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I'm biased but I think pets are very good for mental health and teens can use all the mental health they can get. If she has already bonded with this cat it is going to be pretty hard to break them apart.[/quote]

I'm a dog person who has had a cat (who was well loved), and will never have any cats again. Cat hair is different from dog hair, and gets *everywhere*. Cats are different from dogs, and can get *everywhere*, including kitchen counter tops. That is not sanitary. My cat was quite dog-like and trainable, but most cats are not, so it can be difficult to get them to change bad habits, such as using furniture as scratching posts. Poop inside the house is gross. I don't care if it's in the litterbox, but it's still poop in the house that isn't immediately getting flushed down. Cat urine smells absolutely vile.

In mom's shoes, I would want to know what DD is going to do for vet care, which can be expensive. Mine was diabetic, and a vial of insulin was $100+, on top of repeated vet visits to figure out correct dosage. He eventually succumbed to stomach cancer, which was messy (poor guy often couldn't make it to his litterbox as he had liquid diarrhea, and would vomit as well) and heartbreaking. [/quote]

These are really dumb objection to cats. Cats are very clean. The litterbox is perfectly sanitary and not smelly if you scoop it every day like you should. They will use a scratching post if you provide one and it's very easy to encourage them to use it. In contrast, dogs will crap and piss all over the place, they have a strong odor, and they will misbehave and chew things up when they get bored.

Vet care for cats is not expensive. Once you get them neutered there's basically nothing but occasional vaccine updates until they get old. And I don't know a single dog owner whose dog hasn't had crazy expensive medical problems. [/quote]

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