I couldn't imagine owning 7 cats

I hear ya. We had a nice little family, on the one human/one cat model, until we had to move suddenly while in the midst of finding homes for a bunch of formerly feral kittens. After handing off a half-dozen or so, we wound up moving with the last four -- never made a conscious decision to keep them, just kept half-heartedly advertising them. It was great fun while they were kittens. The Gang of Four are now four years old, and we still have the two elders. It's a damn zoo. So take the lesson, y'all: one human/one cat. Hold the line!