You know I have been thinking...Being a parent of 3 children...It is the parents responsibilty to take care of the pets, if the child is to young to work...And it is the parents who make the decision on getting another pet or not...In my idea the parents are responible on caring for the pet (money wise)..So all in all I blame the parents..If they knew they could not care for the pet (expense wise) then they should not allow any more into the house...I have 3 kids as I said before...we have 2 pigs, 2 dogs, 3 rabbits and 4 cats...And we are not rich, we just got done putting out $1,000.00 for my one cat who got attacked by our dog..(long story) And let me tell you that put a big dent in our pocketbook! We lived paycheck to paycheck until we got back on our feet...And in that time we still made sure our animals and ourselves where taken care of...When I buy supplies for our pets I make sure to buy enough that it is going to last at least a month...Yea its a huge bill..But if something happens, something unexpected I know that everyone has food and what not...My grocery bill is not that huge, I spend about 50.00 in lettuce and salad stuff a week and that is for all of us including the pigs and rabbits...plus the norms of grocery shopping...
I am sorry for your loss...
If you are unable to work to help care for the pets then your parents should tell you no, on buying or getting more...If they can not afford to care for them...
I know what its like to live pay check to pay check...