Feral Cat Assistance Program

Improving the lives of feral/stray cats in and around Greensboro, NC

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FCAP Spay/Neuter Day

One Sunday morning each month, FCAP volunteers gather at xxx West Market Street to prepare, spay/neuter, and return to their colony 50 to 100 feral/stray cats.

Volunteers begin bringing cats at 7:00 am and receive instructions before

veterinarians arrive.

Sterile surgical kits are prepared, one set for spaying female cats and one set for neutering male

cats.

A cats first surprise is a quick anesthetic injection in their rump while safely

contained in their trap.

Each cat is weighed, sex determined, physical problems noted, and recorded on papers

which follow them throughout the morning's procedures.

Anesthetized female cats are stabilized onto boards in preparation for surgery.

Female cat's bellies are shaved and swabbed with antiseptic before surgery.

Female cats are spayed by licensed veterinarians who volunteer their time, along with assistants.

Between 5 and 8 volunteer veterinarians and many assistants perform

surgeries for 2-3 hours each Spay Day morning.

After surgery, assistants check each female cat's temperature and note any special conditions

to be monitored.

Meanwhile, male cats are also shaved in preparation for surgery.

Male cats are neutered by licensed veterinarians and assistants.

All cats receive rabies vaccine, deworming and antibiotic medicines, have wounds treated,

ears cleaned, and flea medicine.

Many veterinarians and assistants have consistently volunteered their services for years!

After surgery, cats with temperatures below 96 degrees F. are placed under a

forced air warming blanket until their temperature rises.

Volunteers complete and double-check paperwork, and move cats to recovery crates

before the cats awaken.

Volunteers repeatedly check all cats as they begin awakening from surgery.

At 1:00 pm, caretakers arrive to take their cats home for 12-24 hours observation in crates.

If all is well, all feral/stray cats are released back into their colony the following day,

healthy and never again to reproduce.