Snip & Tip

12/12/2024

WE GOT OUR FIRST GRANT!!! Special thanks to the Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council for the money to fix another 20 cats!

03/12/2024

Today is Giving Tuesday! Your support will make life better for the People and Cats of St. Bernard Parish!

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27/11/2024

Giving Tuesday is next week. Sandra Casanova Emerson has posted a great video highlighting why Snip & Tip's work is so important. I am sorry to say that our funds are starting to run low. When we run out we can no longer help the people and cats of St. Bernard Parish. Don't let that happen. Please donate. Thank you,

14/11/2024

Yesterday was surgery day and we fixed 23 cats/kittens. Making things better in the Parish one cat at a time.

13/11/2024

Please join me in wishing our VP Barbara E. Meyer Happy Birthday! Guess what she is doing today, on her birthday. That’s right intake for cat surgeries. Thank you Barbara!

05/11/2024

03/11/2024

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19/10/2024

And we have a Winner! Thank you Chasity Brooks for participating.

And thank you, Chassidy Atkinson for the donation of such a beautiful wine basket. It was a big hit!

16/10/2024

Hey folks. This is what we are trying to grow into. We need more trappers. We are averaging 55 cats a month. And we have thousands of them running loose in the Parish. WE NEED MORE TRAPPERS. Contact us if you are willing to help.

08/10/2024

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!! urgently for our community outreach event at the Old Arabi Sugar Fest on October 19th. The event is from 12 - 6. We would like to have two groups of volunteers. One group from 11:30 - 3:00 for setup and early shift, and another group from 3:00 - 6:30 for late shift and breakdown.

CAN YOU HELP? Please message me or text me. Remember community education is a big part of us being successful with our TNR efforts. If we do not get more volunteers, we will have to cancel this outreach effort. Thank you! Robbie Denny

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07/10/2024

Call to Arms! Just kidding but not really - It's a call to Volunteer Arms. We need volunteers urgently for our community outreach event at the Old Arabi Sugar Fest on October 19th. The event is from 12 - 6. We would like to have two groups of volunteers. One group from 10:30 - 3:00 for setup and early shift, and another group from 3:00 - 6:30 for late shift and breakdown.

CAN YOU HELP? Please message me or text me. Remember community education is a big part of us being successful with our TNR efforts. Thank you! Robbie Denny

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28/09/2024

Is the mom's life important?

Do you know what pyometra is? It is a life-threatening infection of the uterus.

How old does a cat have to be to develop pyometra? While the risk increases with age and older cats are most at risk, it can happen at any age. It's always a shock to see a kitten or very young cat with pyometra – but we've seen it all😔

Pyometra is completely preventable – just have the cat spayed. With no uterus she will never develop pyometra.

What if she's pregnant? Years ago, while helping a woman get her free roaming cats spayed, she told me "I can't have her spayed, she's pregnant". While I worked to be diplomatic I pointed out to her if by chance the cat had pyometra, and she was living outside, she was going to end up dying a painful death in the bushes. After some thought the woman agreed to let her be spayed, and I was present in the clinic during the spay. That cat had a womb full of decomposing kittens and pus – she would have died within days.

This week, Sara and Laurie gave up their time to help a group of five trapped cats. The clinic had an emergency and could not get these free roaming cats altered, and they asked these women if they could possibly hold them so the cats did not get released before being fixed. They not only held them awaiting surgery as well as for recovery afterwards, they changed their own personal plans and then ended having to drive to and from the clinic - a distance of 20 miles one way – a total of 5 or 6 times. That's 100+ miles and many hours for cats they personally had not trapped, in spite of numerous cats they were already helping. But it was all worth it to them in the end - because there was a mom cat and her five month old daughter in the mix, and that mom cat had pyometra... and her five month old daughter was pregnant.

Many people romanticize pregnancy in cats – but there's nothing romantic about it. An endless cycle of being in heat, pregnant, going through labor and delivery and two months of nursing babies only to have it repeated again and again – and with so many threats to the health of the mother cat, like pyometra. If you are serious about saving lives, make sure you're not wearing rose colored glasses. Is it possible the female cat is pregnant? Her life matters – and don't forget if she has developed pyometra she'll die along with the kittens. A painful death.

The best way to save lives is to make sure those cats are spayed. Spay and neuter them all!

26/09/2024

Check out our new event page on our website!

Oct 19 Community Education Outreach at Sugar fest Saturday, October 19, 2024 12:00 PM 6:00 PM The Aycock Barn (map) Google Calendar ICS Join St. Bernard Community Cat Coalition as we spread the word about the effectiveness of TNR in the community at a fun local event. View Event → Oct 26 October C...

25/09/2024

St Bernard Parish Animal Shelter will hold it's Rabies Drive Saturday October 19th from 11a-2pm