Crowdfunding thread

[Ginsu Victim]

Got something you need help funding? Post it here.

[Nephasth]

Make a cardboard sign and go to Wal-Mart. If you're going to beg, you should have to look em in the eye...

[JDFan]

Contact the local vets and see if there are any low cost spay and neuter programs in your area !!

For example since you are in OK there is Spay Oklahoma which is a non profit ( http://www.spayok.org/ ) which offers spays and neutering.

Cost
Adult Cat $35 (includes a rabies shot and a pain injection)
Kitten $25 (5 months old & younger and a pain injection)
Adult Dogs $45 (includes a rabies shot and a pain injection)
Puppy $35 (5 months & younger and a pain injection)
and a special rate you'd qualify for of :
Cats - Mom cat and her kittens
$80 total cost for Mom cat and UP TO 5 of her kittens

All additional puppies are $35 each. All additional kittens are $25 each.

You can’t afford to NOT spay and neuter!  It prevents thousands more unwanted litters when the babies leave your care.  Please be responsible.  We’re here to help you!

So no need for $600 in crowd funding as there are sources already out there providing this type of help on a larger basis and they can use the donations and make them go much further !!

[Token]

Does this sort of thing actually work?

I have a house full of adopted human children, and I like money, too.

[pbj]

San Antonio had a similar low cost spay/neuter program and I cannot reccomend them enough.  I felt a little weird using as we "weren't poor" but it was a similar adopted a stray ordeal and didn't involve making a lifelong relationship with a veterinarian.

[Vigo]

Does this sort of thing actually work?

I have a house full of adopted human children, and I like money, too.

You want to spay/neuter your children? 

[Token]

Does this sort of thing actually work?

I have a house full of adopted human children, and I like money, too.

You want to spay/neuter your children? 

Only the teenagers.

[Ginsu Victim]

JDFan - there is a place a few blocks away that has pretty much those same prices. Three of the kittens have already been taken there for shots, and two of them fixed. The amount I entered is just a number, no real goals are required with GoFundMe.

I mostly have posted this to Facebook groups that are all about taking care of kitties, and have received a $50 donation already.

Thanks for looking.

We are looking to find them homes ASAP.

[RetroGreg]

Good luck with this. I live in the far west suburbs of Phoenix. There's new construction, but still a lot of farmland and I think people dump their unwanted animals there. There are always feral cats in our neighborhood. When we moved here I noticed a couple eating out of our cat bowl. I go through a local non-profit that offers a trap/neuter/release program. It's a real pain to get a Saturday appointment and it usually is about 40 miles away, but it's worth it in the long run. The heat in the summer is rough on them. it costs about $50 per cat if you get their shots and a pain injection for after the surgery. I probably trap about 4 per year lately. These are wild cats though. Most only make it a few years out here, but I have one I've been feeding for about ten right now. I probably feed about 8 at any given time. It's better than them multiplying though. It costs about $10 a week to feed them. If I don't they'll stray out of the neighborhood and get eaten by coyotes though. I don't know - it just bugs me so I do this.

There are several low cost clinics that I've used for the friendly ones that run about the same price too. No shame in using them. I'll take my own cats there. I've adopted some out that were friendly over the years. Finding homes for cats is the hardest thing to do though. Nobody wants cats.

Oh - that little garden you have wont last. That will turn into a litter box really quick unless you put some chicken wire around it lol.

[Ginsu Victim]

That's one of several small gardens in our backyard. The mulch stops them from using it as a litter box. There is another area of the yard they all tend to use and cover properly, so no problems there.

[jdbailey1206]

Seriously?  No one?  Fine....