Oriphix: Had my dogs teeth cleaned cost around $600 didn't even think about it.

Went to buy some shirts had to think for like 30 minutes.

Mark: Pretty much whatever it costs to keep the cats healthy .. ours used to have terribly urinary problems, change of diet fixed it (Royal Canin urinary control S/O biscuits from the vet, not had a problem in years now)

Do you guys let you cats graze or do they have set meal times ?  If we leave food out one of our cats will just sit there and gorge herself till she is sick and just get fat!  So we just do food in the mornings and food at night in set sizes ... does seem to be better for her as she's far more trim n lean than most other podgie cats I see :-)
The side effect of "meal times" is that it's easy to get them in overnight (we don't let them out at night as they'd just kill every Morpork and kiwi that opens it's beak!)

mattbush:

Oriphix: Had my dogs teeth cleaned cost around $600 didn't even think about it.

Went to buy some shirts had to think for like 30 minutes.

You should shop around for dental...you will be surprised at the huge variations in charges.

You should always treat your vet like you would to purchase any commodity....shop around. 

BTR: Crystals in the bladder is a common issue and is quite often related to the food your cat is eating. Lots of water, changing food brand and patience fixed this issue with my cat, the vet said it happens a lot when cats are feed a brand of food which I won't fully name but it starts with P.

Mark: Pretty much whatever it costs to keep the cats healthy .. ours used to have terribly urinary problems, change of diet fixed it (Royal Canin urinary control S/O biscuits from the vet, not had a problem in years now)

Do you guys let you cats graze or do they have set meal times ?  If we leave food out one of our cats will just sit there and gorge herself till she is sick and just get fat!  So we just do food in the mornings and food at night in set sizes ... does seem to be better for her as she's far more trim n lean than most other podgie cats I see :-)
The side effect of "meal times" is that it's easy to get them in overnight (we don't let them out at night as they'd just kill every Morpork and kiwi that opens it's beak!)

mrtoken:

Loki comes when he is called 9/10 times so have no problem getting him in at night :)

dpw: Whatever it takes to maintain a relatively good quality of life

And I mean "relative" to a range of aspects, not the least being age. We're at that horrible juncture right now. Our oldest Berner (9 years 2.5 months old) stopped eating last weekend. We have spent a small amount investigating, and currently awaiting biopsy results from Massey. It's expected to come out tonight, so this is turning out to be an extremely long day at work. The prevailing preliminary diagnosis is cancer, but there's a slim chance of the mass being granuloma. Whatever the report from Massey our goal is to spend whatever we can to achieve the goal I mentioned earlier.

Disclaimer: "... a small amount..." is small because my partner is a vet nurse. Otherwise that would be something other than "small". She left her 13 year long IT career to pursue her passion in working with animals. I am eternally grateful for that!