How much does it cost to keep a blue cat for a month?

Like many novices, when I first started to raise cats, I didn't have much idea about the expenses of raising cats. Although I knew that there were expensive ways to raise cats and cheap ways to raise them, I didn't know exactly how expensive, how cheap and what was suitable for me.

one year has passed, and with the gradual increase of experience in raising cats and the continuous learning of cat knowledge, I have a deeper understanding of how much it costs to raise cats.

Let's take Boboya's breeding process as an example to analyze the process and cost of raising cats, hoping to help everyone.

Coordinates: Haidian, Beijing

Family situation: two-job only child, own house

Cat source: family breeding

Cat raising expenses 1: Purchase expenses

Boboya was purchased from a family breeder, and a friend knew that I wanted to raise a cat. Just as his friend's kitten was about to be full moon, I went to see the cat and took a fancy to Boboya.

At that time, I took a fancy to Boya for a simple reason, mainly the price. Boboya's father is blue and white, and her mother is a pure blue cat. The kittens born are blue and white and blue cats, each with 4 blue and white, and the blue cat only needs 2. Now it seems that this price is a bit expensive for family breeding cats, but I didn't have any cats at that time, so I heard that the variety of cats is expensive, and the year 2 is still within the affordable range, so I decided.

At that time, there were three blue cats and one blue and white in the nest. Boba was chosen because she was the fattest cat among the four kittens, and she was the best at grabbing milk and eating. Because it is the first time to raise a cat, you must choose a strong and well-fed one. Now I think this principle of choice still has some truth. Boboya is not picky about food and has always been very healthy.

One advantage of buying cats from family breeders is that the breeding environment is relatively simple, and cats can usually be taken good care of. Therefore, kittens are in good health, and it is not easy to cross-infect other cats. It is not necessary to worry about the week cat problem of cats sold by inferior cat houses or bad cat dealers. It is a good channel to buy cats.

summary: the expense of buying a cat is 2 yuan

the expense of raising a cat is 2: the basic equipment for cats

After choosing a cat, I bought the basic equipment for cats urgently. At that time, I bought the minimum equipment for raising a cat: a cat dining table+a cat litter box. Later, I found that one thing must be bought in advance, that is, a cat bag. When I go out for an injection for cats in the future, it is absolutely impossible without a cat bag.

I take an economical and practical route to raise cats. At that time, I didn't buy a cat dining table that was particularly expensive. I thought it was just to put some cat food and add some water, so it didn't need to be so expensive. I just bought a double-basin one at JD.COM, which was only a dozen dollars. I really have no idea about the cat litter basin, because I didn't shovel shit and didn't know what different cat litter meant, so I took the advice of a cat friend and bought a fully enclosed double-layer large cat litter basin imported from Japan. At that time, my friend told me that I must buy the largest litter box, because cats tend to be raised more and more, and raising two is only the basic configuration. Later, it was found that this suggestion was very correct.

Looking back now, it's true that the cat dining table was not well bought. The plastic foundation, two pots together, is inconvenient to clean. The cheap quality of plastic will make you feel very unhappy. Besides, when the cat grows up, it will eat on the ground. The cat may not feel much, but I always feel that it is not good for the cat. In addition, I learned all kinds of knowledge about raising cats later, all of which are suggested to be ceramic or stainless steel. Now I have changed the cat dining table to ceramic, which is not expensive to buy in Pinduoduo, and it is not a big problem to spend a little money on this one-time investment. I can still afford a ceramic cat dining table.

Suggestions on the cat dining table: buy three containers made of ceramics, one staple food, one drink and one snack. The price is around 8, and you can buy a very good ceramic basin if it is less than 1. If you buy one inclined at 15 degrees, the adult cat will have a more elegant dining posture. You can buy ceramic bowls that can be taken down separately and put on the ground, so that cats can get them when they are young. Just like this one I bought now:

Now I find that this dining table is not good either, and my legs often fall off

After one year's experience, I find that this cat litter basin of Jialezi is really good, mainly because its matching cat litter and cat diapers are very convenient to use.

Cat litter is a large zeolite cat litter, which is clean, free of dust, and won't be taken out by cat's paws, and it will only be stained with cat poo, and won't stick to cat urine.

the cat urine will automatically leak down and be replaced by the cat diaper on the bottom layer. Then, the cat diaper is basically changed once a week. When you see that the whole diaper is wet, you should take it out and change it.

Theoretically, zeolite cat litter can be reused. After BaBa is shoveled out, the cat litter can be cleaned and aired once, and then it can be used again. In this case, the loss will be very low. But then again, I only washed it once, and it's still too much trouble.

The biggest advantage of this litter box is that it is easy to use. I don't have to shovel cat excrement every day. I usually shovel it once every two or three days, and I look at diapers once a week. I throw it away when it is almost full. When throwing it, it is heavy, and it feels particularly worthwhile.

Cat diapers are usually closed at the bottom of the cat litter box, and the smell is not obvious. When I opened the diaper tray, the smell was really. . .

we will talk about the cost of the cat litter and cat diapers needed for this cat litter basin later. Let's talk about the shortcomings of this litter box.

I think the biggest problem with this litter box is that it is too convenient to observe some diseases of cats.

Cats who eat cat food are prone to urinary system diseases, the most common one is urine retention. If it is ordinary cat litter, because the cat urine is agglomerated in the cat litter, it is usually shoveled every day, and the amount of cat urine can be seen at a glance, and it will be very easy to find out when the urine is closed.

However, with this litter box, you can only look at cat diapers once a week, and you will be very insensitive to the changes of cat urine, so you may miss the first time to observe the health changes of cats, which will bring great pain to cats.

come down and talk about the cat bag.

I didn't buy a cat bag at first, but I was in a hurry. I found a paper box and went to pick up the kitten. I wanted to buy a cat bag before I took it for vaccination, which was three months later. As a result, I didn't expect to take it out soon. The reason will be discussed later. Anyway, I didn't have anything at that time, and a naked cat took me out, not to mention how much trouble it was.

So if you decide to have a cat, buy a cat bag first. If you want to take a cat by plane, you need to buy an air box. These two things are not expensive, and they can be bought well for tens of dollars on Taobao.

I took my cat to the hospital without buying it at that time, and I wanted to buy one at the hospital quickly. As a result, I was charged 5 yuan for any one, and the cheapest one was 3 yuan. Considering that I still gritted my teeth and went home with a naked cat, I quickly placed an order for an empty box. I was so happy to see that it only cost 66 yuan.

In the process of raising cats, you will find that it is best to buy a nail clipper for cats, because cats' claws grow too fast and they often need to be clipped. Nail clippers for cats are very cheap, and they can be bought well for more than ten dollars in Pinduoduo. Having said that, in fact, I have always used nail clippers to cut cats' nails. It's bold of an artist.