Why is it so hard to find a spay and neuter clinic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here just bumping this thread. I’m still on wait lists!

Then you're not looking hard enough. You say you're not in DC, so where are you? Because I've checked humane societies and regional shelters in multiple states and the longest wait I've come up with is 10 days from today. So if you genuinely started at the end of August, you're doing something goofy af.

Stop shitposting and give us relevant information (dog's age, breed, your location) so smarter people can help you get this sorted.

[Anonymous]

FWIW-

I adopted my cat, maybe a 6 month old kitten, as a rescue. She had been recently spayed at a spay/neuter clinic.

Her incision was infected, and it cost me about $500 to treat it. I could have taken her to the spay clinic for free treatment, but it was pretty far away.

You never know. In any case, she's a delightful and healthy 5 year old now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here just bumping this thread. I’m still on wait lists!

Then you're not looking hard enough. You say you're not in DC, so where are you? Because I've checked humane societies and regional shelters in multiple states and the longest wait I've come up with is 10 days from today. So if you genuinely started at the end of August, you're doing something goofy af.

Stop shitposting and give us relevant information (dog's age, breed, your location) so smarter people can help you get this sorted.

Stop cursing and calling names. It’s trashy. And you may get banned if you keep it up.

Where did you search? The humane societies where I live wrote back and said no. As I mentioned, I’m on a wait list or two, and each say they’ll check in in a few months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW-

I adopted my cat, maybe a 6 month old kitten, as a rescue. She had been recently spayed at a spay/neuter clinic.

Her incision was infected, and it cost me about $500 to treat it. I could have taken her to the spay clinic for free treatment, but it was pretty far away.

You never know. In any case, she's a delightful and healthy 5 year old now.

Op here fwiw I found several cat spay neuter clinics. But not places that do dogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here just bumping this thread. I’m still on wait lists!

Then you're not looking hard enough. You say you're not in DC, so where are you? Because I've checked humane societies and regional shelters in multiple states and the longest wait I've come up with is 10 days from today. So if you genuinely started at the end of August, you're doing something goofy af.

Stop shitposting and give us relevant information (dog's age, breed, your location) so smarter people can help you get this sorted.

Here’s one response…
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Good Evening,

Thank you for your inquiry. Please make sure you have added yourself to our waitlist which can be found in the first welcome email you received from us. However we are currently inundated with pets needing
our services which is causing a long wait time. We currently have a minimum of a 3 Year backlog.
We highly encourage you to use the resource list provided to get more immediate assistance.

** Please reach out to XXX …

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The ‘more immediate assistance’ seems to be 3+ month wait lists

[Anonymous]

OP, what state are you in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, what state are you in?

New York. I’m going to decline to offer more details though bc of the nut job angry poster on here who insists I am ‘sh2t posting’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here just bumping this thread. I’m still on wait lists!

I see you’re not in the DC area, but we had the same experience down here. The vet was close to $1000 so we opted for the spay and neuter clinic ($175). We ended up driving down to Bowie for a fraction of the cost. It was a several month wait.

My advice for anybody who has a puppy is to schedule the spay neuter as soon as possible so that you can book your appointment. Chances are with a long waitlist by the time there of age is when the appointment will open up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here just bumping this thread. I’m still on wait lists!

I see you’re not in the DC area, but we had the same experience down here. The vet was close to $1000 so we opted for the spay and neuter clinic ($175). We ended up driving down to Bowie for a fraction of the cost. It was a several month wait.

My advice for anybody who has a puppy is to schedule the spay neuter as soon as possible so that you can book your appointment. Chances are with a long waitlist by the time there of age is when the appointment will open up.

Op. Totally agree with all of this. Our dog is barely a puppy anymore, I wish we’d gotten on a wait list ages ago. I had no idea it would be so difficult. Dh is very precious about this dog so he wants her spayed at a place that just does the surgery day in and day out, not just our regular vet. All the places I’d think that would be go to - ASPCA and humane society spay/neuter clinics etc, are booked for months or even years. I posted a response email above from a place I reached out to - 3 YEAR wait list. Nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what state are you in?

New York. I’m going to decline to offer more details though bc of the nut job angry poster on here who insists I am ‘sh2t posting’

NYer here. If you are willing to travel out to LI I can offer a couple of possibilities without months long waits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what state are you in?

New York. I’m going to decline to offer more details though bc of the nut job angry poster on here who insists I am ‘sh2t posting’

NYer here. If you are willing to travel out to LI I can offer a couple of possibilities without months long waits.

Sure, I’d love that.

[Anonymous]

It seems pretty normal to book a spay a couple months out. Even my regular vet generally books them about that far. It is an elective surgery after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what state are you in?

New York. I’m going to decline to offer more details though bc of the nut job angry poster on here who insists I am ‘sh2t posting’

NYer here. If you are willing to travel out to LI I can offer a couple of possibilities without months long waits.

You'd have to go way east.
https://kentanimalshelter.com/clinic/
https://southamptonanimalshelter.com/clinics/wellness-clinic/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems pretty normal to book a spay a couple months out. Even my regular vet generally books them about that far. It is an elective surgery after all.

Not booked. No places have even really responded except to say, check back in months, January, etc. One said their wait list was 3 years.

Not in DMV btw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what state are you in?

New York. I’m going to decline to offer more details though bc of the nut job angry poster on here who insists I am ‘sh2t posting’

NYer here. If you are willing to travel out to LI I can offer a couple of possibilities without months long waits.

You'd have to go way east.
https://kentanimalshelter.com/clinic/
https://southamptonanimalshelter.com/clinics/wellness-clinic/

These are great leads!!!! Thank you!!