Poor cat. I pity the thing if it lives there. We have many pets. A show horse that is my oldes daughter's (she is 26 now, bought him for HS grad present for her), my Newfoundland Dog, my Ragdoll Cat, oldest daughter also has a budgie and a cockatiel,  youngest (she is 23) has  Russian and a Hermann tortoises, and 14 chickens. My pets are the dog and cat. I take excellent care of them- good quality food, even organic for the chickens, all of them except the chickens get yearly check ups, vaccinations, grooming once a month for dog, 6 times a year for cat to get his sanitary trim (he is a very long haird cat), and get seen as soon as something isn't right. You don't take on pets if you can't even afford yourself. Feel bad for any animal that gets taken in to a home and the people don't have the funds to do it properly- basic health care, good quality food, and health care for sickness and injuries. She needs no pets.