Desexing fees – dogs
Desexing fees – cats
Desexing voucher scheme
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The City of Melbourne recommends that cats and dogs be desexed if they are not intended for breeding. Desexing helps make animals less aggressive and easier to control.
Desexing also makes it cheaper to register your cat or dog. You can save more than a third of the registration cost.
Benefits of desexing include:
- helping to reduce the over population problem (especially in cats)
- pets being less prone to wander or fight
- reducing territorial behaviour such as spraying indoors
- pets being less likely to suffer from anti-social behaviours – they can become more affectionate and better companions.
Desexing fees – dogs
| Age of dog |
Discounted
desexing fee |
Owner pays |
Council pays |
| Female mature (over 7 months) |
$225 |
$150 |
$75 |
| Immature (under 7 months) |
$180 |
$120 |
$60 |
| Male |
$168 |
$112 |
$56 |
Desexing fees – cats
| Age of cat |
Discounted
desexing fee |
Owner pays |
Council Pays |
| Female mature (over 7 months) |
$168 |
$112 |
$56 |
| Immature (under 7 months) |
$144 |
$96 |
$56 |
| Male |
$96 |
$64 |
$32 |
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Desexing voucher scheme
The desexing voucher scheme provides pet owners with a 33 per cent reduction in the cost of desexing their cats and dogs.
City of Melbourne residents who hold any of the following Federal Government Social Security Cards are eligible to participate in the desexing voucher scheme:
- Pensioner Health Benefits Card
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Concession Card
- Health Benefits Card
- Health Care Card.
Desexing vouchers are available from City of Melbourne in person, at the Melbourne Town Hall, 190 – 200 Swanston Street, Melbourne. Proof of the above concession or benefit card are required. If your pet is over three months of age, evidence of pet registration is also required.
Using the desexing voucher
Present the desexing voucher to your vet. You will be required to pay the vet two-thirds of the cost of the procedure. The City of Melbourne will then pay your vet the remaining one-third of the cost.
Desexing voucher scheme conditions
- A maximum of two desexing vouchers will be issued per household.
- Pets must be vaccinated and have a current vaccination certificate.
- If your pet is a female older than seven months an extra charge applies, $21 for dogs and $15 for cats, plus two-thirds of the cost of desexing your pet.
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