My pet care story
Can you put a price on love? Well, yes and no! Caring for your fur kids can be expensive. It’s a lifelong commitment and unexpected costs happen. With a lifetime of research, planning and savings, I’m sharing my experience and the costs of being a pet momma to five!
Over the last few months Little P and Moo have seen the vet on a few different occasions. Thankfully I had the money to treat them. However, without forward planning for such ‘emergencies’ I could have struggled to pay their vet bills.
Before I became a Dubai pet parent and decided to adopt my first fur kid, for six months I saved money to help prepare for vet bills, relocation costs (should I need to leave the UAE) and food. As an expat time here is not guaranteed and without work and a visa, a furry companion comes with additional responsibilities to relocate them whenever you leave Dubai.
Our fur family grew and soon became three. A sudden relocation in 2017 meant we needed funds to fly our fur kids to our next destination. This cost just under 10,000 AED to fly two dogs and a cat to Qatar. Then just 18 months later in 2019 our expat journey changed again, except this time we were flying two dogs and two cats back to Dubai, at a cost of just under 20,000 AED.
Fast forward to 2023, we now have another little furry feline in our family and our monthly outgoings have increased.
