How much $$ do you think you spend on cat food a month?

[NoahsMommy]

David told some people last night that we spend about $200.00 a month on cat food. I objected at first, but thought it actually sounded correct! :eek:

We buy:

two 7lb bags of Royal Canin "Indoor" = $14.99 x 2 = $30

two 7lb bags of Royal Canin "Special" = $18.99 x 2 = $40

two 3.5lb bags of Royal Canin "Kitten" = $9.99 x 2 = $20

one 3.5lb bag of Royal Canin "Slim" = $9.99 x 1 = $10

two cases Innova canned cat food = 21.00 x 2 = $44

two cases Nutro kitten canned food = 13.99 x 2 = $28

Grand total: $172.00 just for food!

Wow....its scary when I actually write it down....

Oh well...they're worth it. Just don't tell David we REALLY do spend that much! shhhhhh ;)

PLEASE tell me we aren't the only ones....please??

[slick]

Hmmm it only costs about $2.00/day to feed my two furbabies.

[NoahsMommy]

Originally posted by slick
Hmmm it only costs about $2.00/day to feed my two furbabies. oooh, that might make me feel better if I look at it that way... 8 cats/$172...

Comes to 21.50 per cat, per month.
2.68 per cat, per day...not too bad if I look at it that way. ;)

[aly]

I have 8 cats in my house right now too - 7 of them are growing kittens :eek: So I spend about the same as you at the moment, Kelly. Thankfully, 6 of them are fosters or I'd be on the street!

I'd love to keep them all if I could. But I can't :(

[Sirrahsim]

i guess in this matter i'm lucky to only have one sweet kitty mouth to feed. let's see, i buy 2 3.5-pound bags of AlleyCat, and about 10 4-packs of 9lives canned food each month... the Alley cat is about $7 a bag and the 4-packs are $1 each at our commisary so i guess i only spend about $25 on food a month for Boomer. But then add in Litter, toys, and treats and the price goes up dramatically:rolleyes: :D

[RedHedd]

Hmm .. approximately 2 4 lb bags of PetGold; plus 1 bag of Pouncer treats - I probably spend around $20 a month on cat food (more or less depending on sales). Not too bad -- whatever it costs, they're worth it!

[CatDad]

We are at somewhere around 60 or so for the 2. It might actually be a little less.

So I guess that Slick's 2.00 per day is about where I am at also.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I buy the large 20-25lb bag of Nutro Complete Care Weight Management Formula and it's about $28.00 or so a bag. The bag lasts me at least a month to a month and a half. I also mix in a little bit of Felidae dry cat food and it cost me about the same but I'm not going to buy any more after I finish this bag.

I also buy a few treats here and there but they last me for a while and then there's litter. So I guess I spend about $40 a month total for everything and about $30 for food. All 4 cats only eat about 3/4 - 1 cup of food a day.

[The Cat Factory]

2 6.6 pound bags of Natural Balance a month, about $40.

[shais_mom]

I was buying 2 bags of Royal Canin. The "Slim" and "Hair and Coat" so that was probably about $23.00 but since it ended up being like 10 pounds of food or so and with one kitty, it doesn't really end up being all that much. B/c that can last me 2 mos or more.
Now I am buying Science Diet Hairball Light which won't last me quite as long.

[Fox-Gal]

I fugure I spend about $160 to $ 200 a month of my babies. But I have 9 cats so I guess all in all it's not to bad, only 5 to 6 cents a day.

Now that I look at it that way I can tell my husband that they don't cost that much after all. :D :D

[bisi.cat]

I go shopping for Nellie twice a month...she then has her dry food (HappyCat) and organic canned food and of course her malt/vitamine paste...that turns out to the total amount of close to 20-25 Euro per shopping...so I am close to 50 Euro a month for cat food...:eek:

Well, she's really a gourmet...

[Former User]

$200 wow :eek: but you have several cats of course :)
Well we spend about $35 for the 4 cats on their dry food. Not bad, I think, it's the price of a 5 kg bag of food and we hope it will last 2 months, because we're mixing it with light food ($18/month), so I guess all together we spend about $50 per month, plus the occasional wet food....

[Craftlady]

We bought our first smaller bag of Nutro Complete Care Weight Management Formula and it lastest not quite a month, I was mixing ($7.00 a bag) now we got 20 lbs bag and it's about $26.00 a bag at PetSmart, I think. We just opened the bag a few days ago. This may only last a month since I'm not mixing it with anything else. Love the shape of this stuff looks like mini footballs.

:D

[jenluckenbach]

Originally posted by NoahsMommy
We buy:

two 7lb bags of Royal Canin "Indoor" = $14.99 x 2 = $30

two 7lb bags of Royal Canin "Special" = $18.99 x 2 = $40

two 3.5lb bags of Royal Canin "Kitten" = $9.99 x 2 = $20

one 3.5lb bag of Royal Canin "Slim" = $9.99 x 1 = $10

two cases Innova canned cat food = 21.00 x 2 = $44

two cases Nutro kitten canned food = 13.99 x 2 = $28

Grand total: $172.00 just for food!


Kely,
Do you actually USE all that in one month??? That's 38.5 pounds plus 2 cases for 8 cats. My own 14 cats only eat about 45 pounds a month 1 1/4 cases of canned in a month.


my cost for the dry is $37 for a 20 pound bag, 2 bags (possibly 2 1/4 bags) per month. = $74
canned food (approximately) = $10
foster cat......I never figured out how much they eat, and I have 10 right now, more than ever..........so I really don't know. (and I can get donated food OR reimbursement for food if I ask)

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I probably spend only around $50 for my two, but I feed 5 or 6 outdoors too, so my cost is probably around $120 to $140.

My big expense is HAM. Connor and Ally each get some when I leave in the morning, and at bed-time. It costs me another $40 per month.

[Vio&Juni]

I think I spend around 10$ a month or sometimes a little more.

[HayleyRosie]

I buy Techni-cal for my two and it costs $16.99 a bag. The bag usually last me a month and a half or a little longer. I also buy them whiskas pouch food. They share a pouch every morning so at $0.48 the total I spend each month is approximately $35.00.

[Pam]

About $50 for my two, but that includes Trevor's special Diabetic Purina DM which I have to buy at the vet's.

[Lallypop11]

A regular sized bag of Iams hairball treatment bag (sorry I don't know the lbs) is about $13 and one can ALMOST get us through the month, but we usually end up getting two so that's $26 plus they get Fancy Feast wet food twice a week and that is .78 cents a week plus treats, we go through about a bag a week and it's $1 a bag, so it's roughly $34 a month.

:D

[Lerah021399]

Since Ali is a diabetic she eats special food...Purina Canned DM (Diabetis Management). It's $22.82 for a case (24 cans). She gets 1 can per day (1/2 in the morning and 1/2 in the evening).

Jack eats dry food...I think it's about $10.00 for a bag. A bag usually lasts about a month.

So if you do the math, it's about $28.50 per month for Ali's food, plus $10.00 for Jack's food...we spend about $40.00 per month on cat food.

[K & L]

Let's see......we probably spend at least $300 a month, if not more. Have never really averaged it out. We buy for our 17 at home and the 35-40 park cats.:eek:

[Russian Blue]

Wow! That's a lot of money for food. But Kelly, don't forget to factor in the raw food for Micah as well! He still is on raw, right?

I guess Nakita isn't a really good comparison. I usually buy 2 different brands of dry cat food (2 x 5lbs) and I buy 4 x 5oz cans of wet food.

one 5 oz can of wet food lasts Nakita 5 days, and she eats 1/5 - 1/4 dry food a day. So the dry food last a long time!! And I buy the wet food once a month. I've never really measured how long the bag lasts, but it seems like it lasts almost forever. ;)

[catmandu]

For the Found cats , it comes to about 75 dollars a month! Oi Ve , now wonder they are on the Tubby Side!

[Christiansmommy]

I would say at the most $22 a month...but it could even be a little less. I will have to mark on the calendar when i start them on a bag and when i have to buy more...never really checked how much they go through in a month, just buy as i need it.