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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2006Did you see this on ASPCA website
how much does it cost to have a pet a year http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts > how much does it cost to have a pet a year > http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts Part of me says the examples are high. Another part says for the ones I have experience with, they aren't high at all and don't reflect optional or emergency costs. Jo >> how much does it cost to have a pet a year >> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts >> >Part of me says the examples are high. Another part says for the ones I >have experience with, they aren't high at all and don't reflect optional or >emergency costs. It sounds like a lot... but I just worked out how much we're spending on food and it's spot on! Kibble - $30 a month (3 3-1/2 pound bags of science diet) = $360 a year Tins - 60c each, five tins a week (smallest size science diet catfood) = $156 a year Food total = $516 Divided by three cats = $172 each. Litter (Feline Pine) = $12 a month (20 pound bag) = $144 Divided by three cats = $48 each. >It sounds like a lot... but I just worked out how much we're spending >on food and it's spot on! [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Litter (Feline Pine) = $12 a month (20 pound bag) = $144 >Divided by three cats = $48 each. You know, I think this made me realize something that was bugging me about the numbers on the site. It only lists the costs for having a cat, but how about the profit from having a cat? :) If you characterize your department as a cost center, listing costs on your reports, but never your monetary value, then your budget will be cut. Which is fine if your department actually is worthless, but that's rarely the case. Cats are like departments. There's the department of cuddling, the department of bug catching, the department of playing pranks, and so on. And there are probably many possible ways for cats to produce monetary value. A cat may produce cost savings by encouraging you to stay at cat-friendly motels instead of expensive hotels when you are traveling. Having a cat that always wants your sandwich may sharpen your negotiating skills, allowing you to obtain a raise at work. And so on. >>It sounds like a lot... but I just worked out how much we're spending >>on food and it's spot on! [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > your negotiating skills, allowing you to obtain a raise at work. And > so on. Great analysis! Plus, a set of tickling whiskers in your ear when you wake up in the morning = priceless. >>> It sounds like a lot... but I just worked out how much we're >>> spending on food and it's spot on! [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Plus, a set of tickling whiskers in your ear when you wake up in the > morning = priceless. I usually get the whiskers in the nose, it wakes me up quicker. ;-)  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Having a cat that always wants your sandwich may sharpen > your negotiating skills, allowing you to obtain a raise at work. That needed a BW... :) Joyce, thinking that maybe I could start a business with my cats doing assertiveness training > You know, I think this made me realize something that was bugging me > about the numbers on the site. It only lists the costs for having a > cat, but how about the profit from having a cat? :) True, but I think the point of the article was to make people aware of how much a pet costs and allow them to budget accordingly, or make the choice not to adopt a pet they couldn't care for. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> how much does it cost to have a pet a year >> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jo KFC & Boyfriend cost me very little to keep. At the moment that is. They cost only about 8 dollars a week for food. There are no litter costs as they go for toilet duties in the outside. Their yearly vet bills are minor. However if either should become very ill the vet costs would be enormous and this is why I don't offer a home to another one. I have plenty of room for other cats. If they don't get ill. That's why I decided two are enough. I can afford vet bills for KFC & Boyfie, I have a bank account set aside for it and there is around 2k dollars in it - in case the worst should happen. That amount would not last too long in a bad illness or an accident. Tweed > how much does it cost to have a pet a year > http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts Yes I did. Don't remind me.... If their figure is accurate, it takes about 42% of my annual income to keep these 7 cats. In Canada those prices are low. I spend at least 20.00 a month on cat litter per cat. I spend at least 20.00 a month on cat food as well. Spaying in Toronto/GTA area is around 300.00 Neutering 250.00 Vaccinations - each set of boosters is 80.00 (with 3 sets in the first year) fuga >> how much does it cost to have a pet a year >> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts > >Yes I did. Don't remind me.... If their figure is accurate, it takes about >42% of my annual income to keep these 7 cats. I imagine their figures are the average of a very large range. I can imagine barn cats at a rural farm somewhere that don't need litter, or much extra food, costing $0 per year. Or, one might have an unlucky cat like Betty, who ends up with carcinoma, blowing the medicare care figures out of the water. >> how much does it cost to have a pet a year >> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts > >Yes I did. Don't remind me.... If their figure is accurate, it takes about >42% of my annual income to keep these 7 cats. You do get an economy of scale with more... it doesn't cost three times as much to feed Tessie AND Silver AND Scout as it would just to feed one of them. We don't even buy the biggest size bag of kibble because we wouldn't be able to use it before it went stale and they turned their noses up at it! Last time I went to the pet store to get food the small bags were ten dollars, the middle-sized bag was $18.99 (not much saving), and the giant economy-sized bag which was about twice as big as the middle-sized one was on sale for $22! >>> how much does it cost to have a pet a year >>> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > (not much saving), and the giant economy-sized bag which was about > twice as big as the middle-sized one was on sale for $22! Of course you're right, and the proof is in the fact that I still manage to pay most of my bills. The actual cost, not counting vet bills, is probably closer to 25-30% of my annual income. Still less than one human child would cost me! >>> how much does it cost to have a pet a year >>> http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_petcarecosts [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > (not much saving), and the giant economy-sized bag which was about > twice as big as the middle-sized one was on sale for $22! I often buy the big bag of cat food, put the amount we are set up to store away and give my daughter the rest. It doesn't cost me any more. I just feel cheated buying the small bags at twice the price per ounce. Jo I was unable to download the information. Could someone post the figures for a cat? Thanks. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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