The SAFE Care Clinic is open and taking appointments! We’re purring with happiness that we can meet our mission of offering low cost and free spay and neuters for the community.

How to Make an Appointment

Please schedule your appointment here. Also, please read all the information on this page to help your cat have a smooth surgery.

When scheduling your pet’s spay/neuter appointment:

• There is a limit of three pets per household per day.
• Each pet must have its own appointment request.
• We do not offer services to Bengals, savannah cats, ocicats, African servals, or any mix of these breeds due to the increased risk of anesthesia complications. 
• All feral appointments must be scheduled in a female slot in order to keep a certain female to male ratio daily.
• If you do not know the approximate age of your pet, please just put an estimate. Our veterinarian on site will give you an age based off of their teeth.
• Payment for surgery is due at check-in.

SAFE Care Clinic Appointment Deposit

Because spay and neuter appointments are in high demand and often book weeks in advance, as of July 1, 2026, SAFE Haven for Cats requires a $25 deposit per cat to reserve your appointment. This helps ensure that as many cats as possible receive the care they need.

Your deposit is not an additional fee. It will be applied toward the cost of your cat’s surgery, with the remaining balance due upon check-in on the morning of your appointment.

If you need to cancel or reschedule, please notify us at least three (3) business days before your appointment. This gives us the opportunity to offer your appointment to another family waiting for care. Appointments canceled with fewer than three business days’ notice, or missed without notice, will forfeit the deposit.

Thank you for helping us make every surgery appointment count and allowing us to serve more cats in our community.

Preparing for Drop-off

To ensure that we have a smooth check-in process, please follow these drop-off steps:

• Complete the Medical / Surgical Consent Form (this will be sent via email when your appointment is confirmed).
• Feral cats must be transported in traps.
• All appointments are dropped off between 7:30am-7:50am. We close our doors promptly at 8am and are not able to facilitate late drop offs due to our high volume.
• Staff will complete check-in and take carrier(s) into the clinic.

Picking Up After Your Appointment

• All pets are to be picked up between 3pm and 4pm. The clinic closes promptly at 4pm.
• Each cat goes home with written discharge instructions and a medical record with a rabies tag and certificate.
• Our clinic closes at 4:00 pm and all animals must be picked up prior to close.
• Here are some tips to help your cat have a good night after surgery.

Food / Water Before the Appointment

• Please do not feed your pet any food the morning of surgery, but continue to give your pet access to water.

• All cats must come in a four-sided hard carrier to the appointment. If you do not have one, you will be asked to transfer your pet into one of our carriers for the day. Each pet must be in their own carrier

• All feral cats must be brought in a secure trap.

• If within the last 30 days your pet has been injured or had any symptoms of illness such as vomiting or diarrhea please let our clinic staff when you are checking in your pet.

• If your pet is on any medication, please let our clinic staff know when you are checking in your pet.

• Our clinic only performs surgery on healthy pets. For the safety of your pet, approval for surgery is at the sole discretion of the veterinarian.

Catching Community Cats

We realize that trapping community cats is not an exact science. We are willing to work with you over a period of several days or weeks to get them into the clinic for sterilization. Read more in our Feral Cats resource section.

Want more information about TNVR, or Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return, as a humane option for managing and reducing community cat populations? Visit Wake TNVR for community resources.