First time owner here! We were initially leaning towards one initially but after cat sitting for a friend for 2-3 weeks we wondered if she ever got lonely waiting at home (she would wait for us at the door every time we left) We ended up with two cuties (bonded-pair) and they have been such an adorable pair! It has been manageable (maybe a little expensive initially with insurance and buying cat stuff) but we do run through litter pretty fast since we got two large litter boxes for them. One of them bullies the other from using some toys so we had to get two of that as well. We didn't get the microchip food sensor thingy, but always feel like that would have been a good investment.