[quote=flu]Do you folks really spend hundreds of dollars raising a feline or puppy a month, even in this economy???[/quote]
We get our cat the $38.99 bag of Science Diet because the cat loves it (on sale now for $32.99 at Petsmart). Well that, and the thing gets the runs if we feed it anything else. Save a few bucks on cheap cat food and spend a Saturday repainting the ‘scuffs’ on the walls. I choose to spend a little more on a scientifically proven kitty culinary masterpiece. The cat is ‘Lindsey Lohen’ addicted to the stuff at this point – he RUNS to the food. He even has this method where he tries to corral me towards his empty bowl. He then looks at me like he’s Gandhi himself and just undertook a month-long fast in some sort of underground kitty social protest. If I could send him to some sort of kitty rehab to wean it off the expensive stuff and put him on the cheap stuff – I would. To put this into perspective: It could easily chomp through a $25 7-pound bag of food every two weeks.
Is it mocking you? Or is it just saying, “You could have bought a bottle of wine for what you’ve just spent on my delicious meal. Mmmm… mmmm.. prrr…”
As long as we’re on the theme of throwing your money down toilet. The only thing that seems to keep the smell under control is our $20+ cat odor eliminating PREMIUM scoopable clumping cat litter: Fresh Step Brand.
Then there are toys, scratch pads, combs, and nail trimmers. Have you ever trimmed a cats claws? Oh, then you haven’t lived my friend. Delay the trimming and watch your couches turn into fur.
One more thing, did your cat get fleas from the neighbors’ free roaming feline? The $99 Front Line is the best stuff to take care of the problem. The other option is to just put up with the flea bites on your legs. They’re not lethal, but they just leave itchy blistering spots on your legs. The neighbor who had the cat on my block said that the flea treatment was too expensive. So I ended up having to take care of his flea infested cat (he said he was fine with me treating his cat). Thanks to my public service the neighborhood is now flea free.
[quote=oxford]Actually, it is a secret plot by cats to further insult us primates and destroy our dignity[/quote]
I’ve never been much of a cat person- but I love the woman I’m with – even though I have to haul out 7 pound bags of warm sand every other week. I don’t mind having the cat – at this point I actually do think it loves me.
