Snipped Clinic

08/19/2024

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM S/NIPPED
Regrettably, due to high demand and short staffing we are unable to schedule additional spay & neuter surgeries for your pets at this time. We are currently scheduled up to 8 months into the future and we must shorten this gap before any additional commitments can be made.

If you have requested an appointment by email prior to the date of this posting, we will get back to you as appointments open up and in the order your request was received.

Currently the best way to contact us is by email [email protected]

We sincerely apologize for this added challenge to life but want to thank you for your patience and understanding. Please take additional care to keep your pets from breeding to avoid additional hardship.

The entire team is working very hard to find solutions during this challenging time.

08/17/2024

What COULD go wrong?

07/25/2024

S/Nipped is now booking cats out 4 months and dogs out 6 months! We are asking people who want an appointment to e-mail us, we need your name and phone number, best time to call and animal information. cat or dog? male or female? approximate weight and age. We will get back to you but it may take a little longer than you expect so thank you for your patience!

07/25/2024

S/Nipped is now booking out 4 months on cats and 6 months on dogs! If you would like to make an appointment e-mail us at [email protected] with your phone number, name, best time to call and animal information: cat or dog; male or female; approximate weight and age. We do require a deposit to make an appointment which comes off your balance due the day of surgery. We will do our best to call you and get you an appointment as soon as possible as we are short staffed at this time. Thank you for your patience!

07/25/2024

07/25/2024

07/25/2024

Absolute truth!!

07/17/2024

We are short staffed and get to the phone as much as we can! There is an epidemic right now on cats and we are booking out to NOVEMBER on cat appointments at this time! We are doing everything we can to help everyone. Please be patient if you cannot get through on the phone then email us so we can get back to you as we are able. Thank you for your patience and understanding of this problem.

06/27/2024

MISSING! just moved to the area

06/27/2024

06/27/2024

06/27/2024

S/Nipped is closed this week and will reopen on July 1st. We are available to make appointments in the lobby and by phone between 10a.m. and 1p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We are booking dogs out to November and Cats to September. For Prices and more information please see our website

OVER 4300 ANIMALS RECIEVED SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES IN 2023! **** MAKING A BETTER TORORROW FOR CATS & DOGS

06/27/2024

06/19/2024

Feline Fact Friday ...

Did you know ... A litter of kittens can have multiple fathers ⁉️

This time of year is usually spent gathering kittens and securing the mama cat because it's more obvious to everyone that she and her kittens need help. 🚩But let's not forget those male cats.

*Female cats release several eggs per ovulation, and these eggs are released after she mates. All of the female cat’s eggs are released at the same time and survive for 24 hours. Therefore, if she mates with several males, each egg has the potential to be fertilized by any of their s***m (superfecundation).*

💔 These tomcats are simply doing what comes naturally - But the life of an unneutered tom is HARSH. While following their instincts to breed, their life is riddled with fights, disease, injuries, and danger.

Be kind to your male feline and have him fixed for a safer life!

Thank you .

06/19/2024

06/19/2024

You may have heard the expression “nature abhors a vacuum.” It refers to the phenomenon that when a space is emptied, nature will fill it. Once you understand this reality, you’ll know why killing cats (or otherwise removing them) from a given location is doomed to fail.

Understanding the Vacuum Effect is vital to saving lives. For cats who live outdoors, it is literally a matter of life and death.

So what exactly is the Vacuum Effect?

“[E]ach animal has their territory, they have their space. So when you remove them from that space, that allows somebody else to move in and thrive, because obviously, that animal was thriving there, which is why they were reproducing so much. So now that space that's probably plentiful with a warm spot to sleep, food and water is now available, there's free real estate there, somebody else can move in and start doing the same thing. . .[But] by going in and preventing them from reproducing, they still maintain that territory; they don't allow another animal to move in and start taking over. But they can live out their life, just the way that they were living before happy and content." (Marshall, Amber. Interview. By Diviya Roney, 26 April 2022).

06/19/2024

Cat owners (often first time, inexperienced) tell me since their cat will be indoors only, they don't plan to have him/her spayed/neutered. I've heard/seen it play out countless times, when a female cat goes into heat the owner will literally be physically unable to keep her inside. The cat's yowling, destructive behavior (clawing at doors and windows) and waiting by doors for the first opportunity to bolt out faster than anyone can possibly grab her will make her victorious. Same for males. Their sense of smell is 100K times more sensitive than humans' and they will be forced by their raging hormones to find the females (up to 5 miles away) in need of what they have to offer. No excuses, GET YOUR CAT(S) SPAYED/NEUTERED!!

06/19/2024

This is one (of the 200) reasons to get your male cat neutered. Mating is not a pleasant experience for the female and sparing her any hook up will be to her benefit. One male can be responsible for 2500 kittens every year & we all cringe at the sound of males fighting over territory or females. Then there's the injuries they sustain during those fights. That's if they don't get hit on the road while searching for females. Give them all a break and get them spayed and neutered. 😸💕

06/19/2024

Male cats who are neutered are less likely to fight and defend their territories.

Diseases are less likely to be spread, and fewer injuries will happen because they aren’t fighting, which leads to much happier and healthier male cats.

Make sure all male cats are so they aren't beat up, injured, & suffering.

06/19/2024

With Father's Day approaching, we will be highlighting why neutering any male cat is so important!

An unneutered male can cause A LOT of kittens; not to mention they're more apt to fight other males, and often, this is how FIV or FeLV is spread.

06/19/2024

We appreciate people wanting to help kittens get to safety, but if you're helping kittens (best time to rescue kittens is around 5 weeks), make sure you are also helping the adult community cats get spayed/neutered or kittens will continue to appear OVER and OVER again.

When kittens are scooped up without a mom, she goes into heat fairly quickly and will have another litter in 2 months. It is vital to stop the cycle of nonstop littering and to get mom cat spayed to end the cycle of breeding!

Please contact us for information about low-cost clinics and TNR in and around Charlotte, NC - https://forms.gle/ca34KiC1jnEJx5Eg7.

-OR- use this link if you're outside our area - https://www.animalleague.org/get-involved/spay-usa/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3g2S2PaIB2uSVOdmtpd7rrFfwhIRp5jUY80zU8xtDfz0PzEUHBVbnH0ok_aem_AfTGrQkPSf4WXJx4QJLEN6dScx1m-uC3cH7XRnHEdd0WO_Agjb_lMC-ru-LAnzz7UXvgxJNlhILoMX-Q4_T9z3ci .

SHELTERS and RESCUES ARE FULL. Please make sure that pet cats and community cats in your area are spayed and neutered. We must END the cycle!

06/19/2024

One. Spay/neuter. One. 😻💜

06/19/2024

Reducing the cat population one trap at a time.

06/19/2024

Babies can have babies. It is NOT a choice THEY make. It is a CHOICE YOU make for them.

PLEASE do the right thing - SPAY AND NEUTER 👏👏👏.

IF YOU FEED THEM - PLEASE FIX THEM.

06/19/2024