Please check this schedule before trapping. Our goal is to be able to perform surgery the day the cat arrives. This reduces the cat's length of stay at our clinic and reduces stress for the cat. However, we can only safely complete surgeries on a certain number of cats each day. If we receive too many ferals on a particular day, we will need to defer surgery until the next day.  The clinic staff will let you know when you drop off which day surgery will occur.

Pricing update 8/30/2023 :  Currently, there is funding available for community cats located in Ohio, and select counties in North Kentucky. See the link below for further details.
Please check our prices and services page for updates on feral cat specials.

Current Status of Feral Cat Surgery & Dropoff Policy

TRAPPED/FERAL CAT DROP OFF TIMES

**Note that this schedule ONLY applies to unowned, outdoor cats that will be returned outdoors after surgery. Cats must be in traps.***

Current Week:

• Sunday 9/17 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Monday 8:30 am- 3 pm
  Tuesday 8:30 am- 3 pm
• Wednesday 8:30 am- 3 pm
• Thursday 8:30 am- 10 am
• Friday We do not accept walk ins on Fridays 

If you have an appointment for your feral, the schedule for drop off times here does not apply. However, the rules in terms of traps still apply. Feral cats must arrive in traps to receive surgery.

Plan Ahead for these dates we will not be accepting ferals

RULES FOR FERAL DROP OFF:

• Each feral/semi-feral/stray MUST ARRIVE ON THE PROPERTY IN A HUMANE TRAP - We will NOT ACCEPT CATS IN CARRIERS/DOG CRATES/SOFT CARRIERS ETC...   AGAIN, HUMANE TRAPS ONLY - we recommend Tomahawk, Havahart, Tru-Catch 
• Humane Traps should be at least 9 inches tall by 9 inches wide and 26-36 inches long
• Each feral/semi-feral/stray cat must come in a separate trap
• Limit 2 cats per household/family/location per day

Neutering

Spaying (females) and neutering (males) free-roaming cats means fewer kittens are brought into already over-crowded shelters every year – which means fewer cats and kittens are put down at your municipal shelter. When you’re faced with a large colony of community cats, the cost of fixing them all may seem overwhelming. But there are many low-cost options to help you control your cat population without breaking the bank.

OAR is a low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter clinic with a great deal of experience handling feral and stray cats. Our clinic is in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, and we offer transports from locations in northern Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Our veterinarians are licensed and fully trained in high-volume spay/neuter; your cats will get the best care while they’re at OAR. OAR also lends traps.  

In general, one or two feral/semi-feral cats in traps per household per day may be brought into the clinic without an appointment, select Sundays 3:00PM-5:00PM, Monday-Wednesday from 8:30am-3pm and Thursdays 8:30AM-10:00AM.  Note that there are no feral drop offs on Friday. There are times when we have too many feral cats for surgery on a given day so may have to hold cats over to the next day or stop accepting feral cats without appointments for the day.  Always check the schedule above or email clinic@ohioalleycat.org for the current status before you trap.

Each cat must come in its own trap.  This includes kittens.  For the safety of the staff and the cats, there are no exceptions to this one-cat-per-trap  rule. Feral/semi-feral cats who arrive at the clinic after 10am Monday-Wednesday may be held overnight for surgery the following day.  We cannot take feral cats without appointment after 10 am on Thursday or on Friday. Cats who have had surgery on Fridays must have a safe, temperature-controlled place to keep them in their trap on Friday night so that you can release them the next day safely.  As of January 1st 2018, all feral/semi-feral cats in traps brought in for surgery without appointment will be ear-tipped, no exceptions.

Cats who have surgery Monday through Thursday recuperate at the clinic, and must be picked up the following morning at the clinic at 7:30am. Cats who have surgery on Friday will be released to clients the same day, on Friday afternoon at 2:30pm. Feral cats who have surgery on Friday must be kept in a climate-controlled area overnight on Friday before release.

If you would like to bring in more than two feral/semi-feral cats on a given day, you must contact our clinic in advance to set up an appointment to ensure we have space on the schedule.

Outside of the Greater Cincinnati area? There are low-cost options in many cities and towns across the US. You can find low-cost options through SpayUSA or the ASPCA in an area near you.