DH has agreed that we can get a cat or kitten, however, we're having a problem deciding on where to keep it overnight and when we go out. We have a burglar alarm, not a fancy expensive one, just a basic wireless one that has no 'pet' setting, so roaming the house isn't an option unfortunately. The sensors are in the living room, hall and kitchen, with none upstairs.
The dining room doesn't have a sensor because that's where we used to put the dogs when we went out/to bed. Now we just have one small dog and she is put in the kitchen, she is only small so even if she walks around, the worktops block her from view of the sensor.
I suggested we use what we call 'The little room' upstairs to shut the future cat in, but DH doesn't want a litter tray upstairs 🙄 We can't shut it in the dining room because of a few reasons,
1- The fire is in there, which burns 24/7 through winter, and if you shut the dining room door the room gets painfully hot and the house gets cold.
2- My tarantulas are in there (they need the warmth of the room in winter) and I wouldn't want the cat to jump up and knock their enclosures down.
I suggested we use a babygate to shut the dog in the dining room (with the door left open it's really not too bad because the heat escapes to the rest of the house) and shut the future cat in the kitchen. But DH doesn't want to put it in the kitchen 'in case it scratches the cupboards'.
I keep trying to come up with solutions but he's vetoing them all while not coming up with anything himself 🙄