Not much of a cat person but I would guess that after shots then 10 dollars a week would be good maintenance.

Hooch

 

As long as you're not including the cost of vet bills, $10/week should more than cover normal maintenance. It just depends on how much you include for toys, scratching posts, etc. You can spend a lot or a little but $10/week should be more than enough for the standard day-to-day stuff.

 

is $10 per week enough money for a cat?

 

Can you explain?? $10 a week to do what? Feed him? Board him? Sell him?? Info please!

 

My cats have not cost me nearly as much as my dogs have. Also, indoor cats will cut down on vet bills. My two go outdoors and have been known to get into lots of trouble. Well, one anyway, the male. If not for the fights he's been in neither would have caused a great expense.

 

I buy a 4 lb bag of cat food about once a month for $8 to $10. You will need to find out how much the initial vet bills will be and add it up. The kitten will need it's shots, at least 3 sets of booster shots, deworming, and test for feline leukemia. That will be the initial expenses, as long as the kitten is healthy you should only have the expense of annual shots after that.

You should call your vet and get an estimate on how much the initial shots, tests and boosters will be total, and how much the annual shots will be after that. Then you will know if saving $10 a week will cover it every year.

I have one indoor only cat that has been very healthy, so vet bills have been minimum. Our other cat though had some chronic problems and had to go to the vet periodically thru out the year so he was more expensive.

Indoor/outdoor or outdoor only cats tend to have more ailments and injuries. You would want your kitten to be an indoor only cat

 

to foster him/her for a while

 

Dana,

Sometimes if you foster they will cover the Vet expenses. Many times the food, too.

 

Dana,
Since you are fostering check with the rescue group to see what they will cover and what you are responsible for. That way you will know what it will cost you. If you do get to foster, congratulations for doing a wonderful thing.