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I must say I'm impressed with the way you Americans take care of your pets. I live in Mexico and we aren't poor by any means, we are actually in a very privileged position, and there's no way that we pay hundreds of dollars per cat per year. For my 2 female cats (one common and the other looks like a Persian) I buy around 18 lb. food bags for something like 8 USD each from Costco, so that's like 16 USD a year for food. For vet care the older one was sick like 1 year ago and had to be taken in for a few days, and even after all that the price was around 100 USD. Apart from that she didn't go to the vet since like 2002 and just went a few days ago for the rabies shot. The other one also got the rabies shot a few days back and apart from that it was 2 years since her last vet visit. The new Himalayan will probably cost in food around 150 USD per year max plus the vaccines. Vets here are cheap usually. I think for my 8 year old female I've used around 200 USD max for her whole life in medical care (vaccines, one period of sickness and sterilization). For my 2 year old semi-Persian it's been like 50 USD max and for the 6 month Himalayan like 10 USD. I don't know for you guys, but here we probably would never have to ask for loans or something for vet care, it seems like something otherwordly to imagine struggling to pay the bills, even as we are right now just paying little amounts from time to time my father says like: oh that's really expensive my God, even though it doesn't affect our ability to get other things at all. It's probably the cultures and everything, in the US the vet facilities are like doctor facilities, with a desk person and everything, and they take care of animals just like they do with their children, here it is more like secondary, though we do whatever the vet says is best for our pets. Anyway, when I get a job and leave my home I will definitely take care of my pets the American way! Extra question: why are people against the vaccine for Feline Leukemia? I've given it to my 3 cats.