PawPrints Spay/Neuter Clinic

27/05/2025

Heavy and heartwarming moments at our Clinic this weekend.

20/05/2025

This is such a great deal! If you have puppies or kittens, you can't beat these prices.

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Packages may be started during our vaccination walk in clinics on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 AM to 11:30 AM or 1 PM to 2:30 PM.

Spay/neuter is included. Remember spaying and neutering saves lives.✨

We hope to see your babies soon!

16/05/2025

We are hiring!! Still!

We've had to cancel our clinics TWICE in the last couple of months because we were unable to fully staff it. This is heartbreaking for us, especially this time of year.

Our clinic only operates on the weekends so this is a great way to earn extra income! We only spay/neuter stray and feral cats; no dogs, no 'owners'. It's pretty straightforward and we have a lot of fun!

We would really love to add more Vet Assistants to our roster. We are looking for people with direct experience; people who can hit the ground running and know how to get things done. The ability to work independently is a must although we love our team atmosphere! Our Vet Assistants provide basic exams, administer vaccines and microchips, treat wounds, and prep for surgery. Those are the basics! Pay starts at $22/hr but if you have a drug handling certificate and can sedate cats, you will earn $25/hr.

Please apply here: https://www.pawprintsclinic.org/jobs.html

Please share with anyone you think might be interested!

Current Job Openings: We are always looking for more dedicated people to join our team! ​We are only open on the weekends so weekend availability is a must. Sorry, we do not offer full-time...

03/05/2025

Thank you North State Public Radio for doing a story on our clinic and the work we do with Neighborhood Cat Advocates!

For this Chico nonprofit, fixing feral cats isn’t just a cause, it’s a daily mission.

02/05/2025

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17/04/2025

When running a report of all the cats that were brought to our clinic this weekend for spay/neuter (a total of 46 between the two days), we couldn't help but notice one glaring commonality ...

PREGNANCIES! This time of year is brutal, and as much as it hurts our hearts to terminate pregnancies, it truly is the only way to end the free-roaming cat overpopulation problem. If these pregnancies weren't terminated, these kittens would have been born into a world where there aren't enough homes, there isn't enough food for them to eat, and into a world that is run rampant with diseases and traumas (including death). If they are lucky enough to survive kittenhood and become adolescent cats themselves, they become kitten making machines and the cycle continues.

Cats can become pregnant as young as FOUR months of age. So by the time they are four months old, they can produce their first litter. Think about that for a moment. They are still babies when they start making more babies.

In addition to that, a female cat can produce offspring up to five times per year. If a female cat lives an average of 7 years outside, and can produce up to five litters a year averaging 3-5 kittens each time, and those offspring are producing their own offspring, the math is staggering. As humans, we can't wrap our heads around those numbers.

As humans, however, we have the ability and the responsibility to end the cycle, to end the suffering, and to spay and neuter no matter what time of year it is, no matter how far along the pregnancy is, and no matter our own moral quandaries on the subject. As humans, we must do what is right.

If you choose to have her carry forward with her pregnancy, then it is your moral obligation to get each and every one of her kittens vaccinated, spayed, and neutered before you adopt them out. If you can't stomach the termination of her pregnancy, then you need to be able to stomach the vet bill for each spay and neuter of each of her offspring. There is no way around that, other than to prevent her from giving birth in the first place.

Please, if you think your outside kitty is pregnant, please do not hesitate to reach out for help. Let us take that burden of responsibility off of your shoulders and do the right thing for her and for the kittens you are preventing from a lifetime of suffering just like their mom. We will accept her for spay. No judgment.

www.pawprintsclinic.org/help

09/04/2025

The kitty with pyometra mentioned in this post was brought to our clinic for care. Now she is running free; free from an infected uterus, free from male cats chasing her around, and free from ever having kittens again!

01/04/2025

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then we estimate this video is worth a gazillion. 🐱❤️

Donations help us keep doing what we love to do — helping community cats like this little tuxedo kitty from this weekend’s spay/neuter clinic and working tirelessly to end the cycle of unwanted litters of kittens. Thank you!

https://www.ncachico.org/donate.html

01/04/2025

Here are some of the faces from this weekend’s clinic!

100% of our financial donations go towards veterinary costs. None of our volunteers are paid or reimbursed for the many miles they drive. It all goes to help pay for more spays and neuters. Because of this, all of your donations stay local!

https://www.ncachico.org/donate.html

09/02/2025

We are stunned, but also not, that we are already seeing pregnant cats come in. Some are almost full term, which means they got pregnant almost two months ago! That means in December ... while you were celebrating the holidays, these feral females were getting knocked up!

Kitten season blows up in the spring, but for those in the rescue world, kitten season is pretty much year-round.

If you see an outsid cat exhibiting these behaviors or symptoms, please reach out for help. We offer low or no cost spays/neuters for stray and feral cats so there is help; you just need to ask for it.

www.ncachico.org/help

18/12/2024

We love Google Reviews (especially good ones 😹!)

If you've been to our Clinic please consider leaving us a review. We want people to know that our Clinic is top-notch and that people trust us with their outdoor feline friends. 🐱

https://g.page/r/CebxV57DysJYEAE/review

Thank you! Meow!

10/12/2024

ICYMI:

Our board president and PawPrints Spay/Neuter Clinic Director Sarah Downs was on the news last weekend! We wanted to spread the word and share the great work we're doing with Neighborhood Cat Advocates.

We are so thankful to Action News Now for taking the time to meet with us and sharing this "paw"-sitive story about our Clinic with the rest of Chico (and beyond!)

If you need help with getting stray or feral cats spayed or neutered, please fill out our online form found at www.ncachico.org. If you can't afford the $40 copay, please talk to us! We would rather get these cats altered than not.

If you're looking to volunteer at an organization that is boots on the ground and really making a difference in the community, let us know by filling out our online volunteer application here: https://www.pawprintsclinic.org/volunteer.html #/

Cat Spaying at local clinic