"FREE" cats/kittens cost more...

**blue** · 06-23-2009, 02:56 AM

Ill stick with my not so free kitteh.

**Scooter's Mom** · 06-23-2009, 04:22 AM

I got charlie from a shelter... paid his fee (90, i think) and he had 2 surgeries the first year i had him! Scooter and Jingle were found kitties, and by far much less expensive than charlie ever will be... so I think it depends on the kitty, really.

**GILL** · 06-23-2009, 09:54 AM

We have gone both ways and FREE or found is always more expensive.

**orangemm** · 06-23-2009, 01:15 PM

We found that out, too. There was a cat living around a rehab center, beautiful boy, but he needed care. I went over with a carrier and some of the volunteers there helped me catch him (it took all afternoon in the middle of summer). I took him to the vet, got him his shots, made sure he was neutered and took him home. He was with us a few weeks and never made the transition to house cat. One day he escaped and I couldn't find him; he had done it before, but I always got him back, tempting him with food.

The next day I found him in our alley. Someone had run over him.

I was devastated. maybe I should have left him where he was, he might have stayed alive longer............

**DJFyrewolf36** · 06-23-2009, 04:34 PM

Remus: Shelter kitty (I went just to look I swear

) the pound reimbursed me my $50 fee because I had him nutered (only cost $40 with his shots at the humane society) so I came out ahead!

Spook: "free" all said and done her initial vet bills were $280...

I love em both but sometimes I wonder about my "free" kitty lol.