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?

1 active medium sized dog

£250 on dog Walker
£24 insurance
£20 food
£10 randoms (toys and treats etc)

We have a medium sized dog and three cats.

They probably cost around £250/month but we could spend less if we needed to.

10 year old Labrador.

35 insurance
15 food buy a large bag from relative who owns pet shop.
£1 bags (use nappy bags as they are cheaper than dog bags)

Axolotl

£1.36 a year
(Excluding the cost of about 10 L water a week)

@vjg13 when I had horses I paid £185 a week full livery. So it's easy to spend £700 a month.

You've got shoes on top of that, insurance, tack, rugs. The list is never ending.

It was the most broke I'd ever been and I was earning 20k a year more that I do now 😂

It's mainly livery that costs money - full -time livery can be almost a thousand pounds in certain areas!

Then there's feed, hay, water, insurance, farrier, vets, dentists and things like tack too.

Small dog.
Dog walker twice a week £80
Food about £50?
Insurance £40
Best money we spend all month!

Medium sized dog . Per month costs

£75 food
£55 pet insurance
£20 care plan
£80 4x day care
£20 treats and toys
Approx £50 for holiday care (spread over the year)

6 month old Labrador.

£17.00 insurance
£70-ish food
£40-ish treats
£30-ish various sundry items

I'm wondering what food people are feeding their dogs to bring it in cheaper than that. We're still finding our feet with what suits him at a reasonable (ha!) cost.

1 dog, about £100/month but he's young so insurance isn't too much.

We have 2 medium sized dogs.
Food £160
Insurance £60
Vets health plan £30
Treats / toys £20

2 cats.

£75 roughly on insurance
£40 on vet membership (flea,worm, boosters all covered, discount on treatments, free nurse check ups)
£75 on food at a guess possibly more

I hadn't realised how much was going on them but I wouldn't be without them.

2 cats, one very young and one very old

£85 a month insurance
£35 a month food
£20 a month cat litter
£15 a month treats
£50 a month medical treatment medication for the old boy

Prices have gone mad for pet food and things at the moment. I genuinely don't think people realise how expensive having, even just a cat, is. As they get older it gets so much more expensive too!

Plus Vet bills and any special dietary needs they often have.

8 yr old retriever

£160 insurance (pre existing condition)
£100 food
£130 dog walker (2 x a week)
Probs £20 a month on sundries - treats, flea/worming tablets, poo bags etc

I've always said I would love but can't afford a horse, but I'm getting close to being able to....! 😉

3 indoor cats.
£13 per week wet food, £5 per week dry food, £7 for 3 bags of cat litter.
Probably around £100-£120. De-flea/worming treatment every 3 months at £44 and they are seen twice a year by the vet at around £70 for all three to have a check over and occasionally nails slightly clipped. Treats/toys/anything else is probably averaged at £10 a month plus whenever we replace cat posts.

Two dogs and two cats, about £350 for food (Harringtons), pet insurance & vet plans.

large dog, large cat, rodent x2 (all in good health, no long term conditions, no grooming costs).
Costs are monthly and approx

Food - £180
Insurance (comprehensive lifetime policies) & monthly veterinary healthcare plans - £110
Misc expenses (toys etc) - £15

Total - £305 a month.

We could spend less but we can afford this level of expenditure, the animals are happy and healthy and we are secure in the knowledge that if things go wrong health-wise we don’t have to make a decision based on finances.

I'm around £40 a month on electricity for my menagerie just now.
£20 on food and probably averages around another £10 a month on other things/toys over the year.

Big temperate fish tank, axolotls, snakes and a bird.

Forgot to add the cost of pet sitting used during holidays, averaged out over the year. That probably adds another £100 a month, so let’s say £400 a month

Around £60, for one small/medium sized dog.
His food is £45, a few £ on poo bags and treats on top.

If he needs to see the vet it can be anything from £30-£500 that month, although luckily not that common at the minute.

He's not insured, he's 15 years old and we adopted him two years ago through a rescue after his owner died. The numbers of companies unwilling to insure a 13 year old dog with no medical history available was miniscule so we just have to make the best of it.

Border collie
£17.99 vet plan,covers wormers and basics. Food dry kibble,moist.meat in jelly (half tin per day. Lidl,£8. Large bag, just over £3, for small. Lasts a couple of months.Treats. Around £20 a month for food. (Fresh chicken, leftover veggies.glucosamine joint suppliment (Johnsons high strength,) £7 monthly supply. Tooth paste around £5 a tube lasts months.Occasional vet bills (nearly 8,) teeth cleaned once.

One cat.

Food - £70 a month
Cat litter - £20 a month
Insurance - £12 a month
Pet Health Club membership - £15 a month

So £117 a month for the basics

6 quid a month on food for Cyril the squirrel, our garden visitor.

Does that count?

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