Snip & Tip

Snip & Tip

Coming soon - a Snip & Tip event!  Stay tuned  to learn when we will be holding our next Snip & Tip Day!!

Volunteers are needed and most appreciated!!

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Do you have un-owned free roaming or feral (wild) cats on your property or in your neighborhood? SNIP & TIP is offering a non-lethal solution to controlling the population of these cats.

SNIP & TIP, an initiative of New Leash on Life, was established in 2004. It is a trap/neuter/return (TNR) program that will help control the population of feral and free roaming cats. This program is available to anyone in the middle Tennessee area who is caring for a colony of un-owned, feral or free roaming cats.

Our aim is for Snip & Tip to be a resource for cat colony caretakers who want to prevent cat overpopulation by identifying colonies, sterilizing at an effective rate, and vaccinating and maintaining the colony.  Using available research and data we know that sterilizing a colony of cats is more effective and less expensive than removing and killing, and we want to provide resources to our community so they can maintain healthy, stable colonies.

We expect the following results:

• Healthier stabilized colonies
• Reduced spread of disease, less injuries and suffering
• Fewer calls to animal control and New Leash on Life regarding this issue
• Reduced smell and noise resulting in breeding behavior
• Less “killing” of cats

This program is devoted to helping stray and feral cats that would not be sterilized if not for SNIP & TIP. This program will not sterilize owned pets or strays being adopted by the finder. All cats will receive a left ear tip to identify them as a spayed or neutered and vaccinated cat. Click here to view.

This proactive program will stabilize the population, improve the health of the population and eventually reduce the number of these cats in our community.

For more information on Snip & Tip Clinic instructions, Click Here.

What to expect after surgery?  Click here

What does an ear tip look like? Click Here

Alley Cat Allies : This web site covers all topics regarding Trap/Neuter/Return including caring for feral cats, maintaining a feral cat colony, wildlife concerns and much more.

Click here to watch a video about Snip and Tip.
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To date we have spayed or neutered 5,500 cats through Snip & Tip.
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Donations of supplies, food for volunteers and funds are needed for this program

Snip and Tip Wish List

• heavy duty trash bags
• paper towels
• heating pads & electric blankets
• blankets & old sheets
• wide masking tape
• copy paper & pens
• peroxide/alcohol
• cleaning products
• humane live traps
• Medical/Surgical Supplies:  gauze, drape, gloves, suture (Vicryl, PDS, Monocryl), lactated ringers, instruments, Ivomec, cotton balls, Advantage/Frontline/Revolution
• Food and drink for volunteers
• and monetary donations

For more information about this program call:
615-453-2349

Humane live traps are available to anyone who wants to trap cats for spay/neuter. For humane trapping instructions click here.