How much does it cost per month to have a pet?
Does it differ depending on which animal you have?
I try not to dwell on the cost. Bella gets fresh cooked turkey or chicken everyday in addition to her premium dry dog food. Treats are either home made or purchased at a health food store. Bella's well being and health are my first and only concern, and I focus on her diet as I do for human family members.
Great thought question!
Pets can be expensive. If you buy commercial pet food,it can really add up. There is the additional costs of rabies' shots, vet appointments and dog grooming costs. Like anything else though, there is a frugal approach. Many wise (large) dog owners agree with a hotel or restaurant to take some leftovers (rice, meats, soaps soaked with dry bread)which helps with food costs. Preventative care, home grooming care and plenty of exercise helps keep your dog healthy and happy, cutting down on doctor bills. The positives of having a friendly animal friend in the family, walking buddy and protector are also things that need to factor into the expense.
It depends on the pet and the quality of food and care that you are willing to give. I have dogs (cook for my dogs also with premium dry), horses, and have raised pigs, chickens, skunks, etc, etc, but I would go without food or give them up if I could not provide a proper home.
Horses are expensive to feed and care for when you consider feed, hay, blacksmiths, worming, VETS (hopefully just for vaccines) etc and a grooming nightmare sometimes but it's all in how you look at it.
Definitely something to consider before deciding on a pet
How much does a dog cost on average each month? Find out by getting average costs for food and other essential items. Share your thoughts on this with other readers in the comment section. read more
The monthly costs of pet ownership taking into consideration food, bedding, veterinary costs, pet insurance and sundries.
Species covered are zebra finches, rabbits, terrapins or turtles, cats and dogs. read more
by Marian L 12 years ago
How much does it cost to keep a dog?I am thinking of getting a small to medium sized rescue dog but want to find out first how much it will likely cost me to keep. Prices and costs in pounds would be better thanks :-) and actual numbers rather than 'a lot' would be better too!
by ambersagen 14 years ago
I'm about to move out on my own and was just wondering what other singles spend each month on groceries. It seems like what I've worked out so far for my buget has a huge chunk needed for food so I'm curious.
by Megan Garcia 8 years ago
How much, on average, do you earn per hub, per month on Hubpages?
by Aurelio Locsin 12 years ago
How much does it cost to work?Adding up commuting expenses, lunches outside, work clothes, etc, how many dollars does it cost you to work?
by foreclosure2010 9 years ago
Just thought I would ask to get a few ideas on were I stand in relation to other more experienced Hubbers.
by philip lee hewitson 12 years ago
How much does it cost to paint a car?I've bought a second hand car this weekend and thought the paintwork would be easily restored with some T-cut but this is not the case. does anyone know how much it would cost to paint a Peugeot 205 GTI?
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |