Quote Originally Posted by ctrlfreq View Post
First, those "benefits" are nothing of the sort, they're simply a convenience to you, and a detriment to the animal, not to mention, you get all the same "benefits" by simply not having the second animal (which by your list of "benefits" you're really not interested in taking care of anyhow).
How can you be so certain that benefits to the keeper are detrimental to the kept? Do YOU have any personal experience? Or, are you too, merely parroting what has been told to you by others who also have no personal experience?