Is it weird? Four seems like an acceptable number of felines, especially if they have a mellow disposition and the man is attentive to his caretaker duties. Maybe he didn't even plan on having so many cats—I can imagine how that might have happened: strays showed up, the tomcat next door knocked up his lady cat, a new roommate came with one and left without it, Santa left a kitten in his stocking, etc. Then the man woke up one day to discover he had a house-full of fur balls. Seems like that could happen to any kindhearted animal lover, doesn’t it?
HOWEVER, I strongly feel that this guy is about to cross a line. Five cats is way too many for any single person to own. If he were to acquire one more cat, I would fully suspect him to be on the path to becoming “that crazy dude with all the cats.”
Some people have a lot of love to give, and they happen to choose cats as the recipient. Nothing odd about that. Yet.
My professional opinion: Not weird, but on the verge.
If he were to get a fifth cat, I would encourage him to name it Scurvy.
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