How much do your pets cost you a month?

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Basically what the title says... and what and how many are there?

2 medium sized dogs.
70 food.
40 insurance.
25 preventative pet care.
10 (avg) random things like poo bags, replacement balls etc.

One small dog, about £200 a month which covers food, insurance, a dog walker twice a week, treats etc (but excludes holiday care).

Hundreds, we have a lot. 😬

Horse £400-700 a month depending on what needs doing.

dog and cat £100 a month in total.

About £20-30
There's 5 of the bird variety

Two giant breed dogs.
They cost around £600 per month for food, insurance and doggy daycare.
Excluding doggy hotel when we go away and occasional small vet bills.

They are lovely

3 cats
Food £30 a month (dried only)
Flea and worming £30 a month
Insurance £60 a month
Treats and little toys £10 a month

10 year old lab

£85 insurance
£11 healthcare plan
£92 dog walking 2 days a week
£50 food
£20 treats

Plus all the dog walking clothes/jackets/boots/wellies, towels for rubbing down after muddy walks (plus washing), collars, vet bed, beds, toys. Occasionally overnight boarding for significant events like weddings/big birthday parties/funerals etc.

Two cats.

Food around £70 a month.
Insurance £40
Cat Litter £35
Treats £25
Vet stuff (averaged out) £20
Toys £5-10

Total around £180-200

Cats £150ish
Horse £700ish
Hens £10ish

Too sodding much

Jesus, horses are expensive!

Hmm.. maybe £1.50 for food plus however much electricity it uses to run the filter. Not a lot I don't think.

2 turtles.

1 medium dog

£25 insurance
£15 vet plan
£6 GPS tracking
£56 food
£20 treats
£30 grooming

One Cat
£15 food, £15 litter, £16 pet health club, £16 insurance, £5 or so on treats.

In horse circles there’s a joke that non horsey people think horsey people are rich.
Horsey people know that horsey people can’t possibly be rich because horses take all of your money and your soul too. Horsey people are skint because they’d give their horse their last polo and starve themselves.

They are absolutely appalling value for money. Wouldn’t change it obviously but the ROI is dire.

3 dogs, small/medium, probably about £150 ish a month if all goes well. Biggest costs are insurance for one (£36) and meds for another (£70 ish).
However I often spend a lot more on vet bills and other stuff for my two elderly and decrepit ones.

2 cats

£100 food (raw diet)
£60 insurance
£32 pet health plan
£30 litter
£20 treats, toys etc

But the joy they've brought into our house is priceless. My autistic son who really isn't arsed about anything absolutely adores them!!

One dog per month
£120 vet bills
£30 food
£10 treats

Sorry I got my maths wrong
£120 vets
£120 food
£40 treats - at least!

One cat, 2.8kg and eats like a horse
I refuse to add up his food or I would probably buy another horse
His insurance is £40pm, litter about £10pm
He cost me £150 at the vets last month for a urine test to find out there was nothing wrong with the little brat

Over 1.2k😬

Mini Schnauzer
Dry food €1.20 a day. Treats 0.80? So €60 a month
Vet bills €25 average
Stripping €50 every 6-8 weeks so €35.
Total €120

Things get expensive when we go on holiday. DC1 comes to stay and we pay a dog sitter when necessary.

A normal, 1 year old no breed of any note cat

£12.50pm vet health plan
£12 pm lifetime cover pet insurance
£15pm litter
£40 pm food
£10-£20 pm little toys and bits to ignore

Please don't misunderstand me, I love animals but don't understand the way people beggar themselves with vet bills when the animal is past redemption. My neighbour's cat was injured and reduced to pulling itself forward by it's front legs and dragging it's back legs sideways.
My neighbours and I begged her to put it out of it's misery but she kept taking it to the vet, £500 each visit, and all he could do was advise her the same.
Eventually she did.