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- From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Neutering question
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 00:14:32 GMT
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- >I think (you'll correct me if I am wrong I am sure) but there is a BIG
- >difference between the amount of money to "fix" a cat and the amount of money
- >necessary to repair a broken hip.
-
- Yes, but the vets are working on that one...
-
- >Also your income should be part of your
- >decision on whether to get a pet and if so what kind of pet. Cats and dogs
- >often require a substantial monetary committment.
-
- I don't think a person of modest means should be dissuaded from keeping
- a cat just because of the outside chance of a huge expense. A young
- cat is usually a fairily low-cost pet. The startup cost -- worming,
- initial shots, fixing -- is about $60 for a male cat and $100 for a
- female. After that, about $30 a year for shots. You should learn how
- to clean wounds yourself, otherwise you will end up paying vets for
- cleaning abcesses.
-
- Assuming you can handle the above, you are financially qualified
- to keep a cat.
-
- It would be sad indeed if an unexpected expense arises and
- you simply can't pay for it... but look at it this way:
- assuming you got your cat from the pound, it was about to
- be put down anyway, so you've already saved its life once.
-
- A dog is another story -- ANY dog will cost several times the amounts
- I just mentioned.
-
- Steve
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