Looking for a cuddly, low maintenance, affectionate pet. Any suggestions?
Hi,
I am looking for a cuddly, lazy, affectionate pet that is quiet and low maintenance.
I have several illnesses and disabilities, I spent most of my days at home alone. I am looking for a pet that keeps me company, that I can put in my lap to keep me company while I’m on the PC, or in bed watching a movie. That likes to be calm and cuddly.
But that can also be on its own when I can’t be with it/them. It’s not so much of a problem to have a couple of them so they have their own company too if it’s necessary.
I wonder if there’s a pet that could help me be less alone that can fulfill these requirements. I don’t mind it to be unconventional.
I has to be low maintenance because I have chronic pain and fatigue between other illnesses, so I can’t really be constantly working on the pet. I’d say my top would be something you need to maintain once a week. Like one or two quails for example, I think that’ll be my top. 894
You can just change the substrate weekly.
It needs to be quiet and able to live in a small apartment. I find the quails to be more or less top on terms of noise too. It’s just in their cage and makes a bit of noise moving around, scratching or so but that’s about it.
Also, it has to be a pet that doesn’t damage the apartment when they’re out the cage, because I live in a rental and everything is very new.
As for experience with animals, I’ve had several cats (before I was sick), birds, a hen and a rooster, quail, several types of insects like butterflies, praying mantis, ants.
I tried getting a cat a couple years ago but it totally didn’t work out. It required so much of my energy and attention, and it was very noisy. Maybe it was like that too because it was a kitten, which requires a lot of energy. But I’d find a cat to be too much even if it was a lazy adult. I can’t really have an animal scratching the apartment or throwing and breaking things while I’m sleeping.
Most of the animals I’ve had or have are rescued, all the cats and birds.
Right now I have a rescued canary and a quail. I really would like to know if there’s an animal that can suit my needs better than the quail I have now, because I have to make the decision to either find her a new home or get her a companion and keep them, since she can’t be alone (quails are social animals, and also by herself she makes a lot of noise calling for other quails at the slightest sound she hears and it’s unbearable).
The quail it’s nice and cuddly for a bird, she’s very attached to me. But really she does her own thing and it’s difficult to get her to make me company since they’re not so much of a lap animal, even if sometimes she likes being with me.
Well, I hope you have some suggestions so I can start making my own research to know if it could be a good fit for me :) 679