In the study, scientists found that owning a pet is associated with improved mental health and reduced discomfort from loneliness.
Research shows that, in addition to cats and dogs, other pets, from turtles to goldfish, help people cope with loneliness.
If you start observing any living creature, it is a whole separate world.
In general, just what a city dweller needs. Therapists from the fauna world are usually animals that can be trained: dogs, horses, dolphins, and less often cats.
Nevertheless, it happens that lizards, donkeys, furry rodents and birds help in the fight against illnesses.
If guinea pigs, chinchillas and rats get bored without human company, then hamsters and decorative mice are still “loners”.
With one amendment: loners in relation to a person.
In the company of fellow tribesmen, they certainly feel better and more interesting, but if you are away on business for the whole day, they will not be upset.