No Nonsense Neutering

10/13/2024

National Veterinary Technician Week is here!! 🐾💜

Our vet techs play a crucial role in our veterinary team at NNN. They work alongside our veterinarians to assist in surgeries, monitor your pets postoperatively, do bloodwork, administer medications, and educate owners and trappers about the proper care for their pets after surgery. Their dedication is endless. National Vet Tech Week is an opportunity to honor and appreciate our veterinary technicians dedication, hard work, and expertise. 🐶

During this week (October 13-19th), we celebrate and express our appreciation for the incredible value they bring to No Nonsense Neutering. We couldn’t do it without each and every one of them 🐱

PS. EVERY vet tech loves snacks 😉

09/27/2024

2024 cat transport summary

324 pets
148 ferals

The goal of the cat transport is to provide affordable spay/neuter options for communities. Our primary focus was on Schuylkill, Northumberland and Columbia counties but also Wyoming and Lackawanna.

The truck and its volunteers are coming out of Allentown so it's a very early day to reach most of these transport locations by 7am. And to make it back to the surgery clinic for preop checks and to start surgery, the locations need to be within an hour of the designated clinic. We want your cats awake for the ride back to you at 5pm.

Our truck holds 30 cats, typically space allotted for 20 pets and 10 ferals. We have been flexible with those numbers, but due to the difficulty in TNR there is a 30-40% no show rate so that's why we dont schedule more than 10 ferals per truck.
NNN added a couple of locations this year, and we deleted a couple due to low interest, meaning less than 10 cats.

Fun names: Lint Licker, Smudge, Hell Cat, Pinky Toes, Bustamove
#1 female cat name: Sophie
#1 male cat name: Max

What we learned: Tough to do this when its dark so we are adjusting our starting and ending weeks so that its daylight at 7am.
Our volunteers started requesting that people stay in their cars so that they could check the carriers because many carriers had clips missing. For safety reasons, our volunteers used zip ties to secure the carriers (and a few traps) before walking them across the parking lot to the truck.

We want to thank all businesses, shelters and municipalities that allowed us to use parking lots. We appreciate your support!

Thank you to our awesome scheduler Cheyenne who juggles a lot of balls and keeps them in the air!
Thank you to our vet teams who are delivering quality care for this program.
Thank you to our donors who help support this program.
And a BIG thank you to Martha and Ron who see firsthand the benefits of the transport. They report how much they have enjoyed meeting all of you and how appreciative you are of this service.

Our only means to market this program is here on Facebook so we rely on you the public to share the details within your community.
Share the post, create fliers and post around your community.
Follow NNN on Facebook to get alerts about 2025. Dates/locations will be announced in early February.

PURRS!

09/26/2024

Full truck yesterday in Bloomsburg and it was the last transport of the year. A big thanks to the Bloomsburg Fire Hall for hosting us in their parking lot this year.
Thanks to all who participated yesterday and NNN will return in the spring.

Announcements for the first transports of 2025 will be made in January so follow us on Facebook to get the alerts.

PURRS

09/24/2024

Good morning Bloomsburg! See you bright and early tomorrow 7am-730am for cat pick up at the Bloomsburg Fire Hall 911 Market St.

PETS:
*No food after midnight, water is fine
*Must come in a hard sided carrier only, lined with a towel and labelled with your name/phone number. Please check that all carrier clips are secure and in place
*Please stay in your car to allow our volunteers to assist you

FERALS:
*Must come in an adult sized trap-no kitten/squirrel traps, carriers or dog crates and cover them with a sheet or towel to lower stress
*If possible, label the top of the trap with your name.
*Please bring your traps to the back of the truck for assistance.
*Please call or text 610-737-7490 if you are unable to trap your cat/s.

See you soon! PURRS

09/14/2024

Good morning! Bloomsburg PA cat transport (September 25) is currently filled with both pets and ferals.

See you soon! PURRS

09/12/2024

Great cat transport in Pottsville! Thanks to all who participated. We will be back in the spring 2025. Many thanks to KFC restaurant for the use their parking lot. PURRS

09/10/2024

Good morning Pottsville! See you bright and early tomorrow 7am-730am for pickup at the KFC restaurant 419 Claude A Lord Bvld.

PETS:
*No food after midnight, water is fine
*Must come in a hard sided carrier only, lined with a towel and labelled with your name/phone number. Please check that all clips are secure and in place
*Please stay in your car to allow our volunteers to assist you
FERALS:
*Must come in an adult sized trap-no kitten/squirrel traps, carriers or dog crates and cover them with a sheet or towel to lower stress
*If possible, label the top of the trap with your name.
*Please call or text 610-737-7490 if you are unable to trap your cat/s.

See you soon! PURRS

09/05/2024

Great transport today in Carbondale. Thanks to the city for use of the parking lot. Thank you Nicole Lombardi for creating the flier. See you next spring! Purrs

09/04/2024

Good morning Carbondale and surrounding communities! See you bright and early tomorrow morning at 7am-730am for cat transport. Remember no food after midnight, water is fine.

Location: Carbondale Train Station Mill St and Trinity Place.
Please park as close to our truck as possible. There are 2 school bus pickups with parents using the same parking lot.
Return at 5pm same day.

PETS: Please stay in your car to allow our volunteers to assist you.
TRAPS can be brought to the back of the truck for check-in.

Pet cats must come in a hard sided plastic carrier lined with a towel and labeled with your name. No soft sides, backpacks or dog crates.

Feral cats ($40 or voucher) must come in an ADULT sized humane trap- no kitten/squirrel traps, carriers or dog crates covered with a sheet to lower stress. If possible, try to label your trap with your name.

Trappers: If you are unlucky getting your cat/s, please call or text 610-737-7490 so that we are not waiting for you.

We leave promptly at 730am to drive to our Plains clinic.

See you soon PURRS

08/28/2024

Great transport today in Pottstown. Many thanks to the city of Pottstown for the use of the park. Thanks to all who participated. Purrs

08/27/2024

Good morning Pottstown! See you tomorrow morning bright and early 7am-730am for the cat transport. Pickup is at the Pottstown Memorial Park, 75 W King St. This is the last transport at this location this year.

Remember:
*NO food after midnight; water is fine.
*Pets must come in a hard sided carrier, lined with a towel and labeled with your name. NO soft sides, backpaks or dog crates.
*Feral cats ($40 or TNR voucher) must come in an ADULT sized humane trap- no squirrel/kitten traps, pet carriers or dog crates. Please cover with a sheet to lower stress during transport.
*Please remain in your car to allow our volunteers to assist you. *Please check your carriers to make sure that all clips are secure.

Trappers: please text or call 610-737-7490 if you are unsuccessful in getting your cat/s so that we are not waiting for you in the parking lot.

See you soon! PURRS

08/24/2024

Good morning Carbondale! There are no more feral cat space available BUT we need 10 pet cats to fill this truck.

September 5 Train Station Mill St & Place

Pickup time 7am-730am RETURN at 5 pm.

PET cats get Rabies and Distemper vaccines, ear cleaning, nail trim, fluids and a long acting pain injection. Pets must come in a hard sided carrier lined with a towel.

FEMALE pet cat $100
MALE pet cat: $95
$5 gas surcharge per cat

Must prepay to hold a space on the truck.

EMAIL [email protected] and include
Your name, address, phone number and your email address
Your pet's name, s*x, age, weight if known and color
Any known medical conditions

Scheduling will email you back with a confirmation.

Lets get this truck filled! PURRS

08/21/2024

Many thanks to Nicole Lombardi for creating this poster/flyer. Please help get the word out to the Carbondale community! This transport is open to anyone willing to drive to the location

08/21/2024

ATTENTION! CARBONDALE and surrounding areas

This post is a shout out to the folks up in the Carbondale area. We did a cat transport early in the year with good results but when we posted another one for June very few people responded and we cancelled it. The city asked if we would do one again and it is scheduled for September 5. For NNN to rent a cat van and run it up to Carbondale from Allentown; back and forth to the Plains clinic and back down to Allentown we need at least 25 cats, both pets and ferals. Volunteers from Allentown run this program for NNN.

Currently we have 3 pets signed up. And we need to get 20 more cats signed up in a week or we will cancel and the spaces go back onto out public online schedule for others. We cannot wait to fill a surgery schedule a day before.

So we hear that there are folks that dont have Facebook. Our info is on our website www.nnnlv.org/cat transport 2024.
Will someone up there make up flyers and put them in local businesses? Supermarkets, laundromats, hardware stores,
Tractor Supply, churches, library.

NNN wants to help. PLEASE, those of you cat advocates in the community need to help make this information accessible. There are 10 feral cat spaces and 10 more pet spaces available. NNN has a TNR fund that allows 2 $15 feral cats vouchers per household. TAKE ADVANTAGE! Info on the website www.nnnlv.org/community cats/feral cat financial resources NNN TNR fund. Read and follow the directions.

If this one fails, 😟 we will not return next year.

Lets fill the van Carbondale! PURRS

08/19/2024

CHEERS TO 13 YEARS 🥳🥳🥳! Today marks the 13 year anniversary of the opening of our Reading clinic!!! Since August 18, 2011 our Reading location has spayed/neutered a total of 61,785 animals!!!

We would like to thank the amazing Dr. Brautigam, our fantastic technicians, volunteers, trappers, and clients over the years that have made this possible!

Here's to another 13 🐈🐕🐾🐾🐾

08/16/2024

Great transport yesterday in Mount Carmel. This is the last one this year at this location. Many thanks to the Borough Council and to Heather who is a super hero. She took on the role of getting the vouchers. She is very organized in dispensing the vouchers and in marketing the TNR project for the Borough. Thanks to all who participated this year. See you in the spring 2025!

08/14/2024

Hello Mount Carmel! See you bright and early tomorrow morning 7am-730am for the cat transport at 31 N Maple St.

Remember no food after midnight. Water is fine.

Pet cats must come in a hard sided carrier (no soft sides, backpacks or dog crates) lined with newspaper or a towel and labeled with your name.
Feral cats ($40) must come in an adult sized humane trap covered with a sheet to lower stress. No squirrel/kitten traps, cat carriers or dog crates will be accepted for ferals.

Trappers: If you are not successful in getting your cat/s, please text 610-737-7490 asap so that we know you are not coming.

See you soon! PURRS

07/10/2024

Great transport today at Ruth Steinert SPCA. Many thanks to them for the use of their parking lot. This is the last transport at this location in 2024 PURRS

07/09/2024

Good morning Pine Grove! See you bright and early tomorrow 7am-730am for transport at Ruth Steinert SPCA 18 Wertz Drive, This is our last one at this location in 2024.

Please remain in your car to allow our volunteers to assist you. Please check your hard sided carrier to make sure that all clips and the door is secure for travel.

Remember no food after midnight, water is fine.

Pet cats must come in a hard sided carrier lined with a towel and labelled with your name and pet's name. NO soft sides, backpacks or dog crates. FERAL cats ($40 or TNR voucher) must come in an adult sized humane trap. Please over to lower stress. No cat carriers, squirrel or kitten traps.

If you were not successful trapping please text 610-737-7490 to let us know that you are not coming. See you soon!

PURRS

07/08/2024

ALERT! Due to temps in the 90's this week and if you do not plan to trap, please email the clinic where you are scheduled. Same goes for the Cat Transport on Wednesday in Pine Grove.

[email protected]
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Post op care is important and cats with anesthesia in their systems cannot regulate their body temps.

PURRS

Send a message to learn more

07/03/2024

WEEKLY update on Ruth Steinert cat transport. FILLED.

See you next Wednesday July 10 bright and early at 7am!

PURRS

06/26/2024

Great transport today in Mt Carmel.! Thanks to all who participated and many thanks to the Borough for the use of the parking lot. See again you in August

06/25/2024

Good morning Mt Carmel and surrounding community! See you bright and early tomorrow 7am-730am for cat pick up at Mt Carmel Borough parking lot at 31 N Maple. St.

Remember no food after midnight, water is fine.

Pet cats must come in a hard sided carrier labelled with your name and pet/s name. Please line with a towel or newspaper. Please check all hinges/clips to make sure that your carrier is secure for travel.
Feral/stray cats ($40) must come in an adult sized humane trap covered with a sheet to lower stress. Label with your name if possible.

Please remain in your car to allow our volunteers to assist you.

If you are unsuccessful in trapping, please text 610-737-7490 so that we are not waiting for you. NNN leaves promptly at 730am for our trip to the Plains clinic. returning at 5 pm.

See you soon! Purrs

06/14/2024

Great transport today at Camp Papillon. Thanks to all who participated and thanks to Camp Papillon for the use of their parking lot PURRS