Top Ten Most Popular Pets in the UK

Base: Total number by species, rounded in millions.

Notes: Survey carried out for the PFMA by TNS. According to government data the most popular pets in the UK (by percentage of ownership) are dogs at 23.4%. However, research by the charity Cats Protection League showed figures of 7.5m cats kept in households throughout the UK, compared with 6.1m dogs. This compared with 4.9m feline households in 1979. Calculations by the British Federation of Herpetologists suggest that there are now almost eight million reptiles and amphibians being kept as pets in the UK with the five most popular species being leopard geckos, bearded dragons, corn snakes, royal pythons and Hermann's tortoises.

Species - Estimated No. (m)

Dogs 7.3 Million

Cats 7.2 Million

Rabbits 1.4 Million

Birds (Indoor) 0.8 Million

Hamsters 0.5 Million

Horses and Ponies 0.3 Million

Snakes 0.2 Million

Gerbils 0.14 Million

Tortoises/Turtles 0.12 Million

Rats 0.10 Million

i am suprised Guinea pigs are not on there .x

yeah i am too now you've said it... xxx

Guinea pigs are awesome ..

Did you see Sugar and the pictures of my other girls Josie .x

yeah i did... love sugar, got to get a bew rabbit one day... i'm planning on having a rew and a bew when we move to somewhere with a garden... buster stays indoors of course! xxx