Depends on quality of life and age. My cat of 2 weeks cost like 60 bucks a week for the kitten formular and had a large cost for buying all the stuff. From the point where it would be a normal kotten (like 8 weeks) it was relatively cheap, 15 dollars or so for food and litter.

Initial coat is just a bed and a litter box really, maybe a few toys and a scratching pole, so about 100

>>2157483
But you're forgetting perhaps the most expensive thing with all pets.

>Medical costs

If you don't think of this or you can't afford throwing out $500 on a vet bill, you can't afford any pet.

>>2157486
Id assume that was included in adoption, as well as mixro chipping.

Really medical costs depend on if its an indoor or outdoor cat as well. For indoor cats you have barely a thing except annual vet check ups if thats your thing

>>2157492
>Implying it's not possible for a cat, or any pet, to develop a chronic condition that requires on going medical costs.
>Implying that if you cannot afford this you should be owning a pet.

>>2157496
Yes

I spend about 60 a month between food and litter for one cat. The litter costs me 30, food is 15 since its a smaller bag. Sometimes the 30 dollar bag.
There are cheaper litters but I just really like the brand. I think it's called World's Best.

As for medical costs, 60 a year for a checkup. Then suddenly 2k, but that was because I kept putting off getting her spayed until I moved. So yeah get that done so a 60-80 dollar vet visit doesn't turn into a 2k one.

>>2157461
>monthly
Assuming it's at least weaned, decent wet food for a kitten is about $30-50 a month (Authority vs Welness Core), dry food would be $12-30 (Nutro MaxCat vs Welness Core), and a combination of the two would be somewhere in between. Wet food only is ideal, but half and half isn't bad.
Low dust cat litter is about $8/mo for clay based (assuming a 40lb box lasts 2 months) or $15/mo for clay alternatives.
Toys can be $5-10 a month if you want to keep buying new ones, but making cat toys out of string and paper is pretty easy and nearly free.
Flea/wormer/whatever can be expensive if you only buy it when you need it, but if you get a large pack on sale and keep it stashed away it can work out to about $10 month.
Yearly checkup at a vet can be anywhere from $40-90. Call some vets in your area for a better idea.

>initial
$15-30 for a litter pan (get a huge one if you can)
$3-10 for food/water bowls
Scratching post: you can get a small one for $15 or so, but the kitten is going to need a bigger one eventually. You really should get a cat tree at some point. You can build one yourself out of plywood, carpet, or rope, or hunt around until a big one goes on sale (ie Black Friday at pet stores). For a big cat tree prices vary from $60-200 depending on the style and if they're on sale or not.

>>2157486
That's neither an initial nor monthly cost, though. That's just something you keep in a savings account, or a reason to keep a credit card.
OP could get pet insurance. That's, what, $20-30 month for a cat?

>>2157496

>>Implying that if you cannot afford this you should be owning a pet.

Well, then what should be done? Just let one more healthy animal get killed at the animal shelter because they have no home?

>>2157461
10$-30$

$150 in startup costs
$50/month in foot and litter
$200/year in medical expenses

>>2157486
If it's over 1000 kitter gets the needle

>>2159123
The fact that some people treat their cats like this is pretty gross desu.