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I want to say "I love my cats," but I don't know how to convey more than one.

I've come up with 「私は私の猫大好きです」but I don't know what to do to indicate I have
more than one cat.
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plurals
Indicate more than one?
Firstly, 私の猫 **が** 大好きです is better. No need for the first 私.(Although not a
mistake)

In Japanese plural isn't as simple as in English.  
If the fact that you have more than one is something you REALLY want the other
person to know, then best way would probably be to just come out and say how
many cats you have in the following sentence, or in the same sentence(which
would make it a little bit long and complicated for your current level).

> 猫3匹も飼っていて、皆好きです。(I have 3 cats and I love them all)  
>  私の猫が好きです。3匹も飼っています。
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As said in other answers, I don't think you need to worry about making it
plural too much. The main reason is that in english, leaving off the plural
makes it explicitly singular, but in japanese, leaving off the explicit plural
doesn't mean you are explicitly making it singular. You are left with the
flexibility to demonstrate that it is plural through other clauses or context
which is not really true for english.

私の猫が好きです is a grammatically correct sentence and is better than 私は私の猫大好きです but
it is not a very natural sentence.

When talking about pets うちの is usually used instead of 私の. The difference is
that it has a nuance more along the family's cat or the house's cat but it is
so much more common that even if you lived alone in a car, it would still
safely apply.

うちの猫が好きです is more natural but depending on the formality and context, you may
even want to go for something more like うちの猫たち大好き！ which is probably more
likely to be said in practice. It is less formal but then again, how formal
will you really need to be when saying you love your cats?

The たち is not an uncommon or unnatural way to pluralize but it is a word that
carries a bit of personification. It is still used on animals often but note
that it is slightly more of a playful usage rather than a formally and
strictly correct usage.

If you wanted to be really precise and thorough, you could specify the number,
うちの猫二匹とも大好きです(or however many) without being unnatural.
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