My pedigree, 

I can feed an animal, that's a good point I guess.  

Well I'm joking, but it's hard to talk about experiences when it's your own pets but I have got some exemple

1- growing with two howling huskies, I won't explain 14 years of life. 

2 - My neighour had a black cat, Gupil, she gave her to my watch after gupil had her babies, cause she had a too ig family with very young kid that were not understanding how fragile was a kitten. So I kept the cat and babies for few weeks, maybe more, time for babies to learn life, get fed and goes to their forver familly

3- I took care of lulu, my friend's cat left alone after her mom died, he basically was living more like a street cat, but then starting to like my dog and became the house cat, until he died. 

4 - Rescued an abandonned cat were I lived, poor boy was the only kitten left, nobody wanted oh him because he was sick, I took home with me.

5 - Kitten and mom hidding in garage , surviving on their own, I try to get the mommy like me so she gave me her baby to care about, wouldn't live the house anymore, she ended up almost living in my sofa and I kept one of her baby as well.

I have always loved animals, did horse riding, went to the mountains with my parents where they did Nordic dog races. 

Many cats at home, I like them all, except spiders and snakes. 

I like mouse, rats, hamster, guinea pigs, ferets, cameleon, lezards, birds, snails... 

But one more time, I have never had experience so someone will just have to give it a try, and a hand to go ahead. I am not going to invent myself a life for 9 pound.