Garden & Animals
Cat Keeping
No walks, but it needs height to climb and places to hide
The difference from a dog is the schedule: no daily outing, and a short trip needs only food and water left out, which makes it far more realistic in a flat and around irregular hours. The effort goes into environment, because a cat needs vertical space and places to hide or it takes the furniture instead.
First stepBefore adopting, set up a litter tray, a cat tree and a box to hide in, then visit a shelter to meet a few cats.
Barriers
Cost to start
$50–300
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Light
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
Under 30 min
Where
At home
Why people take it up
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Try a hobby before you buy the gearStarting costs $50–300Skills
BuildsHandling animals