There is no getting around the fact that having an animal or several is a commitment. It might not be quite the same level as having a baby (most of the time), but it still means that you have a living thing depending on you for its every want or need. Of course, us animal lovers are adamant that they give back to us everything and more that we put into them, but that isn’t without its controversies. Many people have wildly differing opinions on how to care for pets.

This has been underlined in a recent Twitter thread, which asked about everybody’s potentially controversial opinions when it came to living with animals. Unsurprisingly, there were plenty of strongly held beliefs on the subject when it came to all kinds of critters, and not everybody was kind about it. It’s a topic which any responsible pet owner is likely to feel strongly about.