Confessions: Animal Hoarding

I'm watching this show right now on Animal Planet. It's really creepy. I hope I never become so blind to the way I live that my house can get like some of these peoples. I kind of let that happen once but not from animal hoarding or hoarding of any kind, but let's not talk about that now. I'm watching this as I'm cleaning the puppy room and I'm thinking about how long it takes to clean the bird room. And then I think I kind of understand how animal hoarders feel. I love my animals. I love being with them more than anyone else. I would rather spend time with my animals than go out. My animals love me and are happy to see me whether I find diets that work or not. They don't care what I look like or how much money I make. So I kind of get it, but there is a limit. I would have more animals if I had a bigger house and had the money to do it. I think we are pretty much at the animal limit right now. We have 10 birds and 3 dogs. I think that will be quite enough...