I would have to say between vet bills, feed, toys and supplies i have to spend around 1,000.00 a month!
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I would have to say between vet bills, feed, toys and supplies i have to spend around 1,000.00 a month!
alex has epilepsy, he gets daily meds, and he gets valium after the seizures. peanut just had a bout of squirty diarrhea last week (i came home to a covered dog, covered crate and well, let's just say the smell was strong). she saw the vet the next day, and i spent 60, includes the antibiotic and fecal test. the heartworm meds, bloodtest for both dogs and thyroid med refill for alex the weekend before was 150. alex eats raw food, so maybe 40 a month for food. peanut eats nutro, about 20 a month. the cats are cheaper, litter, 20 a month, food, eukaneuba, 30 month, canned 15 a month. whatever i spend, it's worth it to see their happy faces when i get home. :D
I bet he would ;). Katie broke her ankle and had to have surgery and 3 pins put in and the ligaments reconstructed. Since she had to have that surgery we went ahead and had her knee fixed also. The total cost was almost $2000 :eek: ! I don't regret spending that money on her at all. She was there for me through the cancer crap and I will always be there for her;). Funny thing is that right before she broke her ankle we were involved in a car accident. The insurance sent us a check for the damage which turned out to be $2000 :eek: . We handed that money right over to the vet hospital. To this day the car has not been repaired and normally something like that would bother me, but when I see it I always smile because I know it was meant to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyber-sibes
I don't know how much money I spend on my dogs and I would probably go into shock if I ever took the time to add it up...LOL. :p
That's cause you just HAD to buy the expensive mice LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by wolfsoul
For initial costs, $500 is extremely cheap. Kai alone was $500 (breeder). Then there was neutering, vaccinations, grooming supplies, crate, leashes, collars, food, etc.
This is what I've paid in the past month for just the dogs:
$150 -- Food and Supplements
$80 -- Vet
$90 -- Agility Class
$120 -- Obedience Class
$25 -- Leash
$30 -- Treats
$50 -- Herding
Sooo.. $545 this month. Next month will be another set of Agility class and agility club fees, obedience class, even more food (I've just located Rabbit which is a HUUUUGE dent in the wallet) and CKC fees.
Too much hehe just kidding. We leave on a roadtrip next week to take the dogs interstate for a Flyball comp, it is a 24 hour drive + wee/ exercise stops. With the price of petrol/ gas at the moment it could end up costing quite a bit just to get there ;).... hows that for commitment.
I guess i would spend about $200 a month on the dogs, possibly $250 - $300 if we have trips away for flyball, herding etc. The cat eats about $20 of food a fortnight so thats not too bad. Lets just say there is very little left over for me at the end hehe... but i dont care.
Cats, $28.00 a week for food, treats and litter. (12 cats) Dogs, $19.00 a week for food and treats. About $500.00 a year for vet bills for all of them and about the same for Revolution.
And then there's the lumber, etc. for cat trees, the cat pen improvements, doggy door replacements.........
I must be nuts
about my pets! :D
For the Month of May my budget for the pets looks like this:
Dogs:
Food - $50
Vet - $100 (Foster pup Luka got his Shots twice)
Cats:
Grooming - $35 (Hossie got shaved!)
Rat:
Vet- $50 (she is being PTS)
Bunnies:
Food - $40
Vet - $700 (Jaxom got very ill)
So total cots comes to $935. Nope, $500 isn't alot :D
That doesn't include heartworm and flee prevention and shots for the dogs and cats. Treats and toys. Right now I get a 15% discount because I work at Petsmart so I tend to buy more toys and a treats then if I didn't get the discount :rolleyes:
Ashley
600 a year it's a guess
Bandit:flea and heart worm,food,vet check,shampoo,treats,toys,ect...(we still handle all of Bandit's costs even thought he lives with my grand parents)
Zippy:vet check,food,treats,litter,toys,ect...
Sweet P.:Food,dried veggies/fruits,toys,cleaners,ect...
it is going to go up a little when i get my betta
Lets see...
Dog food for three 47-75lb dogs: $50 for ever 35lbs of food.
I haven't really payed attention how much a 35lb bag lasts us.
I've spent atleast $150 on crap they don't need while on vacation.
About $20 just on my aunt's puppy that we're staying with.
Their shampoo and conditioner is originally $10 a bottle - we pay $3 something though.
New collars every few months - anywhere from $10-$40 on collars for all three.
New toys can range from $1-$50.
New treats (because they have to try every treat on the market) $2-$50
Everytime we go to the vets it's usually $200 min. PER dog for each visit.
Gosh I could go on and on!
The fact is. We can buy the bare minimum but the joy my dogs bring in our lives they deserve the best they can get. If that includes driving 20+ miles just to purchase the more expensive, healthier food compared to up the corner buying Kibbles & Bits - SO BE IT!
I adopted them promising to take care of them
There are just so many people stuck back in the days when it comes to many thing, not just pets.
With internet, computers, cameras, televisions, good vehicles, etc.. those would be the first things to go if we needed money to pay for an emergency. A living being comes before ANYTHING in my heart.
I would sell the clothes off my back if I had to.
Well with snuggles it is not that bad. for one thing my grandparents bought her for me as a christmas present from a reputable breeder they know that gave them a discount. Once when she had flees we spent $100 dollars trying to get rid of the pesky critters. She got them from another dog!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: She doesn't eat or drink a lot. mostly grooming $35 buying things from the way overly priced petsmart $20 food $20-30 toys $1-10. Vet visits $50-100 heartworm preventative $15-18 depending on which vet we get it from.
I guess it pays having just one small dog!!!
Your husband would faint if he knew what we spend on our dogs. They eat expensive food and Jimmy is on VERY expensive prescription food. I've had Jimmy since later August of 2005 and we've spent over $2,000 on him alone. We have 4 dogs total and none of there care is scrimped on. Spaying, neutering, micro chipping, shots, heartworm tests and pill, food, and toys. It all adds up.
Just regular things like heartworm preventative, flea and tick preventative, food and annual checkups/shots for the number of dogs/cats we have had and their size (all big dogs) can add up substantially. Then you get a sick one or two and it adds up even more. And my vet gives me such breaks! I would probably cringe at the total if I really added up what we had spent per year in the last couple of years.
Butter has to be at the vet every 4-6 weeks to have a shot, but thankfully, she has been very generous in not charging office visits, just the cost of the shots (Butter goes to a different vet now than the others because her schedule is much more flexible than Dr. Robinson's and he understands that). Murphy and Zipper's recent illnesses (in the last six months), plus the cost of the medications associated with those illnesses and then their cremation charges :( are astronomical, but I also know they would probably be double had he charged me full price or had I gone to another vet.
Still wouldn't trade any of that for the world. We do without in other areas to make it work and our vet also works with us and allows us to pay a little at a time (which we have never done) or delay payment for as long as necessary. But, I know that isn't common with most veterinarians. I've just been with him for so long and see him so often that he knows that I will always pay him, even if I don't make a payment to him at every visit. He told me a couple of weeks ago that if I paid him 50 cents a week for the rest of my life that would be ok with him. He's a gem and I do hope he doesn't retire for a long, long time.
Logan
Tell me about it, I think I pay about $600/year just for heartworm & flea treatments/preventatives and the like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan