Feral Cat Day at Clay Humane

Today, I had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall at Clay Humane. When I joined the board, I mentioned to the ED that I’d love to observe a day at the clinic to get an idea of how things work.

Well, she suggested that the “Feral Cat Day” would be a good one. These Tuesdays focus on spaying and neutering dozens of kitties, most feral. The cats have been trapped by wonderful humans that are helping to control the pet population.

I arrived at 10:00 AM, chatted with the Executive Director for a while about a recent abuse case they’ve been working on(I hope to share more about this), then I was offered the opportunity to watch the actual sterilization surgeries.

I wasn’t sure if I could handle it, but it actually wasn’t; that bad. I could watch the spays in full, but turned my head when a neuter started(if you’re a guy, you’ll get it).

It was super cool to see how fast and efficient the operation was. They sterilized 40 cats in about 2.5 hours! The doctors walked me through everything and gave me a lot of info on how things work.

They put me to work, too! I opened new surgery “packs” and removed used ones for each surgery.

After my stint in surgery, I met more of the staff and chatted a bit more with the ED. I was able to get a GiveButter account setup so I could access the API docs.

Finally, I was asked about AI meeting notes for board meetings. That’s something I have the perfect person in mind to ask 🙂