger numbers depending on situation ( more rooms, people ), I suppose. But 19? In the same house? I have hard time seeing that under any circumstances.
Well, the mantle had a ton of stuff, mostly papers, on it plus medicine bottles. The women were talking on the way home about getting together to clean the place.
I didn’t see the upstairs. He had the fan on, which had cat hair in it.