The cleanest pets for your home

For their owners, pets are a source of companionship, comfort, and love. They become part of the family. Some are house pets and others live outside. When deciding to get a house pet, cleanliness should definitely be considered.

Someone will be responsible for keeping the pet and its area clean, so finding out which pets are the cleanest is one step in making a decision.

cats

Not many people would argue with the fact that cats are clean. They constantly bathe and use a litter box for their bodily functions. Unless the cat refuses to be litter box trained, they make very clean pets.

The disadvantage of cats is hairballs and shedding. Hairballs are accumulations of hair that accumulate due to the constant bathing that a cat does. Eventually the cat will regurgitate them, not a pretty and pretty gross place to clean up. Shedding hair isn’t gross, just an annoyance because it gets on clothes, furniture, and helps create dust accumulations.

Another factor that works against the cat is its curiosity. Cats are notoriously nosy and their ability to jump combined with their curiosity is a disaster waiting to happen. Cups knocked off counters and overturned fish tanks are a few examples.

dogs

Dogs are messier than cats, that’s a fact. They are somewhat more difficult to train and must be taken outdoors frequently. This means that if it is left alone, there will be a chance for accidents to happen in the house.

The dogs have to be bathed and groomed; they are unable to groom themselves. If they don’t bathe, they can develop an odor that is not good for the house. Dogs also shed; even those that are labeled as non-shedding will lose some hair.

birds

The birds are not so messy in themselves. However, they do have to clean their cages and some birds spit their sunflower seed shells out of the cage and onto the ground. They are a pretty good option for someone looking for a lower maintenance pet. Clean water and food and a cage cleaning on occasion.

hamsters

Hamsters are cute but they make their cages dirty. Being nesters, they move things around the cage. They are not particular about where they relieve themselves, so the entire cage tends to smell if not cleaned frequently. They don’t require a lot of attention, but their cage does, at least weekly.

snakes

The cleaner pet for the home is probably the most unlikely option for most people. Although many people have them, snakes, such as ball pythons, are not a favorite pet for most people. In fact, many people will not approach them. However, they require little care, do not shed, and the minimal amount of bodily debris they do have is easy to clean.

beta fish

Along with the ball python, the Betta fish would be the other cleanest household pet. These fish do not require aquarium filters so there is little cleaning involved. All they need is a bowl of water that is changed from time to time and some food daily.

The cleanest pets aren’t the pets most people will choose, but they do exist. Pets are like almost everything else, the more they need, the more they give back. No one can argue that having a pup snuggled up next to you is close to having a Betta fish swimming next to you in a bowl.