I think she'll be worth her weight in antidepressant functioning. Having a little love at home is such an uplift...
And cats don't really cost all that much to maintain. We've had Preia for 7 months now, and in that time she's only gone through $40 worth of food. And we buy higher-end cat food (Eukanuba, in the large-size bag from PetSmart)... supermarket stuff is probably cheaper. Litter isn't so very costly either.
Maybe a whole bunch of your friends would be willing to put together a "kitty care fund" - if 10 of us chipped in $20 each, that would go a fair way towards a year's food and litter and vet bills. I'd be willing to donate $20 / year to the cause (if you remind me to each year - I'm bad at remembering). I bet others would be, too. Let us know if you want it...
You also don't need to feed her anything special, My vet said that as long as the cat is healthy, you can feed her Friskies from the grocery store, or 9-Lives or some other brand as long as it's got meat or fish in it, cats are carnivores. Lily loves Friskies Ocean Fish flavor. Midnight ate 9-lives almost all her life, her fav was also ocean fish. (when she got diagnosed with kidney disease she had to go on prescription diet.) Our other cat Keisha wont touch canned food and eats nothing but Purina One, weight management formula. (She's a monster at 18 lbs.)
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And cats don't really cost all that much to maintain. We've had Preia for 7 months now, and in that time she's only gone through $40 worth of food. And we buy higher-end cat food (Eukanuba, in the large-size bag from PetSmart)... supermarket stuff is probably cheaper. Litter isn't so very costly either.
Maybe a whole bunch of your friends would be willing to put together a "kitty care fund" - if 10 of us chipped in $20 each, that would go a fair way towards a year's food and litter and vet bills. I'd be willing to donate $20 / year to the cause (if you remind me to each year - I'm bad at remembering). I bet others would be, too. Let us know if you want it...
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