*We currently have a wait list and are offering priority to pets with medical issues, high-risk pregnancies, and male/female pets living in the same household.*
| Local Program |
Criteria to Qualify |
Cost |
Services Covered |
|
Spay Des Moines
|
- Des Moines resident
- Receive financial assistance or be low-income
|
$50/Cat
$100/Dog
|
- Spay/Neuter surgery
- FVRCP vaccination
- Rabies
|
|
Operation CatSnip (TNR)
What is TNR?
|
- Des Moines resident
- Outdoor/feral cat only
|
Donation
|
- Spay/Neuter surgery
- FVRCP vaccinations
- Rabies
- Eartipping required*
- Microchip
|
|
Afford-A-Care
The Spay Clinic
Value Vet
Furry Friends
|
- All cities and neighborhoods
- Cats or dogs
|
Cost varies |
Services vary |
**Eartipping is required for Operation Catsnip and Purr Project spay/neuter programs. Eartipping is an effective and universally accepted method to identify a spayed or neutered and vaccinated community cat. Eartipping is the removal of the top quarter of one of the cat’s ears. This procedure is performed under sterile conditions while the cat is already anesthetized for the spay/neuter surgery. There is little or no bleeding, it is relatively painless to the cat, and the eartip does not significantly alter the appearance or beauty of the cat. Eartipping protocol from Alley Cat Allies: https://www.alleycat.org/resources/feral-cat-protocol-eartipping/.