Can I buy an animal from the SPCA?

No! The SPCA does not sell animals, it adopts animals to caring homes. We aim to find the best home we can for each animal we adopt. This involves matching potential adopters to the animal best suited to them, their life style and their environment. The SPCA does, however, charge an adoption fee to help cover the cost of veterinary care and costs for housing the animal.

Our Fees are:

Dogs and Puppies $100.00

Cats (over 3 years) FREE

Kittens (8 - 16 weeks) $75.00

Kittens (16 weeks - 3 years) $100.00

Rabbits $50.00

Guinea Pigs $30.00

Hamsters $20.00

Pet pairs, reduce the second animal by 50%. FREE is still FREE. 

How do I go about adopting an animal?

The SPCA has a questionnaire that must be completed by anyone interested in adopting a dog/puppy or cat/kitten. One of our Kennel Administrators will then talk to the person interested in adopting to help determine what they are looking for in an animal. Once a person is approved to adopt we will work with them to find a suitable companion.

Once an animal has been selected, the adopter must sign an Adoption Agreement with the SPCA.

The SPCA reserves the right to refuse any adoption.

What veterinary treatment do animals received prior to adoption?

Cats and kittens are all blood tested for Feline Aids and Leukemia and if they test negative they are then vaccinated. They receive a general health check, are wormed and treated for fleas.

Puppies receive a general health check, worming, vaccination and are treated for fleas.

Dogs receive a general health check, worming and a vaccination. Dogs eight months and older are blood tested to check for heart worms. Dogs who are positive for heart worms will be started on treatment to kill the heart worms and dogs who test negative are started on Heartguard to prevent heat worms.

All cats and dogs, 6 months and older, are spayed or neutered prior to adoption.

In addition to the above any necessary corrective surgery is carried out prior to adoption.

Do SPCA animals have a microchip?

All dogs, cats, puppies and kittens are implanted with a microchip prior to adoption. If any of our adoptees are found straying the veterinary hospitals, The Government Animal Wardens and the SPCA can scan the animal to find it’s unique microchip number. From that number we can find the contact information for the owners. It is important to let the SPCA and the Department of Environmental Protection know if your address or contact numbers change so that we/they can amend records accordingly.

What is the SPCA’s policy on spaying and neutering?

Spaying and neutering is mandatory for all dogs and cats adopted from the SPCA. All dogs and cats 6 months and older are spayed or neutered prior to adoption and people adopting a kitten or puppy must agree to spay or neuter that animal by the time it is six months old, at their own expense. The SPCA has procedures in place to ensure that spaying and neutering is carried out.

Why is the SPCA so strict on their policy of spaying and neutering?

Bermuda, as with everywhere else in the world has too many unwanted dogs and cats. It is our aim to stop the indiscriminant breeding of these animals. Indiscriminant or accidental breedings just perpetuate the problem of unwanted animals.

Shouldn’t my cat have at least one litter before she is spayed?

No. There is no need for this whatsoever. In addition to all the cats that come through the SPCA, every summer the SPCA, and often the veterinary hospitals as well, become over-run with unwanted, stray and feral (wild) or semi-feral kittens and finding homes for all of these cats and kittens is becoming increasingly difficult in our ever increasing urban environment.

Why should I have to neuter my male (tom) cat? After all he can’t have babies.

You’re right. Male cats can’t have kittens but unneutered Toms will travel long distances in search of a female in heat. They can impregnate many females and contribute to the spread of feline aids and leukemia, diseases which are potentially deadly to cats.

Shouldn’t my dog have one heat cycle before she is spayed?

There is no reason that a dog should wait until after her first heat cycle before she is spayed. On the contrary; the younger the dog is the faster she will be able to bounce back after the spay surgery.