A word of advice

I was just to write about something else but then a topic of more demand appeared into my mind. Today I've been spending some time in sites where people can announce pets for sale. You may know, the supply is huge. It lowers the prices and even makes people give pets for free.

Then I started thinking about the price policies. If it would be the matter of a material object in sale then it would be only natural to lower the price if there wouldn't be that much demand. Alas, a pet. I'd like to know why people are so narrow-sighted that they don't exactly come to think that the actual price of the pet is pretty much nothing when it comes to the upkeep of the whole life of an animal. For example, a cat. I paid 30 euros for Lilli. A quick calculation reveals that she costs nearly another 30 euros every month including only food and cat litter. I use more qualified food than usually (Royal Canin kibble and Applaws canned food), but that is something I think everyone should do. If not, prepare to care for your cat's illnesses resulting from poor food. I used to buy cheap market kibble even a year ago but as I started planning to have a puppy, I realised that I'm planning a healthy and proper diet for a dog so why shouldn't I treat my cats the same.

I'm not an example case of taking the best care possible of a pet (I haven't had her vaccinated and such), but even so, Lilli has cost dozens of times her selling price by the time of being a young cat. If we're lucky enough, she'll live four times her age of 4 this moment, you can do the math of her cost in the future, adding the vet fees when it comes to caring an aging cat. If you think you can lower the expenses by compromising your pet's needs, then think again of having one.

So, I can't understand why is it so crucial to get a cheap or free kitten/puppy. My future Maine Coon will be expensive and I do understand that people don't want to pay that much of a kitten. But, there's quite an amount of numbers between for example 30 and 1000. My choice is to save a lot to pay for a cat of breed. Your choice could be to save a little less but save anyway. If you pay 100 for a kitten you can demand for to get to know more of the backgrounds, health, vaccinations and deworming of your kitten. Maybe you can visit the litter more frequently than once compared to some pick one and go styled selecting. And PLEASE, castrate your cat.