Some local resources for you:
Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinics in Southern California:
Golden State Humane Society in Long Beach. Low cost spay and neuter, vaccinations and microchipping for pets, and also Trap-Neuter-Return.
The Spay and Neuter Project of Los Angeles Low cost spay and neuter, vaccinations and microchipping for pets, and also Trap-Neuter-Return.
Fix Long Beach now has an actual clinic where they do low cost spay and neuter as well as vaccines and microchips! PEt spay/neuter and other veterinary care, and also Trap-Neuter-Return.
Fixnation will do community cats for free. There is a fee for pets. Located in Sun Valley, this is a good resource for when you are low on funds but have time to spare.
Spay and Neuter Assistance:
The Peter Zippi Memorial Fund for Animals: offers financial assistance for spay and neuter, for both pets and community cats. Participating clinics include Golden State Humane Society and the Spay and Neuter Project of Los Angeles.
If you are in a city covered by Long Beach Animal Care Services, you can apply online. It doesn’t cover the full cost of the surgery, but it makes a pretty significant dent.
Vets We Love:
Manhattan Beach Animal Hospital has been taking care of the pets of Jellicle Manor for many long years. Dr. Steinam and Dr. Kagan are down-to-earth vets with an old-fashioned, personal touch in the care they provide.
Primary Care Animal Hospital in Long Beach deals with our daily rescue load and takes on our toughest medical cases.
Primary Care Animal Hospital also now has a location in Bixby Knolls!
We adore the doctors at The Cat Care Clinic in Orange!
We also love Galloway Cat Clinic in Torrance!
Access Specialty Animal Hospital in Torrance has amazing customer service, their emergency vets are phenomenal, and we especially love the neurologist we’ve worked with there.
Long Beach Animal Emergency is a really good resource and isn’t as expensive as some of our other local options for emergency needs and the vets there are awesome.
Bright Care Veterinary and Specialty Hospital in Mission Viejo has a really good neurologist that we’ve started working with!
other orgs we love:
Friends of Long Beach Animals is a terrific organization based in Long Beach. They have been around for a long time, helping pet parents in Long Beach, supporting our local shelter, and working with the rescue community to help get pets into loving homes. They provide a lot of spay and neuter resources for the community and have done an awful lot to help the pet overpopulation problem by helping people get their pets spayed and neutered. Check them out - and donate, if you can!
To Buy Your Own Trap-Neuter-Return Equipment:
This is our favorite trap from Tomahawk.
For safety, you should also get a trap fork, also from Tomahawk.
It’s always good to have a kennel in case you need to take care of a community cat for longer than just TNR.
And a good transfer den is always a good idea, as well!
Most importantly, always remember rule #1: never, ever trap a cat without a plan!
If you are missing your kitty:
Check out our tips page here.