Should I get a cat?

paddypaws101

Turn the equation round....is there ANYTHING else you could spend £10-15 pounds a week on which could give you anywhere near as much joy?
Cats offer excellent value for money, so are truly Money saving.

spike7451

paddypaws101 wrote: »

Turn the equation round....is there ANYTHING else you could spend £10-15 pounds a week on which could give you anywhere near as much joy?
Cats offer excellent value for money, so are truly Money saving.

EXACTLY!The benifit's of owning a furball outweigh the cost mamy many times over!

Tesco_points_addict

I really would not want to be without my cat.
She is very good company! Mine is an old lady now and has to eat special dried food (Purina HA) but even this works out at about £8 per month (when bought on line) Insurance is much cheaper than dog, about £8 tops per month (dependent on age). If my cat had her way she would sleep on our bed or a carboard box...the amount of money I have wasted over the years on cat beds:mad::rotfl:
I worked out our budget last month and the cat cost about £20 per month max, this includes food, vets bills, insurance and cat litter.

It will be the best £5 per week you ever spend.

Good luck

TPAxx

rita-rabbit

paddypaws101 wrote: »

Turn the equation round....is there ANYTHING else you could spend £10-15 pounds a week on which could give you anywhere near as much joy?
Cats offer excellent value for money, so are truly Money saving.

but no need to spend as much as this on them!

paddypaws101

Well...I was rounding it up rather! Food is only part of it....worming tablets and flea control can add up Over a life time they do cost a bit more as they get older and I suppose if you factor this in, plus those occasional larger vet bills, smashed ornaments, stolen sunday roasts, hair remover lint rolls, fleece throws to cover all horizontal surfaces etc etc......
But if we round it down to £5 a week...what would that buy you? Sunday paper, bar of chocolate and a fizzy drink gets rid of most of it with very little reward.

Horseyluver98

Yeah,the enviorement is fine for a cat,cats can be expensive but im probably not the best person for money advice lol.I have 2 adult cats and they are lovely but i also have two new kittens bless them,they are soooooo cute,and i bwouldnt change it for the world,i would reccomendd cats.

rita-rabbit

housecats (moggies) can be cheaper - less chance of RTA's, fight damage & wanderings. Depends on how mischievious the cat/kitten is however....

shelly

I think pets can cost as little or as much as you decide.

Getting started is the worst bit

Admittedly it didn't cost us much to set Lily up because we already had everything she needed because at the time we had Coco too. Lily really only cost us a new bed.
Though since we have had her we have had to put in a microchip catflap at a cost of £100 and the chipping cost £25 because she became stressed at neighbours cats being able to come in through the old cat flap. Was worth every penny though to see her back to her old self again.

I'd say for just food, flea and worming treatments Lily costs us £15-£20 a month. Though some months can be more expensive than average because I stock up on food when on offer but then the following couple of months are obviously cheaper as we use up the stockpile.

We don't have insurance because we self insure.

tandraig

awww - you obviously want a cat but are worried you cant afford to keep it.
so work out how much you can afford each month. have a look on pet insurance sites how much food will cost etc. pet beds etc can be had cheaply through free ads or boot sales and are one off purchases. and arent essentials anyway! then wiegh up how much pleasure and companionship a cat will give you! in the words of the credit card ad 'priceless'!
and cats dont actually always need the company of another cat! some love being the sole focus of the household. and if you can give a home to a FIV cat (like my last cat) you will be doing the feline world a huge favour. oh and his medication (which not all FIV cats need - he was in a bad way when i found him) cost £20 a month.

laurena86

I have two and I live in inner city london in a 1 bed flat with a shared garden. My cats are happy as larry here. They really don't cost that much - I'd say I spend on average about £7-£8 a week and that covers them both. I wouldn't be without them!