Schedule a TNR (Community Cat) Appointment

Humane Ohio TNR Scheduling Guide: Updated March 2025

 

        • Community cat appointments are scheduled on a 6 week rolling basis online HERE or by clicking the button below.

 

        • Cats MUST come in a appropriately sized live trap. Minimum size of 32"(L)x10"(W)x10"(H). Cats in carriers will not be accepted and no exceptions will be made!
              • If a cat is brought in anything other than a live trap, you will be charged a mandatory fee of $15 for Humane Ohio staff to transfer the cat into a live trap and charged $80 deposit while the trap is in use during the appointment. You will have 7 business days to return the live trap to Humane Ohio, and your deposit of $80 will be refunded to you. The carrier the cat was brought in will be held as collateral until the trap is returned. 
              • If you do not have a live trap to use for your appointment, you can rent one from Humane Ohio. Find out how here.

 

        • DO NOT TRAP ANY CATS UNTIL YOU HAVE A CONFIRMED APPOINTMENT. Walk-ins will NOT be accepted!

 

        • There is a limit of 3 cats per person/household. The name of the person dropping off must match the name on the admission form, or live in the same household.

 

        • If you do not know the sex of the cat you are bringing in, please schedule as a female and we will update it at the time of surgery. Humane Ohio understands that you may not catch the cat that you scheduled, so please feel free to bring in whoever you catch!

 

        • If you scheduled a TNR appointment, the cat(s) you bring in must receive the community cat package (surgery, rabies vaccine and ear-tip), no exceptions. If you decide to not ear-tip the cat, you will need to reschedule your appointment as an owned pet. 

 

Questions about your upcoming community cat appointment? Email us at communitycats@humaneohio.org

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What to expect the day of your appointment

 

Drop-off for community cats is at 8:30AM. Check-in may take up to an hour, so please plan accordingly and dress weather appropriate.

Please leave the cat(s) in a temperature controlled vehicle and proceed to the foyer of the building to be greeted and checked-in by a staff member. To safely manage the flow of people and pets, we use a text-based waitlist system so you may wait your turn with your pets comfortably in your vehicle. You will be asked to provide a cell phone number that you have on your person by the check-in staff (or inform them if you do not have a cell phone or a vehicle to wait in). You will receive two text messages, one confirming you have been added to the waitlist and one when it's time to bring your pet inside the clinic.

Pick-up is the following day between 9:30AM and 12PM. Humane Ohio's lobby is closed daily from 12-2PM. 

Post-operative care for TNR community cats can be found here.

What's the difference between a community cat vs. an owned cat?

 

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