How many cats before you are the ''cat lady''

Ha! This is funny. I asked a very similiar question a while back. I think I am destined to be that scary cat lady who lives down the street. The one everyone thinks is a witch, and on halloween, kids peek in the windows, hoping to find her stirring her cauldron.

I think cats in the yard would do it - they do not have to be in the house. I think 3 would mark the beginning of old-cat-ladyitis.

I think it is ok to have any number of cats and/or other pets as long as you are able to properly care for them and yourself. If it gets to a point where most, or all, of your pets are sick, underfed, etc., and your house is a mess and smells like urine/feces, then you definitely need help.

about 20

Well I rescued a stray mother cat, who at the time did not know she had kittens in my back yard, I had all four of them fix but know one could take even one, not even animal recuse could do anything, they told me if they took em they would put them to sleep because there was not any room for anymore cats, so I decided to have a heart and keep them.

8. then your house starts to smelll and you have tuns of cats running around. but if you really love cats go for it.

Well I think it depends on the neighborhood. I am considered the cat lady in my neighborhood because I feed the strays during the winter months. I admit I do have a bunch of cats in my house too. I have 5 & my husband has 1. We go through lots of kitty litter but we have no children of our own so these r our surrogate children sort of. We love them & enjoy watching them play with each other & with their toys. So I guess if having 6 cats indoors & a bunch of strays hanging around outside waiting for some food & water in the winter counts I am the weirdo in many people is eyes.So be it.
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They say more than 6 and you are crazy. I have 4 inside and love them all. Each one has it is own personality and are a pleasure to own.

Anything above 7 indoors. But i have 4 indoors, and am cat crazy and proud of it!

Hahhaa.I called it the ''CAT KINGDOM when my immediate supervisor has about 8 cats in his home. His excuse was that his wife is a Vet and she would bring home the kitty when their are too sick to be kept in the clinic or that no one want them after being brought to their clinic. Luckily they all love cats. I think that is great that they have so many cats.

Great question!!!
My husband and I have five, all in the house, all the time. Are we crazy yet?
Why do we never hear the the crazy cat gentleman? Or family?

When are you the cat lady is when you love cats so much that the cats start to control your life. No I do not think the cats have to live in your house to qualify. Living in your yard more then qualify. It all depends on how you treat the cats it can be as few as 1 but as meny as 25. I think what makes people cross that line is when they start treating the cat as a god.

Your only allowed 3, then u need a breeders permit.
The guy across the street has around 40, maybe more.
He is just a really lonely guy. He loves cats.
Problem is most of these guys get over whelmed
and can not take care of so many.
Probably does not have the money to get them fixed either.
Everyone in the neighborhood has called the SPCA,
but there is not too much that can be done.
He says they r just strays & he is just feeding them.
Poor old Guy.
Poor little kitties..
The SPCA catches a few now & again,
but the babies keep coming.

LOL, this one is really a matter of opinion. Here is mine.


.It doesnt have to cats, it can be dogs or assorted animals.I would say the cats or whatever have to be in ur house to fully quailify. I say the minimum number is 5 along with other criteria.

Now for the other requirements:
1 Seldom leaves the house
2. Not very nice to people in general, few friends
3. Allows animals to annoy neighbors
4. Usually lives alone with animals.
5. House & yard r usually messy.
6. Drives a car at least 12 years old, due all their money spent on animals.
7.Frequent complaints from neighbors about noise, odors, or animals going potty in neighbors yard.
8. No one knows the person is name, they r just referred to as The Animal Lady
9. Health Dept has visited the house
10. Usually uneducated
You have to meet at least 5 of these to be considered for the title, along with a minimum of 5 animals.

Depends on several factors:

1. Do u have room for lots of cats? A 20-room mansion would not be strange with 8 cats. However, 1-bedroom apartment with 8 cats would be a zoo!

2. Can u afford to buy food, vet care, litter, etc for many cats? If you're a millionaire u can have just about any type or number of animals u want. However, if u r the lady using ur welfare check to buy cat food for 13 cats, we have a problem.

3. Does ur city allow u to keep many animals? Some cities do. Others don't. The lady who ignores city code to keep a menagerie of cats is probably a ''cat lady''.

4. Do u have a life? If u have friends, family, hobbies, etc besides the cats, OK. However, if u r the lady that lives alone, has no friends, no hobbies, never leaves the house, never talks to the neighbors.in other words, has NOTHING in life but ur cats.just holed up inside with ur army of cats, then I think u qualify.

As a general rule of thumb, I'd say more than 5 or 6 is getting a little weird.

Five to ten to be the Kat Lady, any more than that, you become a hoarder. I am not a weirdo, but definately the town Kat Lady. hoarding is a form of mental illness that I've not crossed over into. yet.

i now a lady who runs a cat rescue and has 98! they are very well cared for, all fixed and have shots and her house is very clean! it takes her about 3 hrs to mop, clean litter boxes, ect.!!she is a cat lady!! she pays for all their expenses out of her pocket!! she is a very dedicated and loving lady!! some cat Lady is are not bad!!!!! she also runs a spay and neuter program!!!

A friend of mine has 10 cats of her own & feeds about 20 strays so I guess that makes her a cat lady plus everything in her house is cats lol every where U look no joke her towels nick nacks her phone is a cat & even meows lol..All her bed linens.Her tea kettle omg the list goes on & on

Maybe it is having too many cats to care for properly.

That is my nickname at work. I have 5 indoor/outdoor and let me count, Patches, Sweetie, Callie, momma kitty, and 3-4 more strays that I have not named as yet that are outside. 3 people at work are trying to give me a cat/kitten a piece. I have to draw the line somewhere!! So that makes 12-13! How many do you have?

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LOL Well I would have to day the catss should be in doors but if they stay in the yard that might qualify and 8-10 cats is probably enough to make you a cat lady. I do not know what crosses the line. I guess if all you have is your cats meaning like no friends and family and you talk to them all the time like thy are human, plaus the fact that you have like 50 of them would make a weird cat lay. that is just what i think though.

Ha ha ha you're funny lol. more than three cats, and you're a cat lady. :) funny question lol

6 cats i think

more then 3

I think a 2 cat household is about normal, the company factor. But I think anything 3 and over, especially if you live alone would tag you as a ''CAT LADY''. 6+ qualifies you for Dr. Phil, =:)

I think when they start living in your walls and you have to make a path through their discarded cat food cans, you can seriously be considered a crazy cat lady. But I can not wait to be one!

Once you live by yourself and have more than 3 cats that are either in your house or frequent your house regularly (and you've named them). The line is crossed when the normal pet person talks more to felines than to humans. And it only gets worse when the pet person feels the cats understand her better than people.

1)Lady is alone
2)Only stays home with cats
3)Police asked her to remove cats
4)Police finds 3 dead cats
=Psycho Cat LAdy

3 cats makes u the cat lady but they must stay in your house on your bed! eat from your plate and u must love them to bits!

Any more than 27 extremely qualifies you.

i think 10 or more cats make you a cat lady i think if you start trying to buy your cats clothes and eat at the dinner table or give them their own room that way past the line or normal =P

Well it do not matter where the cats are long as they are around your house and you would have to have 10+ cats to be considered cat lady. There was a story on a lady who was obsessed with cats and hand about 250 cats total!

more than 8 makes a cat lady,and you can then have as many as 30 to become that weird crazy cat lady

more than 3 cats in or outside the house. Just my opinion.

I think any more than two.

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