We will be resuming the No Cost Spay/Neuter Program around the beginning of March, 2012. Please continue to check the website for more details.
If you wish to pursue subsidized spay or neuter services for your cat or kitten in the interim, please contact the MEOW Foundation. Spaying or neutering your cat or kitten is essential to reducing the number of homeless cats. Many cat owners do not realize that cats are induced ovulators. This means that when they go into heat, they do not go out of heat until they are bred.
The City of Calgary Animal & Bylaw Services' No Cost Spay/Neuter Program provides free spaying and neutering of cats and dogs owned by low income Calgarians.
To be eligible for this free program:
- The applicant must be at least 18 years of age and be a resident of the City of Calgary.
- The family household annual before-tax income must be no greater than 85 per cent of the Statistics Canada Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs). "Proof of Eligibility" is required.
Pets eligible for spay or neuter surgery:
- Healthy cats and dogs.
- Kittens and puppies that are eight weeks old and weigh at least two pounds
- Female cats in heat.
- Pregnant cats and dogs. This is dependent on the health of the animal.
Note: For the health of your pet, we recommend that he/she is vaccinated by a veterinarian at least two weeks before surgery.
Pets that are not eligible for spay and neuter surgery:
- Unhealthy or contagious cat or dogs. This includes cats and dogs that are coughing, sneezing, have watery eyes, runny noses, mange or ringworm.
- Female dogs in heat. Spay one month after the dog's cycle is completed.
- Nursing cats and dogs. Spay four weeks after the litter has been weaned.
Services provided free of charge:
- Spay or neuter surgery for cats and dogs.
- Post operative painkillers
- Six month cat or dog licence
- Microchip
- Post-operative medication (at the discretion of the Animal Services Centre Clinic veterinarian)
- An Elizabethan collar (at the discretion of the Animal Services Centre Clinic veterinarian)
Expenses not included with the free surgery:
- Veterinarian care unrelated to the surgery.
