Is owning a cat too much responsibility for a 1L? Forum

staysha · Post by **staysha** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:24 pm

melodically wrote:
Mal Reynolds wrote:Getting a cat is the worst thing you can do for your health and overall personality.
Not even close.

OP, cats are incredibly easy to take care of. The only difficulty, as others have mentioned, is that you need to find ~~a pet-friendly building each time you move, so that's something to think about~~ cat friends.

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:31 pm

xRON MEXiCOx · Post by **xRON MEXiCOx** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:32 pm

Get a cougar if your state allows it.

NYC-WVU · Post by **NYC-WVU** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:24 pm

dowu wrote:
purplethunder wrote:I'm thinking about getting one after I move out.
I'm pretty sure a cat can survive with zero attention for at least a week. If you're looking for a low maintenance pet, get a fish.

I would not recommend a fish. I have had a cat, a dog and fish. In one aspect, I think fish are the most responsibility, because you have to be entirely proactive in taking care of them. A cat is a good balance.
Dog: Tons of effort and reminds you of everything it needs from you.
Cat: Little effort and reminds you of everything it needs from you.
Fish: Smallest effort, but dies if you forget about it, possibly without you realizing for a while.
((I am a dog person.))

sidhesadie · Post by **sidhesadie** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:15 pm

Well, I (and many, many others) managed all of law school with not one but TWO cats AND a job AND a human child!!

So yeah. I think you can manage a cat. If not, you probably need to figure some shit out before you try law school. Or life.

Mal Reynolds · Post by **Mal Reynolds** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:33 pm

sidhesadie wrote:Well, I (and many, many others) managed all of law school with not one but TWO cats AND a job AND a human child!!

So yeah. I think you can manage a cat. If not, you probably need to figure some shit out before you try law school. Or life.

With multiple cats the worry is that you're just a sad and weird human being, not that you can't handle taking car of these stupid animals.

Crowing · Post by **Crowing** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:40 am

Get one that doesn't try to wake you up at 6 am to feed it

FanOfPosner · Post by **FanOfPosner** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:38 pm

unodostres · Post by **unodostres** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:28 pm

my cat is chill. shits on its own and eats the food that i put out. doesn't bother me besides waking me up at 730am.

pets can be very therapeutic.

cinephile · Post by **cinephile** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:32 am

Having a pair of kittens (littermates) made 1L less awful than it would've been otherwise. It was so, so nice to have two fuzzy people to come home to who were excited to see me. And to have study breaks where I could just cuddle and snuggle the kitties. And when I needed them to leave me alone, I just locked them out of my room - we had a large living room and they were happy to entertain each other. They are so worth the time and money it takes to take care of them, because they give back all kinds of love and support which you'll definitely need as a 1L, or as a human being.

6lehderjets · Post by **6lehderjets** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:42 am

Did this question really require two pages?

Mal Reynolds · Post by **Mal Reynolds** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:47 am

Cats are not worth it ever and will only make 1L worse.

Clyde Frog · Post by **Clyde Frog** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:04 am

You know what they call cats? Chicken of the railway yard.

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