| User | Comment |
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| sonikJ | | posted 25-Jan-2004 10:14pm |
$300-400, usually. Puppies...gotta love 'em. I don't spend anything on the goat, though. He basically has everything he needs, fresh water, grass...etc. Not much care involved. |
| Zang | | posted 25-Jan-2004 11:14pm |
I don't have a pet. If I did, I can't imagine spending more than $200 US on it in an average year. I'm imagining a cat. I'm pretty sure that cat food costs less than 55 cents a day... |
| ASexyBabe | | posted 25-Jan-2004 11:43pm |
I have 3 cats and a 7 1/2 foot columbian Boa I think I spend about 500-600 a year. |
Irene007   | | posted 26-Jan-2004 1:38am |
$200-300 |
| Dino | | posted 26-Jan-2004 4:29am |
I have no pets.  |
bill   | | posted 26-Jan-2004 8:11am |
It's hard to give an average. My wife has spent a lot on the fish tanks, but much of it was setup costs which are now behind us. I believe that we spend about $100/month on electricity for her 4 large tanks (pumps and heaters), plus supplies... We have 2 cats as well, that probably run around $500/year (including yearly vet visits). |
| Biggles | | posted 26-Jan-2004 8:18am |
I don't have any pets anymore |
jettles  | | posted 26-Jan-2004 9:32am |
a lot, i put 750-1000. that's on a good year with out extra vet visits. it's all very worth it. |
| ROCKMAN | | posted 26-Jan-2004 9:53am |
I know it's over $5,000 between ferrier, vet, feed/food, toys/sadles/tack, and then some!
2 dogs, 3 goats, and 13 horses at the moment. |
judgescratch  | | posted 26-Jan-2004 10:14am |
I haven't any pets. |
| Enheduanna | | posted 26-Jan-2004 11:43am |
Quicken says last year I spent $290.89 on my two cats, including one visit to the vet for each of them, food, and a few toys. But that doesn't include all the litter, which is probably another $100. So I'll say somewhere in the high $300 range. |
| ElvisFan67 | | posted 26-Jan-2004 11:54am |
No pets.
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FordGuy  | | posted 26-Jan-2004 11:54am |
3 dogs and 4 horses.... I swear, they eat more than I do.  |
| darkshadowsseeker | | posted 26-Jan-2004 1:36pm |
I don't know as I've never kept track of how much we spend on Tilly. The cost is split between my son as I ( pet food, litter, vet visits, etc.) |
| Glassa | | posted 26-Jan-2004 1:47pm |
I don't have pets.
I'd love to have a dog or cat though. |
Iseult  | | posted 26-Jan-2004 4:19pm |
I don't have any, and I plan keeping it that way. |
| they | | posted 26-Jan-2004 8:54pm |
Probably about 300-400 on the 2 cats and 2 dogs... A little more if more visits to the vet are required.
The fish are pretty new so I'm going to guess about 100-200 per year if you don't count buying new tanks. |
| caviartaste | | posted 27-Jan-2004 10:39am |
between $500-$750, I imagine....on good years - for one pet - a Boston Terrier. |
cerealkiller  | | posted 27-Jan-2004 2:31pm |
I would fit in the highest category - over $5,000. More like $7,000 or more. That breaks down to around $100 a week for food, litter and treats, and the rest for vet visits. Spent $700 this month alone at the vet. |
| cerealkiller | | (reply to ROCKMAN) posted 27-Jan-2004 2:33pm |
Wouldn't seem to me people call having horses as 'pets'. Don't know what you'd call them though. |
| denise804 | | posted 27-Jan-2004 4:16pm |
I only buy dog food and toys. No shots, licenses etc... I keep him on the down low. |
| ROCKMAN |
Well they come to me just as well as the dogs do. I teach the tricks too. I'm not sure what else you would call them. |
| lara | | posted 29-Jan-2004 3:53pm |
i don't really keep track of it, but i'm guessing it's between $1001 and $2500. |
| Kristal_Rose | | posted 31-Jan-2004 7:56am |
About $240/yr for two cats. |
| nasale |
I have absolutely no idea-they eat a lot of what I eat and it's hard to separate the costs |
| cerealkiller |
That sure doesn't sound like enough. $240 a year? That's not even $5.00 a week. You've gotta be spending more than that overall considering food, litter and trips to the vet. Unless you feed them junk food, let them go to the bathroom outside and don't take them to the vet much.
On a per cat basis I average $175 per year. And that's for ones who don't get sick ever. I can easily hit $500 per cat on ones who have on-going problems. I've had two that cost me $2,500 in one shot over the last couple years. One had all his teeth pulled because of stomatitus and the other had liver problems. |
| pandora |
What kind of food do you feed your cats? |
| ASexyBabe | | posted 8-Feb-2004 12:09pm |
If anyone here has indoor cats and have problems with hairballs or regurgitating
food you should try Purina's new indoor cat formula. My cats puke no more |
| they | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 8-Feb-2004 12:16pm |
My cats are really digging the mix of Purina Indoor and regular Purina Cat Chow.. They weren't too happy about the switch to the Indoor formula, but the mix seems to have worked. |
| ASexyBabe | | (reply to they) posted 8-Feb-2004 12:17pm |
I gave them a sample that Dave's Aunt had given me and no puke then they had their normal food again and they puke so i switched them totally and no puke |
| cerealkiller | | posted 8-Feb-2004 12:22pm |
I've been using Iam's, but this week I have changed to Professional brand which I order from my vet. It's 25% cheaper and has better ingredients. |
| pandora |
We use Iam's and I've been wanting to introduce something new. I'll have to look into the Professional brand. The only thing I've seen available through our vet is Science Diet. |
| cerealkiller |
Look up Professional on the internet. Their website has a link showing you where it is sold. I compared the ingredients with Iam's. Professional has less ash, more omega fatty acids, and flaxseed which Iam's doesn't.
Their food is available in pet stores, but I now get it from my vet since he doesn't charge me sales tax on it. He charges $15.00 for 20 lb bag vs. average of $24.00 a bag plus tax I was paying for Iam's.
www.professionalpetfood.com If you don't have a local dealer I see websites where you can order it.
Forget Science Diet. I'd stick with Iam's before that.
I should know a bit about cat food and care - I go through 50 lbs of dry cat food a week. |
| pandora |
Wow, thanks a lot! And thanks from my kitties too! I thought our cat food bill was bad, jeeze. Our oldest cat (she's about two and a half) throws up quite a bit, and we're hoping that a food change will help her. |
| ASexyBabe | | posted 9-Feb-2004 12:53am |
try the purina indoor formula it works very good to stop puking. Or it did for my cats. |
| pandora | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 9-Feb-2004 1:01am |
I saw your comment about that. Definitely worth looking into, but I'm not sure how I feel about Purina. |
| ASexyBabe |
My cats puked on iams and science diet. I also tried the Purina one hairball formula and they still puked. I even gave them hairball treats and put petroleum jelly on them so they would like it off. Still no luck. So far (fingers crossed) they really like the indoor formula purina makes. And no puking |
| Kristal_Rose |
I spend $80 every two months which gets me about 60 cans of good food (they share one can per day), a 20 lb bag of NutroMax which seems to be a healthy brand (I immediately transfer it to smaller plastic jugs to keep it fresher), and a 20 lb refill of generic bulk clumpable litter which goes quite a way if just remove the clumps and keep topping it off.
My trick for catbox cleaning is to have two catboxes. I place a large pasta strainer in a clean empty box, and let the old litter sift into the clean box. I then give the new box a spin so the older cat litter is around the periphery which gets sprayed first, and I top off the fresh litter in the center of the box.
So far in the last few years I've had one $300 vet bill when one of my cats had an absessed gouge of some sort.
My cats take after me, having no medical problems. I can see that such would radically increase the cost of maintaining a cat.
and I live on $837/mo. which probably doesn't sound like much either. |
| pandora | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 9-Feb-2004 8:28am |
Is it specific for indoor cats because of those cats not being able to get to grass etc. outside to help their digestion? An indoor cat formula is just a new idea to me, so I'm curious. |
| ASexyBabe |
yes 
Maybe they will stop trying to eat my houseplant. |
| ASexyBabe |
Look it up they list ingredients online. |
| cerealkiller |
You're doing pretty good. NutroMax is good food, but can't see how 20 lb of litter lasts for 2 months. Even adding litter and cleaning (we scoop our boxes twice a day) it eventually gets old, damp and not good anymore. We totally toss the litter at least once a month.
Geez, $837 would get me by for 4 days based on my monthly expenses. I spend over $500 a month just on the cats and dog alone. Of course, you only have your two 'kids'. |
| Kristal_Rose |
I live in LA, rather opposite of the bay, humidity wise. and they are indoor/outdoor cats, so though they always prefer the box, I can get by scooping it once a day before it's visibly clumpy.
I have two real kids too, far far away, so with all my family I spend at least $400 on christmas and probably another $300 on b-day gifts. I buy things like used quality guitar effects and make plenty of gifts. |
| freebird | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 10-Feb-2004 2:37pm |
What's the name of the Purina formula for cats--I have an old man--Mr. Critter is 10 years and counting. I would like for him to not have to go through the pain (at least it seems like pain) trying to get rid of his furballs. Thanks for any info you can give. FREEBIRD9 |
| ASexyBabe | | (reply to freebird) posted 10-Feb-2004 3:42pm |
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| freebird | | (reply to ASexyBabe) posted 10-Feb-2004 4:58pm |
Thanks and I guess we have a lot in common us both being cat people and Libra's. Thanks again. |
| ASexyBabe | | (reply to freebird) posted 10-Feb-2004 9:40pm |
no problem |
| wolfchik9 | | posted 15-Feb-2004 5:56am |
Less than $100... about $50 maybe. |
| RGirl | | posted 13-Feb-2006 11:00pm |
I don't know, but its a lot. |
