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Want a free kitten?
To all you posters who want to know where you can get a free kitten (without having to pay shelter adoption fees), let me tell you about my absolutely free, didn't cost me one red cent cat.
This cat, which I found in a parking lot, has so far cost me $200 in vet bills for his exam, tests, shots, and boosters. Tomorrow we go in to get him fixed, which is another $130, and chipped, $30.
My point? If you can't afford $100 for a shelter cat that has been vaccinated, fixed, tested, and examined, then you definitely can't afford a 'free' cat.
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
AWESOME post. Totally different from what I expected. Nothing is free and pets are family.
- macleod709Lv 71 decade ago
I have always said that that free kittens cost more than adopting a kitten from a shelter and you will be saving a life so you can feel good about that as well.
Shelters will usually include in their adoption fee 1 free vet visit, the cost of spay/neutering (if the animal hasn't been fixed yet you will get some money refunded when you bring back proof you had the animal(s) fixed) and the first sometimes more shots and microchipping.
- 1 decade ago
Thank you!
We have gone through the same things with our kittens. One is a "free" kitten, and the other is a Siamese kitten (paid $200).
We have probably racked up close to $600 for exams, shots, getting the one fixed (the Siamese is still a bit too young), and other tests they need. When we get her spayed, that will be close to $200. Is this a lot of money? Yes, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my kittens and wouldn't trade them for the world.
Also, if you save up and get a shelter kitty, you are probably saving its life. That has to count for something!
- ♥Kitty143Cat♥Lv 51 decade ago
That's why there's no such thing as a FREE CAT. I paid $100 for my shelter kitten. It included Spay Surgery, Feline Leukemia Test, FVRCP vaccine, Rabies Vaccine, Free post-adoption health exam from a local veterinarian, Free post-adoption behavior advice
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- JudgerzLv 61 decade ago
Great "question", so true. I hate how people are always like "I WANT A FREE PUPPY, POODLE, MUST BE CUTE, FLUFFY, AND FREE". Honestly, there are SO many pets out there that need a good home. Judge cost me 200 dollars from the shelter, but honestly, he was worth every penny.
- gruettLv 44 years ago
a million. this grow to be kinda of complicated attempting to choose what you're saying. So next time only ask the question to the factor and not use quotations. 2. i think of he skill that he needs your first time to no longer be painful using fact he cares i'm guessing. 3. I hate cats, so save the kittens.
- Ember HaloLv 61 decade ago
good point!
one of my "free" cats has cost me a good $1000 in vet bills so far, to get fixed, shots (& boosters), getting sick (URI), etc.
one other one cost about $600 in one month--he mutilated his own tail & needed anitbiotics, surgery to amputate the end of it (also got neutered during that anesthesia), shots, and anti-psychotic & pain meds.
buying a cat from a shelter that's been checked out, gotten all its shots & is already altered really is a good deal!!
