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Lennybenny · 2021-09-14T20:07:16+00:00

One of my friends posted about some kittens. They were from one of her friends. We are looking so I said yes. Asked how much....£50 for friend of friend....I said sorry, I'm not willing to pay that much and she replies they were selling for £100 in May. I'm happy to pay for a kitten but that's just too much and it sounds like she's selling them to make money. How much are you willing to pay?

LiamGallagherIsHot · 15/09/2021 02:58

I wouldn’t pay a breeder or individual to exploit animals. Adopt from a rescue and give a donation to a place that actually helps animals.

AnnieSnap · 15/09/2021 03:11

@Unreasonabubble

Not how much am I willing but my DD bought me one for Christmas and it cost her £300.

When I was a child, we gave kittens away for free. Times have changed.

Bloody hell! When did this madness start. I paid £550 2.5 years ago for a 13 week old, well bred, fully vaccinated Siamese kitten.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 15/09/2021 04:20

I got 2 kittens in April from a shelter and paid £500 for the pair - a slight discount owing to ongoing medical needs

Which shelter charges this much? The current cost at Battersea is £125 for a kitten or £225 for a pair. Adult cats are a bit cheaper.

Divebar2021 · 15/09/2021 08:00

I paid £200 to a shelter for a kitten but the cat wasn’t U.K. based so that covered the transportation costs as well as micro chipping etc. Battersea and major cat rescues had very few kittens over lockdown ( at the time I was looking)

Mumdiva99 · 15/09/2021 08:16

I got mine from a friend. I covered the cost of the chip, flea and worming, initial vaccination and was more than happy to. I can't remember what it was but I got 2 cats and about £100 for both I think. I also gave my friend a restaurant voucher because as others have said she had additional costs looking after her cat during pregnancy etc. We were happy to pay....and having read some kitten horror stories on here we have been very lucky. They came home- no hiding at all, mum cat had taught them litter tray skills etc they were able to stay with mum till nearly 10 weeks.

CloseYourEyesAndSee · 15/09/2021 08:20

If you're happy to pay a back yard breeder for a kitten then the price is exactly what people will pay for the kitten.
If you want to adopt a kitten from a charity then that's a different proposition.
Pedigree bred cats aren't intrinsically more valuable and expensive than moggie bred cats. It's about supply and demand.
If you want the kitten, pay for the kitten. If you want to get one from a rescue, do that. Don't moan about the cost though, that's stupid.

SoloISland · 15/09/2021 08:25

All mine are rescues and free. Street cats desperately in need.

When I bred Siamese and Siamese -cross they cost a lot more than Ehundred.

No idea what the situation in the UK is but here in Ireland, rescues are free. Well, mine were.. All the rescue places know me and that I am a pensioner so they are just grateful I give wondrous homes to the needy ones. There is no need to charge. We get vouchers from the SPCA for spaying etc.

My last three were street strays from Sligo.

Purplecatshopaholic · 15/09/2021 08:31

My friend paid £300 a couple of months ago (moggy), and just paid £200 for another one last night! Both gumtree (I would never buy animals from there myself). Crazy I think (not so much the money as the source - all mine are rescues).

Myusernameisnotmyusernameno · 15/09/2021 08:39

I didn't pay anything for mine as a colleague was giving them away. He just wanted good homes. I have realised how lucky we were since then.

BlueberrySugar · 15/09/2021 08:41

£50? You do realise that's incredibly cheap.

Myusernameisnotmyusernameno · 15/09/2021 08:42

Just to add my free cat is a tuxedo, this was 7 years ago and I paid to have her chipped and spayed. We didn't collect her until she was 10 weeks old and she was litter trained. I realise how it's the exception to give cats away for free though.

Angel2702 · 15/09/2021 08:54

I don’t think you would find anything for £50 here £100-£150 is standard. I pay £35-40 for a guinea pig so £50 for a kitten is very cheap.

SoloISland · 15/09/2021 08:57

@MrsSkylerWhite

We adopted ours from a local rescue charity and they request minimum donations of £60.

£50 for a living being that is a lifelong commitment is nothing. Do you know how much good quality food, neutering, vaccinations, monthly flea, tick and worm treatments and insurance or private veterinary care cost?

If £50-£100 is too much for you, please do not acquire a cat.

Going to disagree. I am deep rural in Ireland and most of what you list is not needed. I was told by my vet years ago eg that vaccinations when I lived so remote were totally unneeded. And all the rescues hereabouts get help from eg the SPCA with neutering vouchers . No fleas, ticks or worms either. And treatment surely not needed unless there is a real issue? No insurance and vets are almost never needed. And out here they are kind to rescuers

Oh before I left Kerry a local animal rescue had a FIX IT FOR A FIVER offer. I had been nurturing two fersls so was able to get them neutered.

Looking at my seventeen year old rescue. Boycat. Never vaccinated. Never near a vet. Healthy. The rescue got SPCA vouchers for fixing

So I refute your last para... Totally. My seven get well fed and loved. Just food. In abundance. And love also in abundance. A watchful eye.

And I am a pensioner. And we need our critters and we care for them wondrously. No one should be deprived of the love and company of a cat .... When I first had one decades ago my GP in the UK said it was doing me so much good he was advising all his patients to follow suit..

Froppysue · 15/09/2021 08:59

My daughters always dreamed of having a ragdoll….. they’re over a grand

PineappleSun · 15/09/2021 09:21

£80 for my lovely black rescue cat 5 years ago from the RSPCA, I think £50-£100 is cheap if anything

Coogee · 15/09/2021 09:30

I am deep rural in Ireland and most of what you list is not needed.

My cat splits his time between rural Wales and rural England, ticks and worms are definitely needed unless you never let your cat out. Mine has the full monty, including rabies (which I know isn’t necessary in the UK).

Good luck trying to get a non-vaccinated cat into a cattery should you need to.

Peteycat · 15/09/2021 09:53

@Lennybenny
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MrsSkylerWhite

We adopted ours from a local rescue charity and they request minimum donations of £60.

£50 for a living being that is a lifelong commitment is nothing. Do you know how much good quality food, neutering, vaccinations, monthly flea, tick and worm treatments and insurance or private veterinary care cost?

If £50-£100 is too much for you, please do not acquire a cat.

I know they cost money that's why I don't want to pay loads. I have 2 cats already. I'm happy to pay but what are you paying for.....a moggie gets pregnant, apart from good food, milk etc for her and eventuallyfood for them, the kittens don't cost you £100 each. Rescue centres are different obviously*

Agree with @MrsSkylerWhite

I'm afraid if you are complaining about the price of this kitten, you should reconsider. Vaccinations for kittens are about £60 near me, and that is the price for all including Felv and Fiv,which all cats should most definitely have to eradicate these in the wider cat population. Especially if they go outside. So, bearing in mind hopefully the seller has fed mana good quality food during pregnancy, maybe even assisted with feeding as not all cats cope. I don't think this price is unreasonable at all, it's a living breathing creature. If you go ahead with the purchase, please, please unsure the cat to protect it incase of injury or illness.

Peteycat · 15/09/2021 09:54

insure

Peteycat · 15/09/2021 09:55

A good cat insurer is Agria. Reasonable and helpful.

SoloISland · 15/09/2021 10:07

@Coogee

I am deep rural in Ireland and most of what you list is not needed.

My cat splits his time between rural Wales and rural England, ticks and worms are definitely needed unless you never let your cat out. Mine has the full monty, including rabies (which I know isn’t necessary in the UK).

Good luck trying to get a non-vaccinated cat into a cattery should you need to.

On this we will just have to agree to differ as my cats are all free range and never a flea or a worm. As they sleep abed with me... And now I am on a small island and I have all the local cats with me. I took and take the advice given by a vet,,, Oh and I have had an unvaccinated cat in a cattery; they have isolation units.. Many years ago on the mainland..When I eg have to go to hospital my neighbours feed my cats as I do theirs.
Please; we are each in very different situations and you are doing what is right for you in your situation. as I am here. We both love our cats. were there need for tick and worm stuff they would have it but I will not use these toxic substances as routine. Any more than I will for myself.

As I said these things are not needed out here. They really are not. I have cared for cats for nearly fifty years and know the needs. NB I used to vaccinate routinely but then saw what my vet was saying and stopped. we are all totally isolated out here- which is why I am out here as I am in self-isolation from covid as I have no immune system. And cannot take the vaccine

Blessings and peace.. offline a week or two now

Furries · 15/09/2021 10:14

@SoloISland - your situation is very unusual though. Most people don’t live on a remote island, so those things listed are what a responsible owner should be looking at in a large majority of households.

trevthecat · 15/09/2021 10:25

My sister got some rescue kittens recently the adoption fee was £60 each

Divebar2021 · 15/09/2021 10:26

Cats don’t just get illnesses they get injuries too. My cat had £200 vets bill for some lacerations on her leg… not sure what caused them but potentially rat bites. My sisters cat dislocated her leg on a blind cord in the house so even if your cats don’t go out they can injure themselves. I would never own an animal and not have insurance - vets bills are crazy.

Divebar2021 · 15/09/2021 10:27

She’s also been in 2 catteries and neither would take unvaccinated cats.

Mumoblue · 15/09/2021 10:30

I paid £250 for my cat 4 years ago because I wanted a certain breed, which was really quite dumb looking back on it. I got her because I’d been told by people who owned the breed (she’s actually a crossbreed so she’s only half) that they had a certain type of personality, but she turned out completely different.

I know that the rescues around here charge £80 adoption fee.