Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?

Milano frames a personal, humorous pattern: when she contemplates motherhood, she channels that impulse into caring for animals instead. The escalating inventory of pets functions as a self-diagnosis—suggesting both a strong nurturing instinct and a reluctance (at that moment) to take on the irreversible, life-restructuring commitment of having a child. The rhetorical question “what does that tell you?” invites the audience to infer ambivalence, self-awareness, and perhaps a preference for forms of caretaking that feel more manageable or immediately gratifying. It also plays on celebrity interview candor, using exaggeration and specificity to turn private indecision into a relatable anecdote.