I've had cats before (2 that were just mine, several more that belonged to roommates) and my current roommate's got one right now, but I'll be moving into my mom's house soon and it'd be nice not to be knocking around alone there. There're two vets within walking distance. I've got my eye on a 3 year old female who's been returned to the local shelter because she nips when picked up, but she's otherwise friendly with people but not always with other cats. I'm used to cats that go in and out as they please, but I was going to see how she'd handle the outdoors in brief supervised visits before ruling out her being an indoor only cat. There's a decent sized fenced yard, not counting the chicken run. I can clean a litter box; I shovel chicken shit regularly and have cleaned up every bodily fluid you can think of (thanks a lot, mom.)