Wait until the Cat needs dental work, big bucks going down range then. A couple of years ago our rescued fellow became increasingly bitey and aggressive. When he went off his food, we took him to the vet and it turned out that he had two painful abscesses in his gums. Seven teeth were extracted and all of the aggression vanished along with a return of his normal healthy appetite. Almost $800 CAD for the diagnosis, dental surgery and follow-up.
The vet theorized that severe malnutrition before his rescue contributed to the gum disease that caused the abscesses a couple of years later.
If you see them as more than possessions, the money becomes less important. No value judgements here, for some they're merely pets but for others they're as good as part of the family.
-C
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