How Much? What do you spend?

I spend about $10 a week on veggies, $14 on hay a month, and about $12 on pellets, but I'm looking to start buying online.

I spend about $15 a week on veggies.
Approx. $30 (including shipping) on pellets every 3 months.
And about $40 on hay (including shipping), although I'm not sure how often as this is the first 20lbs box I've gotten from SPS and it's still a little over half full.

@Aleks how long have you had that hay? I was seriously just about to buy some from SPS, pulling out my debit card and everything.

I don't honestly know! A $16 bag of hay lasts me about two months, and a 5 lb bag of pellets lasts me the same about. I have now adopted two more so we will see. I hit up the clearance veggies! Three bell peppers for $1! And I get cucumbers 2/$1. I honestly spend about $15 a month on veggies for my animals, sometimes a bit more.

Umm, I think I probably spend too much on my piggies...but not so much on the cost of food...but probably treats and pre-made fleece products. I wish I knew how to sew then I would at least appear more frugal. My husband pointed out I spend over $600 on the animals during the month of july...but I quickly pointed out that was due larger to having been to the vet so many times that month for Binky's URI and Patsy's fungal...not to mention the cost of flea/heart meds for dogs...my birds and rabbit may be the least expensive...

I pay about 5 dollars a week on vegetables, 10 dollars a month on hay and 10 dollar a month pellets. So about 40 dollars a month.

Hmmm lets see.
$25 / 2 months - Hay
$25 / 6 months - Pellets
$10-$20 / 6 months - Toys

I guess I really don't spend that much... the majority is necessity. The hay I estimate lasts me around 1 1/2 months to 2 months. I like to spoil my pigs a lot though, so I do end up splurging on toys/fabric. And my parents usually pay for the veggies for me!

$200 a year on hay/pellets and probably around $50 or so on extras.

$50 on pellets a month $45-60 on veggies a month and just bought a 50lb bag of hay for $65 so we will have to see how long that last me I'm guessing 3-5 months

I spend around $15 for hay and pellets and around $15-$20 a month on veggies.

hmm I think I will track my expenses the next time I run out of pellets .

Too much. Wayyyy too much.

Food is nothing compared to how nuts I went with fleece flippers and oh about 10 different color schemes in the form of fleece cases.. She and I are never bored with her decor is the bonus!

Pellets- $10-$15 every 2-3 months
Hay-$17 every 2 months
Kale/Romaine/lettuce- $1-$2 every 2-3 weeks
Tomatoes- I use ones my mom buys in a giant container. Probably $3 a month
Parsley-I grow my own
Peppers-$3 for 6 peppers. Probably every 2 weeks
Extra veggies- $5 to $10 every 2 weeks


Just for food its about $45.50 a month.

Artista said:

Food is nothing compared to how nuts I went with fleece flippers and oh about 10 different color schemes in the form of fleece cases.. She and I are never bored with her decor is the bonus!

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Agree!! lol I could care less about how much I spend of their food, with 13 it's best not to try The fleece beds and bedding have totaled WAY more than all the food combined!

For the pigs I spend about $15/month on pellets, $25 every 2 months on hay (order online), and $30 or so on veggies. The bun is another $10/month for pellets, $20 for carefresh, and $10-15 for veggies. They share the hay. I don't even want to know how much I, and my mom, spend on our dogs. One of my bassets is doing chemo right now for lymphoma which is about $150-200/week.

For me, it's worth it. If we didn't spend the money on pets we would spend it on something else not nearly as worth while.

I have two pigs 1 expecting im hoping to convince my parent's really my dad (my mom fails head over heals for baby pigs lol ) to let me keep a pup <3
so for now this is what I pay
every 2 to 3 weeks on hay $10 I buy Oxbow alfalfa hay at petsmart (too expensive to ship!)
every month $14 on Alfalfa base Oxbow food (My pigs are under 6 months and one preggo)
veggies weekly $10 to $14 At SafeWay
and to have on hand in case of lice I buy revolution for kittens which is $50

woahwoahwoah.

where do you gets get such cheap pellets, and hay?
a bag of oxbow is 12-15... and I guess I should pay better attention but I want to say I go through one about every 3 Weeks.
Hay is similar, and they go through a bag every 2 weeks.
bedding is 8, I use 2 of those a month.
then there are veggies.

i think I end up spending 75-90$ a month just on the basics.

Are these just crazy American deals? Americans seem to have much better deals on things than Canadians

I have gotten my hay free but will have to start paying since my piggies are almost over 6 months. We have an alfalfa hay field but no timothy hay so I found a farmer that is about $3.75 per a pure timothy hay bale and discounts if bought in bulk. So I don't know how much hay is yet. We don't really buy veggies for our animals we have lots of vegetables around because of our garden and I love my veggies so even without a garden they were bought often. They always have lettuce and carrots though and lots of bell pepper then a few odds and ends. Most of my money goes towards buying toys my piggies have become quite chewers and I love to buy everything in bulk. I am buying from KMS 50lb. bag of timothy pellets for $32.00 plus shipping.

Seven piggies and this is how we go.
Veggies: $22 bi-weekly (28 peppers, 2 leaf lettuce, tomatoes/cucumbers/carrots are home grown)
Hay: 25lb from KMS every two and a half months (just bought a 45lb box and am guessing it'll last through the new year since I still have over half of a 25lb box left)
Pellets: 10lb from KMS every two and a half months (just bought enough to (hopefully!) get me through the new year as well)

So it comes out to around $40-ish a month. Not including their tunnels, liners, kitchen area pellet litter.