Pet ownership costs

[bunn]

... a dull post

I spent £232 on petfood in the last month.

I reckon this works out at:
approx £3 a day for all 6 cats (50p per cat)

approx £2.55 a day on food for 2 dogs (£1.39ish per dog, but then the dogs weigh about 4-6 catsworths.)


The remaining £63 seems to be mostly tripe sticks, oxtails, dried fish and other dogsnacks. I knew they were getting rather a lot of dried tripe, but that's ridiculous! From now on I resolve to spend not more than a pound a day on dogsnacks.

I also have insurance for the dogs, but not for the cats, costing a total of £460 pa, or  £1.26 a day.

Mollydog is on Previcox for her bad wrist, which is not covered by the insurance.  That costs 69p a day. 

They both have glucosamine supplements as well but I can't remember how long a £15 bottle of that lasts. Say 20p a day for that

So daily cost of running 2 dogs: £3.54, pushed up to £5.64 by insane quantities of tripe.  Not including vaccinations & checkups.

Total yearly routine cost of pets, not including vaccs, etc : £2387.10.  No wonder I have no money!
 

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I don't think so - tripe is pretty much pure protein, not much fat or carbs, and it doesn't seem to make much difference to their weight. It is good for their teeth as it requires a lot of chewing, but they probably don't need to be eating it 6 times a day!

Mollydog is happy to eat the tripe but she doesn't demand it, it's Az who is an addicted little tripehound. If he thinks I'm going near the tripe box he's there, giving paw with menaces!

I certainly wouldn't be without them, but the financial check is a wise move to make sure that 2 is enough!