I paid £25 for my first cat from someones house who were selling them in the paper and she was the last one of the litter and had runny eyes but I took her anyway, I ended up paying for flu treatment before she could be vaccinated but I don't regret a single thing or all the money I spent on her cos I have a gorgeous cat who I love to bits . I paid £40 for my second cat from the local pet shop, i went in one day and walked away and knew in my heart that I had to have him and went back and he was still there and I'm so glad I have him now.

PDSA hospitals are for pet owners who are in receipt of certain benefits. The organisation has limited funds and exists to help pet owners through times of crisis, and should not be regarded as a source of regular pet care. Don't take an animal on in the expectation that the PDSA will be there to assist you. Think long and hard about the long term implications of taking on a kitten. If you have any doubts, then my advice would be don't get get one.

Hi Op,
I have just got two little girl kitten s from Cats Protection League a month ago, and i had a charge of £50 per kitten - i would highly recommend finding your local Cats Protection league, i found them so much more helpful than the RSPCA who wouldn't even consider giving me a kitten at all because i worked!
But in the £50 fee i got their first sets of Vacc's included they give you a letter to take to the vets, along with free microchipping aswell and also they gave me flea medicine, and they'd given them the worming med's before i took them home - so all in all it was a good deal to pay £100 for two and get all that included, and you also get the reward of rehoming kittens that have might be from a stray or have been abandoned.
They do insist on doing a home visit though, but this is nothing to worry about really they just like to check your not on a main/busy road and that it s a nice environment to bring a kitten up in.
If you google Cats Protection you ll be able to find their main website and you 'll probably be able to find a link to your local branch. The ladies who i dealt with at our local one were absolutely lovely, they even phoned and checked how they were settling in to their new home!
hope this helps you with your Query.

How old are you?

From your posts I get the impression you are a teenager (forgive me if I'm wrong!).

One thing you need to consider which hasn't been mentioned is that the cat could live for the next 20 years. So if you are still very young you need to consider how your life could change a lot over the next few years, and think about how a cat will fit into those plans. Also consider what you will do with the cats if you go on holiday etc.

I got my last cat Simeon when I was 18 and had just left home, I moved a few times in the first few years I had him and always had to consider the cat. Then at 19 I had a baby and was a single mother and money was very tight.

You should ring round your local vets and get the cost of neutering, vaccinations, flea treatments, worming (wormings quite cheap at least), and consultation fees in your area. My vet charges a lot less than any of the prices others have quoted so it might not be as much as you think. Our vet does an initial kitten check for free, for instance, normal consultions are £14 and to have macey neutered was only £43. It was the jabs that cost the most, about £70 in total. She also got a free adolescence check when she was a year old.

But if you bought from a rescue centre, as has already been said, initial jabs worming and neutering , especially in males is often already done. In that case the only main you might need to pay for is the second lot of jabs, and the basic equiptment like litter trays, toys and scratching posts all of which can be bought cheaply if you shop around.

Its worth paying for insurance just in case you cat has health problems, but for £8 a month you could have quite comprehensive insurance. For some this is considered a unnessesary expense as most people will never use the insurance, but if money is tight it's probably not worth risking if you aren't able to meet unexpected vets bills.

I got my first one for £5 from someone who was planning on using the money from the kittens to get her cat neutered.

I got my second ones for £60 each from the RSPCA. But they came with all their initial vaccinations done and they were chipped, so although it was more expensive, it probably worked out the same for all that the RSPCA had done for them.

Also, my vet surgery offers a regular payment deal where you pay something like £10 a month, and that will cover all vaccinations/flea/worming/check ups for the year. But of course you would still need insurance incase they had any illnesses or accidents.

Although, I just pay-as-I-go. I've got a savings account where I pay £10 a month in case of cat emergencies.