The woodland critters is such a stupid meme. Only idiots would assume he means the squirrels and birds outside his house.
With pretty much any other cow I'd agree, but this is Phil we're talking about. I mean, if I was an outsider who heard Phil talking about protecting his family and stuff, I'd assume he meant his wife and kids, not his cat (and whatever other animals may or may not exist). Phil thinks he's brilliant for using semantics that ultimately make no sense as long as there's a tiny nugget of truth in it. Especially if he was trying to use them in the context of an excuse to not do something. Like, if he was talking about not being able to fly down to Florida because he has to take care of his pets and PPP pointed out he flew out to CT when he had Jasper and there were no issues. DSP could fumble for an excuse and say he has other animals to feed, when he's really talking about some rando animals that wander by the snort fort. In Phil's mind, it's not technically a lie, even though anyone else would see it as pure BS.
I mean, this is the same guy that argues nobody guessed the Jasper reveal stream because, even though a bunch of people guessed the reveal was he got a cat, they didn't correctly guess that "I had a cat for X amount of days before the reveal" so therefore, everyone was wrong.
Person in chat just asked PPP for more details on DSP's 'zoo', he says "I think he has about 6 different animals"
-Bearded dragon
-Chipmmunk
-Thinks he has a snake
Makes me think it's a mix of both, because who actually has a chipmunk in their house? Especially when said house also has a cat. Even if Jasper is declawed, I can't imagine a world where a cat and chipmunk get along. But reptiles, while admittedly seeming a little out of character for Phil, aren't implausible because you can keep them in a cage. But even then, while they're low maintenance, I wouldn't say they're no maintenance.
It's also weird that PPP only "thinks" Phil has X amount of animals. It feels like something you'd either know or wouldn't. I can totally understand if he's holding back for the big reveal to get people to tune in, but there's a difference between giving a vague answer you intend to elaborate on versus an uncertain answer. I dunno, I guess the overall TLDR is, while it's fun to speculate, ultimately nothing has been confirmed and you really never know what to expect when it comes to the goutverse.