{"id":5076,"date":"2020-12-28T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=5076"},"modified":"2020-12-16T14:51:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T05:51:42","slug":"apartment-friendly-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/apartment-friendly-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartment Friendly Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starting to feel lonely\nin your new apartment? You might want to consider getting a pet. They can\nprovide companionship and have beneficial effects on your physical and mental\nhealth. Finding the perfect furry or feathered friend is a source of immense\njoy. That being said, you should do some research before running to the pet\nstore. Some animal companions are not suitable for apartment life. Getting the\nwrong pet can cause you and your neighbors a lot of frustration. If you\u2019re\nwondering what sort of pets are best for apartment dwellers, we\u2019ve got you\ncovered. Here\u2019s a guide to some apartment friendly pets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fish<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fish are one of the\nquietest pets you can get. Aside from the occasional splashing noise, you won\u2019t\never hear a peep out of your fish. You can make room for a small fish tank in\neven the tiniest of apartments. Fish need to be fed once a day, but aside from\nthat, they are fairly low maintenance. Tanks only need to be cleaned every\ncouple of weeks. In addition, having pet fish is good for your health. Watching\nfish swim is calming and can lower your blood pressure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dogs <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Small dogs can make\ngreat apartment companions. The toy poodle, a small breed that is easy to\ntrain, is one of the most popular dogs in Japan. These adorable,\nstuffed-animal-like dogs are well behaved and will fit nicely into your small\napartment. If you love big dogs, don\u2019t despair. There are some large breeds,\nlike greyhounds, that are decent apartment pets (as long as the apartment is\nlarge enough for them to live safely and comfortably). These types of dogs tend to snooze and\nlounge around all day. As long as you take them out for exercise, they won\u2019t\nbecome destructive or noisy when living in a smaller space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hedgehogs<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You aren\u2019t allowed to\nkeep pet hedgehogs in some parts of the world, but luckily Japanese law is\npretty lax when it comes to exotic pets. Like hamsters and fish, they don\u2019t\nrequire much space. Since they\u2019re solitary creatures, they won\u2019t get upset if\nyou\u2019re busy working most of the day. As long as you clean their cages\nregularly, hedgehogs don\u2019t smell. You can live in a studio apartment with a\nhedgehog without your place developing an animal odor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cats<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cats make excellent apartment pets, and are one of the most popular pets in Japan for this reason. Unlike small dogs, cats are suitable for those with busy lifestyles. While some breeds, like Bengals, are quite vocal, most cats tend to be fairly quiet. Usually, their meowing isn\u2019t loud or frequent enough to anger your neighbors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They\u2019re also great pets for people with busy lifestyles. You\u2019ll need to feed your cat and clean their litter box, but you don\u2019t have to take them out for exercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birds<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some birds make great\napartment pets, but others are quite noisy and might annoy your neighbors. Loud\nspecies, such as Cockatoos and Macaws aren\u2019t good for apartment life unless\nyour walls are really thick. Quiet birds, such as Bourke\u2019s Parakeets and\nSenegal Parrots are best for apartment dwellers. If you still want a vocal\nbird, Canaries, Finches, or other songbirds with tiny voices are best for you.\nYou\u2019ll get to hear their singing, but no one else in your building will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rabbits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although they can be\ndifficult to housetrain, rabbits are great apartment pets. You\u2019ll probably want\nto litter box train yours, so plan on them needing about as much space as a\ncat. Rabbits are one of the quietest pets you can own. They\u2019re ideal pets for those\nwho like a calm, relaxed lifestyle. Furthermore, they don\u2019t give off much of an\nodor, so your tiny apartment won\u2019t start to smell like a petting zoo. Unlike\ndogs, you don\u2019t need to take rabbits out for exercise. They do need to be let\nout of their cage for a few hours a day, but most apartments have enough space\nfor a rabbit to run around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hamsters<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hamsters take up very little space and are ideal pets for those living in cramped apartments. They aren\u2019t the quietest pets; you might want to get a different animal if the sound of hamster wheels drives you crazy. However, hamsters are fairly low maintenance pets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As long as you feed them and clean their cages regularly, they don\u2019t require much human interaction. They are nocturnal, so you may want to reconsider getting a hamster if you live in a studio apartment or are a light sleeper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Small Reptiles <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Having a pet snake isn\u2019t\nfor everyone, but small snakes do well in apartments. They\u2019re quiet and happy\nto hang out in their tank all day. Other apartment friendly reptiles include\nsmall turtles, lizards, iguanas, and chameleons. Reptiles are very quiet and\nwill never lead to noise complaints. However, they aren\u2019t the easiest to care\nfor. Putting together a reptile habitat often involves purchasing special lamps\nand regulating humidity levels. Feeding reptiles isn\u2019t for the faint of heart –\nmany of need to be fed insects and mice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting to feel lonely in your new apartment? You might want to consider getting a pet. They can provide companionship and have beneficial effects on your physical and mental health. Finding the perfect furry or feathered friend is a source of immense joy. That being said, you should do some research before running to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-apartment-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}