Do Dogs or Cats Cost More to Look After?

It depends really on the food you buy, insurance, fleaing and worming etc. My cat does cost a lot but thats because i buy him natural cat food. I adopted a rescue and he is 22 now and we have had him since he was 3 years old. Avoid bob martin products. Advantage or advocate is best for fleaing. There is also a spot on wormer by Dronspot that is awesome and covers roundworm, tapeworm and and hookworm. (Use the flea spot on and wormer spot on a week apart). I spend about £60 a month on cat food. The wormer costs me £7.15 every 3 months. The flea spot on cost me £9.50 for 4 , which i use one every 3 months so they last a while.

Also depends on the size and breed. Some breeds in both dogs and cats will suffer with more ailments due to over breeding. I've had dogs and cats and they're pretty much the same cost wise, they both need de-fleaing, worming, neutering, feeding etc. It also depends on how much time you have as a family. Dogs will require at least 1 walk a day, preferably more and don't always like being left alone for that long during the day, a cat is more independent (though mine aren't) so you have a bit more freedom.

More importantly, thank you for considering a rescue, wish there were more like you out there

I think animals cost a lot. You need to take care of them and feed them. If u have a dog...walk them. Buy them accessorize and when they get sick you pay to the wet to heal them and for medicine. Insure them....

I could have one, but decided to spend my money on other things instead.

Whatever you get, get insurance - only thing with rescue animals is if they have pre-existing medical conditions they can be difficult/costly to insure. We have three cats and they cost a lot but there is stuff we could do potentially to bring the cost down (for example we buy pouch food because it's easy and you don't have to faff about with washing up pet forks and storing tins) - cans are a lot cheaper though! Worming and flea treatment is an ongoing cost and if we go away there's cattery costs - we're lucky because the one we use is Cats Protection and doesn't charge much - £12 a night I think but others locally are much more expensive and I assume dogs are more costly because they'd need walking. Now our cats aren't kittens they have yearly jabs but nothing on top of that unless they get injured which thankfully hasn't happened a lot. I guess it depends what you want from a pet - our cats are pretty full-on but not necessarily in a 'we want cuddles' type of way whereas I guess you get a lot more of that from a dog! Also heard that rescue dogs have a lot of love and loyalty towards people who rescue them and cats are selfish; everything is on their own terms!

Depends on the animal. My Mom's cat only eats high quality cat food and nothing else...

I would have thought dogs cost more?? I don't really know to be honest but maybe small dogs cost same as cats??

Big dogs would cost more I guess....

Over their lifetime, the average cost of owning a pet is between £16,000 and £33,000 for a dog or cat.

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/blog/what-is-the-average-cost-of-owning-a-pet