A cat neutering surgery has been held by social media group Missing Cats and Strays in Thanet (MCASIT), teamed up with Vets2u.
More than 30 cats were neutered on February 8 at the Vets2u mobile unit at the office in Ramsgate. Neutering days organised by the group and vet partnership usually treat between 10 and 20 cats.
The neutering is offered at a subsidised cost. MCASIT and the vets first teamed up to offer the low cost service during the pandemic in a bid to help under pressure veterinary surgeries that were having to put off routine surgeries to cope with the demand
Lucy Cook, who runs the missing cats group, said: “From a rescue perspective, this was an absolute nightmare. We live in a depressed area and there are a lot of homeless cats in shelters, strays, and unfortunately a lot of people have to leave cats behind due to landlords not allowing pets.
“Neutering is so important for cats health, and keeps down the number of unwanted litters. FIV and FELV is the disease that we have found in pockets of areas in Thanet in certain areas where they have been high levels of unneutered cats.
“Unfortunately, this can be spread to neutered cats as well, hence why it’s such a problem. Every year we pick up deceased cats that have been hit, the majority of them are usually unneutered males making their journeys to find females.
“Sometimes it gets so bad that we’re picking up 2 to 3 a day . Vet2u nurses and vets volunteer their days off to make the surgeries happen. We usually have neutering days every other month.
“We have had a number of surprises, such as boys that turned out to be girls, girls turning out to be boys, a couple that turned out to already been neutered, and we had some funny names. We had a boy called Mabel this time around!”
The missing cats group also catches strays for neutering and in 2021 carried out ops on an entire feral colony.
Cats 2kg and upwards can be neutered, The next neutering day is on April 19 and places must be booked via the MCASIT facebook page (link below). There are limited spaces. Cost is male £50 and female £75 and payment must be made when booking.
Vet2u’s books are currently open for new clients. Find the website here
Find Missing Cats and Strays in Thanet on facebook here
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