Princess76, do you have all five in one cage, or have you had to separate any of them?

My daughter is already trying to get us to get more, despite us having a large number of varied pets. But, the two guineas are the same age. The two degus are the same age as each other. The hedgehog's lifespan will fall somewhere in the same range. The two cats are the same age as each other. And the parakeets are all within about a year and a half of each other. So we are likely to lose each kind of animal completely at the same time. So I'm thinking ahead to maybe staggering additions so that we have a continuum, not periods of total loss. (overprotective mom, I know.)

So, some things I read say it's difficult to keep several together, and other things say it works, and in fact it's better because they are social animals. So, I figure real people are better sources of information.