I believe we have an EMERGENCY here. UPDATED

**Catty1** · 06-10-2006, 12:22 AM

Louisiana free or low cost S/N: LOUISIANA
Animal Welfare Inc
PO Box 4797
Shreveport LA 71134
318-221-0053
www.animalwelfareinc.org
Provides a discount for s/n for pets of residents with low income.

Lafayette Animal Aid
Lafayette LA
337-232-3089
Provides a small discount for s/n for pets of residents with low income.

Spay/Neuter Intervention Program (SNIP)
St. Bernard Parish Animal Shelter
115 W. Agriculture Road
Chalmette, LA 70043
504-278-1535
www.sbanimal.homestead.com
Free spay/neuter of cats and dogs brought by retired residents and by people on any type of public assistance. Low cost spay/neuter for cats and dogs for everyone else.

Jefferson SPCA
1 Humane Way
Harahan, LA 70123
504-733-PETS
www.jspca.org web site
For anyone in the community, Jefferson SPCA provides discount certificates for cat and dog spay/neuter with participating veterinarians. Serves Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany, St. Charles, St. Bernard, and Terrebonne parishes.

Southern Animal Foundation
Spay/Neuter Intervention Program (SNIP)
PO Box 4164
New Orleans, LA 70178
504-861-7729
Mobile clinic that visits sites in Hammond, St. Charles, Slidell, New Orleans, Jefferson, Mandeville, Plaquemines, Amie, Abita Springs, and St. Bernard.

Louisiana SPCA Feral Cat Initiative
New Orleans LA
Web www.la-spca.org
For feral cats residing in Orleans Parish. Also check the web site for their low cost s/n for tame cats and dogs.

**Catty1** · 06-10-2006, 12:25 AM

For Dionne - although these are free or low-cost spay and neuter, they may have great info on who can help you. (Hope the school works out!)

OREGON
Pet Over Population Prevention Advocates Inc (POPPA)
PO Box 5721
Beaverton, OR 97006
503-626-4070
This service helps by giving information about low cost programs for s/n of dogs, cats, rabbits, and ferrets statewide. Also, POPPA operates Oregon Neutermobile, a van that visits communities around the state to provide low cost s/n.

Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon
Portland, OR
503-797-2606
Spay/neuter and vaccinations for ferals, at clinic or at mobile clinic that travels around the state.

Humane Society of the Willamette Valley
PO Box 13005
Salem, OR 97309
503-585-5900 ext 308

Spay and Neuter Humane Association
333 West Marine Drive
Astoria, OR 97103
503-325-7729

PROD
7741 Cook Underwood Road
Underwood, WA
509-538-2397
Serves the mid-Columbian area in Oregon and Washington state. PROD will pay a percentage of spay/neuter costs, depending on income level, at any vet in the mid-Columbian area, including towns such as Hood River, The Dalles, and Cascade Locks, Oregon -- and Bingen/White Salmon, Stevenson, and Underwood, Washington.

Pet OverPopulation Prevention
PO Box 442
Pasco, WA 99301
509-582-4722
Each month, gives out a limited number of certificates for very low cost s/n at participating veterinarians. Call the message center for instructions.

City of Eugene
Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic
3970 West 1st Avenue
Eugene OR
541-682-3643
The clinic is operated separately from the County Animal Regulation Shelter although they are located in the same building.

Pet Population Control & Well-Being Society
Eugene OR
541-687-7286
800-944-0192 toll free

S.N.Y.P.
Rogue Valley area of Oregon
541-858-3325
Web: www.spayneuter.com

Heartland Humane Society
5311 SW Airport Place
Corvallis, OR 97333
541-757-9000
Low cost spay/neuter for pets of people with low income.

Coos County Animal Control
600 Southport Road
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541-269-2312
Free spay/neuter for pets, in exchange for the human volunteering some time.

**dionne** · 06-10-2006, 12:32 AM

thank you, you guys. i found an emergency vet here in town, but unfortuantely they want 75$ before they'll even see him. since when did money come beofre animals....but they gave me numbers to care credit and i applied for that too, i dont know if im accepted or not, as i found out the processing center was closed for the night...
i am going to try and call every number that you gave me and see what i can find out....hopefully i'll come up with something....because if my cat dies cuz im too broke to save him.....

thanks for the help.
dionne

**Catty1** · 06-10-2006, 12:40 AM

Dionne...you said Abby had no blood in his poo this morning...is he still holding his own, doing okay?

Hopefully he can hang in there til you hear from some of the credit care. And is the emerg vet a regular-cost vet in the daytime?

hugs
Catty1

**dionne** · 06-10-2006, 12:48 AM

abby just vomited, and i found a little tiny piece of platic when i cleaned it. it's the only time he's vomited. it was a little piece, like a shred of a garbage bag, but i cant see any signs of an eaten garbage bag...could this be the reason for the blood?
i am going to call the places i can at this time of night, and google more. any other suggestions would be widely appreciated.
thank you guys, for not ripping me to shreds.
dionne

**critters** · 06-10-2006, 06:22 AM

Actually, finding "trash" makes me more concerned about the possibility that he ate a toy, string, wad of plastic, etc. that may have either blocked him or damaged his intestines. A small amount of blood in or on poop may not be unusual, it can even happen from straining, but it sounds like Abby had WAY more than that.

Really don't know what else to suggest besides getting him checked out, which you're working on...

**steph** · 06-10-2006, 07:19 AM

it could be cyctitis... i've seen many male cats peeing blood. but if blood is present in his diahorrea, it can be quite seriouse, it could be an infection or bowel diesese, or.. a bad case of cyctitis, in a male cat it is expecially sore for them. .. if he has eatten something out of the garbage, it could be food poisening.. the vet should do blood tests to find out
you said he vomited.. Offer him planty of water, and something bland to eat (bolied chicken is the best thing) and get him to see your vet asap..

good luck hun

Steph
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**dionne** · 06-11-2006, 08:46 PM

ok everyone. this is what happened....i got abby scheduled for a vet visit and they told me he was fine. he swallowed a piece of garbage bag, like i had suspected but after x-rays they showed me that he had ejected it out of his body, and the blood was from a busted blood vessle in his bum (kinda like a cat hemmoroid

). he was sick and lethargic because his body was rejecting the foreign substance that was part of a plasitic bag. so the vet gave me this medication that will clean his system out, and rid whatever little tiny pieces of whatever out of his system. and now he's fine, and back to the rambunctious little turd he was before

unfortuantely, i took him the vet for nothing, like i had feared, but at least it made sure he was ok

thank you guys for all your concern!!!!!

dionne

**Catty1** · 06-11-2006, 09:09 PM

Glad to hear the little guy is ok!

Best to be on the safe side...and Abby has the best meowmie going because she goes that extra distance(all night on the phone, with us at PT and more!)

hugs
Catty1