How much will it cost me?

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Thinking of taking on a stray cat. She's around 12 I think so in her winter years but healthy and very outdoorsy. I'll need to take her to the vets for de-flea and a check up. I might put away money each month rather than insure her as insurance is usually useless anyway. Worming tablets, food... how much will it initially cost me at the vet for the register / check up etc?

This suggests around £60 for an appointment for a check up, although any treatment/blood tests/X-rays would be extra, but maybe if you phone and ask if they would consider checking a stray cat over as you are concerned they may waive the fee?
www.moneysupermarket.com/pet-insurance/vet-bills/

My vets do a pet plan which is around £14 per month. That gives me free vaccinations, free flea and worm treatment, free claw trimming if needed, a couple of health checks a year and 10% off treatment bills. It’s worth it to me for the cost of vaccs, flea & wormer alone. I do also have insurance as well because I would hate to end up will a bill for £££

Do you have a photo?

She might decide she’s an indoor cat during the cold winter.

Doubt you would get insurance for a 12 yr old cat. Apart from vaccination, flea treatment etc you need to think about kidney disease, thyroid problems, dentals. These all cost £££.

Always get insurance...our 15 year old boy has thyroid problems ; the medication - now ongoing is £40 a month but there's also the vets visit costs to get him diagnosed and checkups. Its all been covered.

If that wasnt enough, his twin sister had to have radiotherapy for cancer - £8k later......

Insurance is not useless. My pair have currently run up bills of £22k. Thankfully covered by insurance.

Just something like a cat deciding to eat the foil from a Cadbury crepe egg could easily be over £1k.

If a cats got to 12 with no vet care I think apart from a dental she’ll be healthy. Anything serious would’ve killed her by now.

I got rid of fleas using over counter stuff, don't think vet must deflea.

Moving in check up not required, either.

Worming tablet is basically £3 3-4x/yr.
Food is basically £2-£4/week

10-15 minutes talking to vet is £40 here, so I don't do that often.

We took on a roughly 10 yr old cat. We did not get him annual jabs or checkups. He cost us < £250 in lifetime total vet bills before he died 7 yrs later. Costs were due to checkups, steroids and then the cost of PTS.

I might skip the vet and just take her to a groomer? She's been around here for years... never been to the vets. Very healthy and super friendly