How much does it cost to keep 2 (young) cats?

Carter_2

Hills do a good dryfood for sensitive tummy's. I have used it on a cat I used to have and he really did have problems with other food.

*Edited to say have just noticed Hills is on that list to Boycott too! Sorry cannot help then.

Cat72

Sexymouse
I had the same problems as you I am a vegetarian and had just stocked up on a big bag of Iams when I found out about them !.
There are some companies who dont test on animals at all -Yarrah and Burns are some, I visited my local pet shop who ordered Burns for me and it cost £6 for a 2kg bag.However my cats coats were in much better condition with James wellbeloved and they love the turky & rice- which is made from natural ,wholesome ingredients pus often its on specail offer at petsathome.Although James wellbeloved are not squeaky clean in animal testing they are still heads above Iams who are utterly disgusting.
I felt sick at the idea of using up my Iams cat food that I had, but I just decided that since I had bought it Iams had my money so one last bag wouldnt harm my cats- but in the future I have decided not to give them another penny. James welbeloved are owned by Mars who sell tons of products that I bet you use already- sometimes its so hard trying to do the right thing. I would recommend a book called "the good shoppong guide " which I got cheap on ebay- it gives you a list of companies & wether they test on animals & help the enviroment.

Wickedkitten

Cat72 wrote:

I would urge you not to use Imas. Iams used to be a good company but were bought over several years ago and their food is not as good as it was details here. Also Iams was found guilty of cruelty to animals and their is a very well published video on the internet showing how they did experiments on cats and dogs in order to produce cat food. Im not an extremist but after seeing articles like this which tells how badily they treated animals ( the video is there but you have to very brave to watch it ). I feel sick that I gave money to this company who then used that money for funding experiments on cats. My local pet food supplies refuses to sell Iams now.
Dried food is good for cats but I now prefer James wellbeloved and I seen a huge differance in my cats coats, teeth and toilet habits .

1. That's an American site. The American and UK versions of Iams are completely different ingredient wise.

2. http://www.iamstruth.com/iamstruth/en_US/jhtmls/article/IT_Article_Page.jhtml?li=en_US&pti=RP&articleID=6

MATH

I have owned cats almost all of my life (probably 25+ cats in total as I always keep 3-5 at a time) and have never had them insured. Over the last 35years I think I have has two largish vets bills of about £40 ea for teeth cleaning on a v.aged cat (add dried food to their diet solved this), other than that I have been very fortunate. I have never had vacinations either, all of my cats have passed away peacefully of old age except one which was mown down outside my house (they didn't stop):mad: I do wondwer if all these insurance policies/jabs are just a way of making money?

My cats are fed a diet of dried food (supermarket own and available all day) and two meals of tinned meat (supermarket own) a day. Water all the time and V.dilute milk as a twice a week treat along with a smidgen of grated cheese each. My aged cats also get a few extra little treats to keep their weight up. My oldest cat (20yrs +) loves the milk my honey nut cornflakes have been in LOL and the odd cheesy whatsit!

I deflea once a month with spot-on and de worm about every 12 weeks, any excema or loss of coat condition on older cats I treat with olive oil

millyjaynemay

I took my 9 week old kitten to have her first set of jabs this evening and it cost £13.50 she has to go back in 3 weeks to have the second lot

juliapenguin

Sorry if I repeat anything that's already been said but this has been my experience:

I had two kittens from a rescue centre, one boy and one girl, and we didn't insure them. Tabitha never cost much in vets' bills, but Thomas William was always getting into mischief and was never away from the vet. However, as each bill was around £60, it still worked out cheaper than paying a monthly insurance premium plus the excess each time.

I've got other friends with twin cats and they have always found that the girls stay out of trouble and the boys are always scrapping with other kitties (poor Thomas William had several 'running away wounds' ie bottom bites which went septic).

My previous cats were all girls, but I have to say that Thomas William, in spite of his expensive vet habit, was a prince among cats and the most affectionate cat ever. Sadly, he had one fight too many and died of septicaemia last year, giving us a £400 vet bill to remember him by.... I never thought it would be possible to miss a cat so much

MrsE_2

pollyanna24 wrote: »

£20 ish a month on food (iams)

£20 is a lot on one cat.
I feed Royal Canine Feline (its one of the most expensive) & a months supply bag for one cat is only about £13.00


OP feed dried food, much cheaper & far better;)

MrsE_2

Cat72 wrote: »

INDOOR
If they are indoor you dont need to get them flu vaccacines or flea treatments after the ones the rescue centre gave them ( however if they go outside at all you will need these jags ).

Indoor cats still need flea treatments, fleas can come in on shoes. They don't need fleaing & worming so often, but they still need it.

MrsE_2

larmy16 wrote: »

Sexymouse did you mean the Iams help with the teeth or were you talking of other dried food??

Do you think I should try to get him to eat other dried food if he prefers it?? I would really like to feel he is getting some help for his teeth to avoid any more build up of tartar.

Can anyone advise? Cheers.

Def feed complete dried food only for healthy teeth & gums.

Iams is ok if you must use supermarket stuff, but there are a few really good brands out there.
I'm a fan of Royal Canin Feline, vets recommend Hills, Applaws & Onjen are very high meat content.

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