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Location: Never in one place long | I am looking to complete this survey to try and get ideas for how to solve the issue or pet overpopulation... I am frustrated as with all the free and low cost spay and neuter clinics etc, still to this day, most shelters are flooded with pets, most of whom come in sick, unaltered or pregnant. WHAT can be done to stop this? With all the technology and assistance our there one would think this would not be the case but even with this, the problem still persists and every spring/summer its out of control. So I'm wondering if you don't, why don't you spay or neuter and what would help change your mind to do so? |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I have owned animals my entire life. Never once did I see any negative affects from spay/neuter. Either I have been lucky, or it's not as bad as many people believe. |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | All mine are fixed but a big downfall around my area is there isn't assistance for getting them fixed, not even for farm cats, which I think is crazy. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I put "just didn't get around to it". However, I will be having one of ours neutered here shortly. Originally, we took our littlest mutt to the vet to have his eye looked at and got a quote to have him neutered. He is a pug/chihuahua mutt dog. Weighs under 15 lbs. the quote was for almost $400. It would increase if we wanted pain meds. Lol.
Took him in to the Spay/neuter clinic and had him taken care of for under $75.
I'll be taking our Bull Mastiff in soon to get done. I just need my husbands help because I can't load him alone.
Now, in saying that, we do have a superb quality male puppy, and a 3 year old female, English mastiffs. That we are keeping unaltered incase we choose to have a litter down the road. But we are not irresponsible people and would only continue with that plan if we had people lined up to home a baby. This would not be a "for profit" breeding, nor would we have more than one litter. And don't flame us for considering this, seeing as how this is a thread on overpopulation. We would be keeping one or two pups anyways. But, again, it's just a thought.
We have a huge overpopulation problem with Rez dogs running around making babies. I would say they are probably more towards the money aspect... |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | SmokinGirlie - 2016-05-24 1:01 PM All mine are fixed but a big downfall around my area is there isn't assistance for getting them fixed, not even for farm cats, which I think is crazy.
We live in a very small town, however, the town was fortunate enough to be selected for a funded program to catch, spay/neuter, and release cats. I don't know whether I agree or disagree with the release part, but I absolutely agree with the spay/neuter. And that is how we ended up with our barn cat. We just called the folks in charge and asked if they would let us have one of the strays.
She was wild as hell and attacked me the first day. But she's fixed, kills EVERYTHING, and LOVES me now. Still hates every other human. It worked great for us. Free cat, and didn't have to pay to have her fixed. |
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| In my opinion a lot of people do not spay or neuter their pets due to the cost. Yes, there are spay and neuter clinics out there but for many you have to qualify under their income guidelines. It's nice to say that if you cannot afford the vet bill then don't buy the pet but this would only happen in a perfect world...
We are lucky that in our area we do have a spay neuter clinic that does them for a lower cost no matter what your income level is but not many people are aware that this program is out there. I only knew because my daughter worked for a shelter at the time and it was where they sent all of theirs to.
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | SmokinGirlie - 2016-05-24 1:01 PM
All mine are fixed but a big downfall around my area is there isn't assistance for getting them fixed, not even for farm cats, which I think is crazy.
why should the public assist in taking care of someones animals/pets?
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Location: Central Texas | Currently everything I own is spayed or neutered. I've even started catching the stray cats and taking them in to the low cost clinic and getting them fixed. I'm tired of strays having babies in my barn. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Also wanted to add, we have two female barn cats that were given to us by our old neighbor. She traps ferals and has them fixed. She is given vouchers by the humane society for free spay and neuters. Awesome incentive. |
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Location: Missouri | We spay and neuter all of our dogs/cats. It's a one time expense and I really don't want to deal with litters, or males straying and running all over. |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | 1DSoon - 2016-05-24 12:07 PM SmokinGirlie - 2016-05-24 1:01 PM All mine are fixed but a big downfall around my area is there isn't assistance for getting them fixed, not even for farm cats, which I think is crazy. why should the public assist in taking care of someones animals/pets?
Never said they should, but the OP stated there are programs/assistant and in my area there isnt, therefore, we have millions of cats and dogs in shelters because the cost to fix is crazy.
Another disclaimer: All mine are fixed, including barn cats. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | SmokinGirlie - 2016-05-24 1:17 PM 1DSoon - 2016-05-24 12:07 PM SmokinGirlie - 2016-05-24 1:01 PM All mine are fixed but a big downfall around my area is there isn't assistance for getting them fixed, not even for farm cats, which I think is crazy. why should the public assist in taking care of someones animals/pets?
Another disclaimer: All mine are fixed, including barn cats.
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Location: Never in one place long | missroselee - 2016-05-24 12:06 PM
SmokinGirlie - 2016-05-24 1:01 PM All mine are fixed but a big downfall around my area is there isn't assistance for getting them fixed, not even for farm cats, which I think is crazy.
We live in a very small town, however, the town was fortunate enough to be selected for a funded program to catch, spay/neuter, and release cats. I don't know whether I agree or disagree with the release part, but I absolutely agree with the spay/neuter. And that is how we ended up with our barn cat. We just called the folks in charge and asked if they would let us have one of the strays.
She was wild as hell and attacked me the first day. But she's fixed, kills EVERYTHING, and LOVES me now. Still hates every other human. It worked great for us. Free cat, and didn't have to pay to have her fixed.
Yes!!!! we just started a feral cat program where we catch them, fix, ear chip and release them, it is working AMAZING. I think the low cost spay/neuter and fixing ferals is key plus having a shelter that does not release ANY animal without being altered... but we do all of these things about here and although it helps, still the dogs flood in and over 75% are NOT fixed :( I just don't get it!! |
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Location: Never in one place long | Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-24 12:30 PM
Everything that sets foot on my place gets fixed, whether it belongs to me or not.
haha! that is AWESOME!! Sounds like me, I pretty much let any animal that shows up stay but the day after it comes it's got an apt to get fixed. To me, that's the most efficient way to make an impact in overpopulation.... not to just get MORE people on board.... I even offer to pay for a spay or neuter to people trying to rehome their animals BEFORE they do but they often don't take me up on it! |
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Location: Never in one place long | 1DSoon - 2016-05-24 12:07 PM
SmokinGirlie - 2016-05-24 1:01 PM
All mine are fixed but a big downfall around my area is there isn't assistance for getting them fixed, not even for farm cats, which I think is crazy.
why should the public assist in taking care of someones animals/pets?
I see your point here but there are many many many times a pet is just dumped at your place... to me, it isn't fair to assume a person should pay the full cost to spay and neuter an animal that was dumped at your place and I've heard of many having up to 5-10 or more dumped at their houses... the cost can be overwhelming but is necessary to prevent MORE animals. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-24 1:30 PM Everything that sets foot on my place gets fixed, whether it belongs to me or not.
Since our man is twirlling upside down, are they fixed by a bullet? |
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Location: The edge of no where | Maybe if people were better educated about low cost clinics, they'd get them fixed more often? (all of mine are fixed) but it's been a bit tougher sometimes to take in a stray when faced with $300 to get one spayed. Not saying it's the public's problem - I've always figured if an animal was mine, then it was my responsibility to take care of them. I have called vet clinics tho and been astounded at costs to fix them, and not had enough sense to research low cost options. I do understand why some clinics cost more, and I'm fine with it.....but there is only so much I can spend on a stray. |
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Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | We took 2 rescues from a fencing company 2 years ago- took to my vet and was really caught off guard with the cost - 1 female, not pregnant and 1 male and it was over $150 (can't remember exactly).
Last Summer when it flooded in TX, we rescued 2 more kittens - my husband works in Gainesville and says that cats are like roaches in that town - they run all OVER the place. I searched and searched for low cost for several months and kept missing the scheduled days - I couldn't afford our vet, again- found one that opened May 7 and was so excited about $35 and $45 until reading about all the additional costs that was going to put it well over $100 - mandatory extra $5 for the pain shot - and then ecollar, rabies, etc.
I scheduled a month in advance and after waiting in line for about 45 minutes, at the counter, I did get a surprise of a grand opening special of $20 per animal and free rabies - I just had to pay extra for the pain shots.
But stil - after the grand opening that low cost clinic isn't very low cost!! -- they do have the feral program, but they clip their ear, so we didn't want that for our house kitties, even though we could have left them in Gainesville.
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