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On average, how much do you spend per cat each year?
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Hopefully that is enough options to choose from!
What are some of your biggest expenses?
Oh, sorry, I know this is an international site but I did it in American currency.
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
What are some of your biggest expenses?
Oh, sorry, I know this is an international site but I did it in American currency.
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
I have already spent $700 on Char alone this year and he is only 6 months old.
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I spend about $80 a month for food & litter. Vet bills for 2 cats plus toys and extras add up to quite a bit of $$$...but they are worth it. They are priceless furbabies.
I never really counted, but this first year was a doozy.
Let me try:
cat's price: $850
toys, furniture - at least $400
food - $400
litter - $200
vet bills: $800
- neuter $150
- eye infection #1 - #100
- eye infection #2 - $120
- eye specialist - $450
and he's only 1.5 years old! LOL
TOTAL: $3,000
And this to anyone who thinks cats just live without bothering people, or that they don't need the vet
Let me try:
cat's price: $850
toys, furniture - at least $400
food - $400
litter - $200
vet bills: $800
- neuter $150
- eye infection #1 - #100
- eye infection #2 - $120
- eye specialist - $450
and he's only 1.5 years old! LOL
TOTAL: $3,000
And this to anyone who thinks cats just live without bothering people, or that they don't need the vet
Wow. I never added it all up before, I always thought cats were fairly inexpensive....
Adoption: $60
Vet visits/booster shots: $60 (so far)
Litter, box, and toys: $140
Scratching post:$30
Food: $40 a month, looks to be $480 a year
More litter and new toys: $20 a month, $240 a year
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$470 so far this year $1010 estimate for the whole year
Waking up to a fuzzy butt on your face letting you know its breakfast time.............. priceless
Adoption: $60
Vet visits/booster shots: $60 (so far)
Litter, box, and toys: $140
Scratching post:$30
Food: $40 a month, looks to be $480 a year
More litter and new toys: $20 a month, $240 a year
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$470 so far this year $1010 estimate for the whole year
Waking up to a fuzzy butt on your face letting you know its breakfast time.............. priceless
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I estimate about 100 per month per cat... food costs about 60 a month for both... toys and miss. another 25 a month and a couple vet visits a year the rest ... luckily I am only all medically responsible for one.. the other only half.. or the total would be around 1800 a year
Originally Posted by Roxy_loves_CJ
Waking up to a fuzzy butt on your face letting you know its breakfast time.............. priceless
Beautiful!Originally Posted by Roxy_loves_CJ
Waking up to a fuzzy butt on your face letting you know its breakfast time.............. priceless
I voted $1,000 annually, but afterwards realized that I hadn't figured in toys, treats, litter, and furniture, so the total is probably >$1,500. I make bulk purchases of food and litter, though, because I do some of the buying for neighbors and a shelter, and pay some vet bills for cats other than my own, so it's difficult to really say what the "normal" price would be.
I just took a wild guess. My cats are so different in terms of their needs. Willow used to go in to the vet once a year, and the only other costs were for food, litter, and toys. I would guess that I spent about $500 a year on her. Spot, on the other hand, has cost me way more than that in six months. I'm guessing I spend an average of $1000 per cat per year, but that may be way off.
I also took a wag. I know I spend about $100 a week for food for all of mine (including the dogs), about $900 a year in litter, then add in vet trips, meds, toys, etc. My vet is inexpensive and if all they have are regular vaccinations, they're still about $35-40 per pet. I guessed about $600 per pet on the average (and I take care of 19 animals). YIKES! Guess I'll keep my day job.....
Just in the last 2 weeks, for 1 of my 3...
$120 - Bloodwork
$225 - Cardiac Ultrasound
$60 - 6 weeks of a Perscription he will probably need for the rest of his life.
$120 - Bloodwork
$225 - Cardiac Ultrasound
$60 - 6 weeks of a Perscription he will probably need for the rest of his life.
Atleast for me it seems once i got over 3 cats ... now i have 4 for a while we had 5 ... it seems that it doesn't cost as much. That seems weird, but i can buy in bulk without the food getting stale ( you know how kitties hate stale food *lol*)
Food $10
Plain Clay Litter $6-$10 ( $2 a peice)
Scoopable scented litter $10
Toys ( they like playing with no cost items more then bought) $2
So thats basically $30 per month for 4 cats ... $7.50 per cat per month... $90 per year on just those basics
Vet Bills ( our vet allows me to bring all the cats in for the cost of one visit)
Food $10
Plain Clay Litter $6-$10 ( $2 a peice)
Scoopable scented litter $10
Toys ( they like playing with no cost items more then bought) $2
So thats basically $30 per month for 4 cats ... $7.50 per cat per month... $90 per year on just those basics
Vet Bills ( our vet allows me to bring all the cats in for the cost of one visit)
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Geez, I am SOOOO below average on this one
i dread to think....
more than i can afford!
more than i can afford!
So much depends on the vet bills, I think. You can go for a couple of years just paying for an annual examination and inoculations, and then get socked with huge bills. I remember a year when we had a very sick dog (kidney cancer), and an ancient cat I took for a check-up every 12 weeks, and my husband figured when he did our income tax that the vet bills were well over my net annual income. That's when I decided to put money aside every month to cover vet bills.
