I'm looking for general opinions or suggestions here...
I want a cat. I've never had a cat since my mom is allergic and I knew that she'd take it as an insult if I got one since she wouldn't be able to come to my place. This is why I got a ferret instead of a cat. I've had the ferret for... maybe three years now. So, now that I live 40 minutes away and my brothers and sister have moved out, she's slightly less clingy and never wants to come over. This means that I can get a cat, woo hoo!
Okay, so here are my issues... I already have a ferret. Pets are a huge commitment and I don't want her to feel bad staring at me watching TV with my cat through her cage bars (because cats will hang out with you, unlike ferrets who need to be watched constantly). Also, while I adore kittens, I'm not sure that I'm up to another hyper animal running around and scratching things (I like my sofa) and getting into who even knows what. So, I had been considering an old cat. Like, adopting an old mellow cat that only has a few years to live so it's this chill furry thing, yanno? However, even if I have it for a couple of years, I'm afraid of the heartbreak that will come in the soonish future when it would die... and would it get along with my ferret? My ferret is very friendly to every animal and person she's ever met, but I'm worried about a cat who is set in it's ways coming across some strange animal that it would have to live with. I live by myself in a one bedroom apartment so I could put the cat in the bedroom and close the door while the ferret gets it's daily exersize/ run around and play time in the living room. Or... if it they dynamic was ok, the cat could just sit on the kitchen counter while the ferret ran around. But, when I'm out or the cage is locked up, how would they feel?
I've never had a cat. How much trouble am I looking at, here?



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