tandempower

Keeping animals outside could save you a lot of those messes, not to mention a lot of toilet paper and kitty litter, but I'm sure you would find it cruel and lonely to banish your pets outside the house. If I remember correctly, you've posted about cold winters, so probably outdoor pet quarters wouldn't be doable. I don't know what I'd do with all those animals depending on me, let alone living in the house. I had a cat and a fish for years waiting for them to die so I could travel without finding a pet-sitter. It was funnily torturous because I really loved them too much to actually want them to die prematurely, but I sort of regretted having acquired them in the first place, so it ended up being convenient when they finally did go. Needless to say, I limit myself to enjoying wild animals now, which are wonderfully good at living independently from the natural resources of the surroundings.