Our cats come first in our budget! Do yours?

[Catsnclay]

I remember the year that we got Yoshi, we *fostered* him first, so we got him at 3-6 weeks old and he was a tiny little white rat! We were going to go out Christmas shopping but I first had to deliver some pottery in Scottsdale. Right next to the store was a cat store. Mind you Scottsdale AZ is a BIG time tourist trap and everything out there is way over priced.

We walk into the cat shop and there it was, a big huge panda bear lying on its back, so the tummy was the cat bed. Tim looked at me and I knew that he wanted that bed for Yoshi. To this day he still sleeps in it at night, that is HIS bed!!

When Lucky was going through his medical problems a few years back, we never told our family or friends how much we spent on his medical bills............they already think we are nuts!! The whole ordeal cost us over $8,000.00 but we would do it again in a heartbeat if we had to...........my Lucky is alive and doing well today!!

[Fox-Gal]

Originally posted by Catsnclay

When Lucky was going through his medical problems a few years back, we never told our family or friends how much we spent on his medical bills............they already think we are nuts!! The whole ordeal cost us over $8,000.00 but we would do it again in a heartbeat if we had to...........my Lucky is alive and doing well today!!

Your not nuts, even though we didn't spend that much, we did spend a little over $2000 for Tiger's sex change operation. (That's what my husband calls it, is was a little more then that.) Friends thought we where nuts too, but when the vet says you have 2 choices and one is to put him to sleep.....You have to pick the other choice. The words put him down, just could not come out of my mouth, the words will you take payments did.

[Don Juan's mom]

Oh, yes. I'm only intermittently employed. I'm having Cup Noodles for lunch today. And I'm going to stop at the pet supply store in Palo Alto today to stock up on litter (cheaper than anywhere else in the area) and a $1 peacock feather.

Plus, I'm now thinking that a little water fountain would help encourage Don Juan and Zerlina to drink all the water they need when the weather gets hot.

But... there was that time last night when Don Juan was draped across my lap catching some ZZZZs, and Zerlina climbed into my arms and let me hold her "baby style" and rub her tummy, all the while purring like a very small Mack truck.

My furry therapists!

Liz