27/02/2024
27 February 2024
WORLD SPAY DAY
Updated monthly round up of desexing deals around New Zealand. Let’s get those pets desexed! -Helen
NOTE: We do not provide the desexing ourselves, we just publish information about deals so please contact the specific organisation directly if you have any questions.
If you know of any deals that we haven't listed here please pm us so we can update.
If you don’t see a desexing deal advertised for your area, we advise you to:
1) check the dedicated SPCA desexing website: www.spcadesexing.nz, and
2) phone all the area vets for a cost comparison, as vets do have different prices, and
3) contact your local SPCA centre to discuss desexing options in the area.
NZ WIDE
Humane Society of New Zealand will pay up to 50% of the cost of desexing a pet, one animal per household for those in genuine hardship. The amount paid is for the desexing only: any other services such as microchipping must be paid by the owner. Community Services card is required for this assistance. **Please note: they are currently not accepting any more applications until they have cleared the backlog of current ones in the pipeline.
NORTHLAND
SPCA Northland and Kaitaia Vet Partnership - a new desexing campaign for cat and dog owners in Kaitaia. From 27 December 2023 to 30 June 2024, SPCA is working with TopVets, Far North Vets, Phoenix Animal Wellness and Donna Doolittle's Animal Rescue to offer this FREE service to cat and dog owners in Kaitaia who need a helping hand with the cost of desexing and microchipping. Donna Doolittle's Animal Rescue is organising the bookings for this campaign. Please email [email protected] for more information and to book your spot. If you know someone who is not able to access the internet, or needs help with booking their animal in, you can register on their behalf. Please note there is a limit of 250 cat vouchers and 250 dog vouchers for this campaign and are only available until vouchers sell out. Booking dates are dependent on each vet clinic's own capacity.
SPCA/ Coast to Coast Rescue Desexing Programme - With thanks to the SPCA and Bay of Islands Veterinary Services, Coast to Coast Rescue is offering FREE de-sexing for MALE AND FEMALE CATS. Please see https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1I6aRnGawzbIxLJkVYmEHyTcyJ2kEO3QnuP9O79y_wlg/viewform?chromeless=1&edit_requested=true&fbclid=IwAR2H_Jd03vh4r8e_5_aaM-y1yHIpdfoBszabPHDKjORAj-H1edxi5_xawxA&pli=1 for details and booking form.
Kerikeri Highway Vets SPCA Animal Desexing – Kerikeri Highway Vets in conjunction with SPCA New Zealand and local volunteer organisations, announced their desexing and vaccination programme for the entire Hokianga region out to SH1 (including Kaihohe out to Ohaeawai and Okaihau from 1 November 2022. NOTE: To be eligible for this campaign, you need to be on a low income and unable to pay for your animals to be desexed. This offer is still available as of date of this roundup. Cats and Dogs will be picked up from central locations by volunteers, delivered to Kerikeri Highway Vets for free desexing and vaccinations, and then returned to owners at the pickup location. Customers can also drop their animals off directly if they wish to. Any resident in the Hokianga region who is on a low income is eligible. For bookings please call 09 407 1195
Whangarei - Forgotten Felines Foundation has received funding for desexing 20 male and 20 female cats in the Whangarei area. Please complete the expression of interest form if you need your kitty desexed, and genuinely need assistance: https://forms.gle/H3FSoiiaFtPXJRom8 This is dependent on funding still being available.
Mog and Dog Desexing Clinic Whangarei – providing low cost, high quality spay and neuter services for dogs and cats. Prices: $250 male dog; $300 female dog; $65 male cat; $90 female cat; Vaccinations $60 at time of desexing; Microchip $60 at time of desexing. https://www.desexing.co.nz/ You can contact them via email on [email protected].
Ruakaka Dog Rescue – runs a community dog desexing programme to help reduce the number of unwanted dogs and puppies in Northland. This is currently free thanks to funding from generous funders and supporters, but available only for dog owners in the Whangarei and Kaipara districts who are CSC cardholders or in genuine financial hardship. There are other terms and conditions. The vets doing this desexing for Ruakaka Dog Rescue are based in Whangarei, Waipu and Kauri. For more details, terms and conditions, and to apply, see https://www.ruakakadogrescue.com/desexing.
GREAT BARRIER ISLAND
Cat owners who live on this island are offered free desexing and microchipping of their cats , as part of an initiative by Auckland Council and Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board to promote responsible cat ownership. Please call Anne Kernohan at Great Barrier Island Veterinary Services 09 429 0463 for more information.
HIBISCUS COAST
Ongoing – Coast Pet Care in Silverdale (formerly CatsnCare) offers a $50 desex and microchip special for cats at the new, high-spec Community Vet Clinic in Silverdale. (The vets and vet nurses at this clinic are all volunteering their time.) Please email [email protected] for more details or call in at 2181 East Coast Road.
WAIHEKE ISLAND
WISCA Animals (Waiheke Island Society for the Care of Animals) – if the cost of desexing and microchipping your pets is an issue for you and you live on Waiheke Island, please contact WISCA at [email protected] as they may be able to help with these costs.
AUCKLAND
Great South Vets – unfortunately the retirement of their desexing surgeon at the end of 2023 has meant that Great South Vets are no longer booking desexing surgery. We thank Great South Vets very much for their service to the community, and hope that in time a new desexing vet is able to be recruited.
Lynfield Vets in Mt Roskill offer year-round reduced prices for desexing. Cat neuter (male) $65. Cat spay (female) $95. Dog castration (male) under 20kg $200, 20-40kg $300, over 40kg $400. Dog spey (female) under 20kg $250, 20-40kg $350, over 40kg $450. Rabbit spey (female) $225. Rabbit castration (male) $175. You do not need a Community Services Card for this. Contact 09 218 7809
COROMANDEL
Help for Community Cats in Coromandel area:
Waihi Town Cats may be able to help, but note that they are a small rescue
WAIKATO
New Lives Animal Rescue – Community Cat Desexing – new procedure as of 1st November 2023: price of desexing voucher is now $70, which covers desexing, microchipping and registration on the Companion Animal Register. Vouchers are limited to people living in the following districts: Waikato (e.g. Huntly and Ngāruawāhia), Hamilton, Matamata-Piako (e.g. Matamata and Morrinsville), Waipa (e.g. Cambridge and Te Awamutu), and Ōtorohanga. The vouchers can only be used at the participating vets which are CareVets Hamilton South and CareVets Horsham Downs. To book please go to: www.newlivesrescue.co.nz/desexing Bookings will not be taken via any other contact means.
Waikato District Council – has a PUP Fund programme to help you desex your dog – pay only $80 and they’ll cover the rest. Dogs must live in the Waikato District Council area, owner must have a Community Services Card or Gold Card, and you must use one of their vet clinics – they will book the vet appointment for you. Contact them on 0800 492 452 to book in. See https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/services-facilities/animal-control/dogs/dog-desexing NOTE- we strongly advise that you make sure you have a dog able to be registered before you contact any Council re desexing deals
Desex a Dog – They have received funding to continue their dog desexing offer. If you genuinely need help and are in the Hamilton area, please private message their page to check on availability. There will be a fee involved: last year the minimum donation was $100 for this service, this may have changed, they will provide the details.
Tokoroa Desexing Assistance – SPCA is working with local vets in Tokoroa to offer desexing to assist cat owners who cannot afford to get their companion animal desexed. Cat owners in Tokoroa who need assistance with desexing should email [email protected] and the team at SPCA Tokoroa will be able to discuss next steps with you.
Te Aroha and surrounding district – Fur Get Me Not Op Shop is offering help with desexing for those in genuine need. You will need to go and see them at 27 Kenrick Street and show that you are a committed pet owner and they MAY be able to help towards the vet bill. Please note: this is a small charity and funds are limited, and very dependent on proceeds from the op shop.
Animal Care Turangi – has funds for desexing cats, $30 for Turangi residents only, Gold or Community Card holders. Please call VetEnt Turangi 07 386 0220 to check availability and to book your appointment. There will also be more funds available from 1 November 2023.
Wintec Teaching Surgery (Rotokauri Campus, Hamilton) – Discounted services for Wintec students, Wintec staff, Community Services Card and Gold Card holders and registered animal charity organisations. Cats: male $50, female from $90. Dogs: male from $120 - $240., female from $200 - $340. Rabbits: male $150; female $200 (rabbit desexing is the same cost whether you have a CSC/Gold/student card or not). They also offer reasonable rates for the general public. (NOTE: From 1st March, you will need to pay for parking on the Rotokauri campus using the pay machines or ParkiApp.) Check detailed price list at pets-@-wintec-(animal-care-services)" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.wintec.ac.nz/about-wintec/industry-and-community/services-for-the-public/pets-@-wintec-(animal-care-services)
Waikato Animal Outreach Trust – May be able to assist with discounted female dog desexing – please see Steph at Waikato Animal Outreach Op Shop (Dinsdale shopping Centre) on either Tuesday/Thursday or Fridays only between 10am-3pm for more details, or email [email protected] if you need help as they may be able to advise on low cost desexing options.
HAWKES BAY
Gisborne and Wairoa – Enterprise Motor Group has donated towards the Fred Lewis Foundation fund for desexing female and ‘dangerous’ dogs. Contact one of the following groups to apply Mutts and Moggies (Donna Cullingford) 027-235-8122; Gisborne SPCA 867-9463; Canine Company (Chris Frandi) 868-9925
BAY OF PLENTY / CENTRAL NI
Kawerau District - FREE DOG desexing and 1st vaccination for Kawerau residents with Community Services Cards - thanks to North Auckland Dog Rescue, KTown Community Animal Welfare Society, BayVets, and Lottery Grants Board. To apply please email [email protected] or text Janene on 027 202 9777 – note: this has been ongoing since end of January 2023, so please check for current availability
Opotiki Society for the Care of Animals Inc (OSCA) – offers a year round desexing discount for desexing of cats for Opotiki residents. Email [email protected] or call 021 072 6359 (between 9-11 am and 4-5pm) to book and find out more.
All Paws Count Murupara Trust's desexing program welcomes anyone as long as people are willing to deliver their dogs and cats to Vetora Galatea where desexing of cats and dogs, microchipping with Animal Companion NZ registration are covered by All Paws Count's desexing grant. Please call Vetora Galatea directly to book your cats/dogs under “All Paws Desexing Programme”. It’s free desexing and microchipping with NZCAR registration covered by their grant.
Kawerau - KTown Community Animal Welfare Society (KTown CAW) may be able to help with desexing for cats - Please contact them if you need help to desex your pet or a stray: [email protected]. They also need more cat food as they help manage cat colonies so if you are able to donate cat food, please drop off to their Op Shop at 5c Liverpool Street, Kawerau.
TARANAKI
Stratford / South Taranaki – The Scratching Post – discounted cat desexing for Community Services or Gold Card holders. Must live in the Stratford or South Taranaki districts. $75 female; $55 male. Includes FREE microchipping & registration on the national database, plus a COMPLIMENTARY flea/worm treatment. Limited number of vouchers available. Cats must be at least 5 months old and “friendly” ie able to be handled by vet staff. To book, visit The Scratching Post at 127 Broadway, Stratford and bring your card and something to show you live in the area (eg electricity or phone bill) with you. They are open Tue, Thu, Fri, 10am-2pm. Tel 027 292 6167
KAPITI COAST
Feline Fix – works with vets on the Kapiti Coast (and beyond) to help desex your cats. Contact [email protected] for an application form.
Forgotten Felines Foundation – Low-Cost desexing and microchip options available for cat/kittens 3 months of age or older. You must live within the areas of Horowhenua, Kapiti Coast, Foxton or Shannon. To express interest in one of the options below, please fill out the form via: https://forms.gle/dFWBqAnwedQZWVS89 Option 1) Desexing and Microchip via partner vet in Otaki. Owner Drop off (AM) and Pick up (PM) $40 (per cat) OR Option 2) Desexing and Microchip with one of our partner vets, including pick up and drop off (from your home). Plus cat carrier (if needed). Pre and post op care maybe possible to arrange. $75 (per cat). If you genuinely cannot afford the expected Koha please get in touch with Forgotten Felines Foundation (FB page), to talk about options.
WELLINGTON / MANAWATU / WHANGANUI / WAIRARAPA
Massey SPCA Desexing Clinic – at Massey University Vet Teaching Hospital. Weekend clinic to desex cats and kittens for those with full time Massey student ID, or community service cards, or gold cards. Cost is $15 for male cats and $25 for female cats. Appointments for March and April have now opened. You can book by clicking on "Request An Appointment" on the website: www.masseyspcadesexing.org
For the Love of Cats Rescue – Lower Hutt and Wainuiomata region only – thanks to funding from the Companion Animals New Zealand Trust, this rescue has launched a campaign to desex 100 cats in the community at a reduced rate of just $30 per cat for desex and microchip of owned cats (male or female). This offer is limited to 2 cats per household and due to capacity constraints at the vet clinic, there may be a significant wait time before the desexing surgery. To apply for desexing, please complete the following form: Desexing Application Form (google.com) Please note that filling out this form does not guarantee a desexing spot as there are limited numbers available. This deal has been ongoing since September 2023 so please check with them whether there are still slots available.
Cats Protection Wellington –prices are $40 for a male, and $65 for a female cat for Community Services Card or Student ID holders who live within the ‘04’ calling area. Subject to CPL funds and vet clinic availability. The programme is supported by six vet clinics: CareVets Johnsonville, CareVets Kapiti, CareVets Porirua, PetVet Silverstream, Tasman Street Vet Centre, and CareVets Wainuiomata. You must first complete a desex request at: https://www.catsprotectionwellington.org.nz/desex-your-cat/ If you do not have a CSC or Student ID but genuinely cannot afford to get your cat desexed at normal vet rates, please email [email protected] and tell them why you need help, and they will get back to you with a decision. NOTE: due to demand for this service, there is a wait time of at least one month for most appointments – please plan ahead to ensure your cat is kept secure until they can be desexed.
Central Vets & Pets Palmerston North aims to offer owners in Palmerston North and greater Manawatu affordable desexing for dogs and cats. Call 06 350 3950 or email [email protected] to check current rates.
Help for Community (unsocial) Cats in Manawatu – Manawatu Alley Cat Trust operates Trap-Neuter-Return in Palmerston North; rescues and finds responsible homes for kittens of stray cats and rehomes cats abandoned by their owners https://manawatualleycattrust.org.nz/
Help for Community (unsocial) Cats – Outpawed operates Trap-Neuter-Return in the Wellington region, Palmerston North and Feilding. https://www.outpawed.org.nz/why-trap-neuter-return They are able to loan traps in Wellington and Palmerston North (terms & conditions apply): https://www.outpawed.org.nz/trap-loans
MARLBOROUGH / KAIKOURA / NELSON
Too Many Puppies - Nelson/Tasman area: Desexing $25 for the Bully Breeds, Bully Crosses, Catahoulas and Brindles. To apply: Completing the online application form at https://toomanypuppies.co.nz/contactform.html The vet used is Victory Vets.
Picton Veterinary Clinic – “Young Girl Cat Desex Special” – female cats under 9 months old. Contact 03 573 8299 for details and prices
Picton Veterinary Clinic – “Stray Cat Desex and Chip Special Rate” – duration varies: Contact 03 573 8299 to check if this is currently available and for more details.
Marlborough Four Paws – offer year-round ongoing assistance with discounted dog desexing. This is available to those with Community Services cards but also dog owners who would otherwise GENUINELY struggle to pay to get their dog desexed. Not available to purebred/designer dogs where the owners have paid to purchase the dog from a breeder. This offer is also available to dog owners in Kaikoura, but you must bring your dog to Blenheim for the desexing. Please contact them via FB: Marlborough Four Paws or email: [email protected] for more information and to book.
Vet Marlborough – 7 Redwood Street, Blenheim Central, are Best Practice accredited and offer Q-Card payment option in certain circumstances 03 577 9822.
CHRISTCHURCH / CANTERBURY
Cats Protection League Canterbury – NZ special for male cats in Christchurch area only $10 desex and microchip. Limited time and spaces available, conditions apply. http://www.cats.org.nz/felinefix
Cats Protection League Canterbury – NZ – Feline Fix Program - the usual pricing outside of the male cat special: $40-$65 male cat; $60-$100 female cat. CSC card holders. If you don’t have a CSC card and cannot afford the normal cost to desex they may still be able to help. To apply for this program, you must complete the form at http://www.cats.org.nz/felinefix
Christchurch – Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue runs a Community Desexing Programme to help those having financial hardship to get dogs desexed. They receive no funding for this programme and are able to offer this to the community by running fundraising events. You will need to apply first and if approved, you purchase a voucher from them for $100. To apply please fill out the form at Our De-sexing Programme (chchbullbreedrescue.org.nz) Note that you must supply a Community Services Card number and will be asked for more information to verify that you are in need of help.
Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust in Christchurch works in the community to assist dog owners who are finding it difficult for whatever reason to provide for their dog’s needs. They may be able to help with desexing assistance. See Community support – Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust for more details.
Rabbit Rescue Christchurch - is offering desexing assistance for rabbit owners; eligibility criteria and conditions apply and available only to Christchurch residents. For more details and to apply, go to https://www.crr.org.nz/desexing
Timaru’s Family Vet- offer lower desexing costs year round. Call 03 946 4144 or email [email protected] to check current prices
Community Cat Assistance in greater ChCh area – Cat Rescue Christchurch offers desexing of community (unsocial) cats through their Trap-Neuter-Return programme https://catrescue.org.nz/stray-cat-assistance/
WEST COAST SI
No current desexing deals that we know of – please let us know if you have details of any discounted deals in this area.
DUNEDIN / OTAGO
Dunedin City Council – provides free desexing of dogs for CSC holders up to an annual quota. Funding is limited so it’s first in, first served. NOTE- we strongly advise that you make sure you have a dog able to be registered before you contact any Council re desexing deals. https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/dogs/desexing-your-dog
Help for Community (unsocial) Cats in Dunedin: Cat Rescue Dunedin operates Trap-Neuter-Return https://www.catrescuedunedin.org.nz/
Help for Community (unsocial) Cats in Queenstown and surrounding areas: Queenstown Cat Rescue http://qcatrescue.org.nz/
SOUTHLAND
Invercargill - Elles Road Veterinary Centre - regular lower cost desexing. Call them on (03) 214 4156 to check their current rates.
