I don't see it as 'spoling them'..as much as it is loving them back. They give so much unconditional love, they deserve it back too. We took them out of their own natural habitat, and brought them into ours..so they deserve to be well cared for..we just lost our Heidi, Oct. 21, and she was spoiled, in some ways, and so is Popeye, according to my kids...lol...she was only 4, so her little short life she was well cared for.