How much does it cost to keep a cat?

JoeyEmma

I buy GoCat in Costco. Its about £8 plus VAT for a 10kg sack and it lasts for ages.

badmumof1

Do not waste your money on cheap cat litter as its no good and you end up throwing it away.

We use wood pellets.
it costs between 2.95 and 3.95 for 10kg but in all honest they bag will last ages.
the pellets go to sawdust when the cat has wee'd so all you have to do is sieve it and put it back in the tray.
It also has a nice pine fragrance and wont smell catty even if its been in the tray for a few days.
aslong as you sieve it so the dust comes out you will be fine.

less waste and kinder to the pocket in my opinion

Bella198421

Nicifer_noonoo wrote: »

As for insurance, the RSPCA are by far the best I can find...my moggy is insured for just over £5 per month, and 20% of that goes to the RSPCA to help other animals who have been abandoned just like he was.

I didn't even know that they did Insurance and it's a good idea that so much of it goes to help them out.

JoeyEmma

badmumof1 wrote: »

Do not waste your money on cheap cat litter as its no good and you end up throwing it away.

We use wood pellets.
it costs between 2.95 and 3.95 for 10kg but in all honest they bag will last ages.

Where do you find it that cheap? We pay more than double that from the vets!

patchwork_cat

Joeyemma - so do I £13 all in.

badmumof1

tesco sell it for 3.95 for 10kg bag

search for 'wood based'

and my local pet store sells it for 2.95

Contains_Mild_Peril

Wood based or paper based litter is much less smelly than the cheaper clumping kind, and it lasts longer.
Injections shouldn't be needed every year, but flea treatment will probably need to be fairly regular, at least during summer months. I use Frontline (available from vets or online), which isn't cheap but it's very effective, unlike cheap flea treatments from supermarkets.
A scratching post is advisable so hopefully they'll use it instead of the furniture, but this and other toys can be homemade/ improvised. My cats love playing with lucky egg/ kinder surprise ovoid containers. The younger one also like chewing shoelaces, so we try try to keep our lace-up footwear away from her!

wishiwasarichgirl

don't forget the cost of catteries for when you are on hols (I've paid £5-£10 per day before), unless like me you have friendly neighbours who will feed them for you.

don't buy loads of toys, any cats i had were happy just to chase a bit of string, and my current cat plays with leaves in the garden (but only when she thinks i'm not watching :rolleyes:)

CGG

Register with your local freecycle group. Quite often people are giving the scratching posts and cat beds away.

Look out for Tesco.com codes - only a couple of weeks ago many of us were ordering 10 boxes of Felix Pouches, normally in store at £3.14/box. The 10 boxes were costing under a tenner including delivery!

Absolute steal!

patchwork_cat

The tesco cat litter is £3.95 for 10 L not 10 Kg. However having said that I also use woodlit. We buy 30L for £7 from our pet shop.