Pet Help in the Chico Area

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In Chico and need help now? For an emergency, go to a 24-hour hospital below and tell them if cost is a barrier. To lower costs, start with the spay/neuter programs and low-cost clinics. For a bill you can’t cover, get a free funding plan.

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Emergencies and 24-hour hospitals

• VCA Valley Oak Veterinary Center - Emergency & Critical Care (Chico) 24 hours
  2480 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Chico, CA 95928 · (530) 342-7387
  Emergency and critical care plus specialty veterinary hospital in Chico, open 24 hours every day.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Butte Humane Society Fix It Program
  13391 Garner Lane, Chico, CA 95973
  Cost-covered spay/neuter surgeries for Butte County residents, with 10 surgeries per month awarded at random from applications.
• PawPrints Spay/Neuter Assistance Program (P-SNAP vouchers)
  All of Butte County and areas within 20 miles of Chico
  Voucher program from Companion Animal Welfare Alliance that helps pet owners who cannot afford to spay or neuter their own cats and dogs, at discounted rates with participating veterinarians.
• PawPrints Spay/Neuter Clinic and Neighborhood Cat Advocates (TNR)
  2607 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973
  Spay/neuter clinic for free-roaming outdoor cats only, run by Companion Animal Welfare Alliance with its volunteer trap-neuter-return program, Neighborhood Cat Advocates. People needing help with stray or feral cats are paired with a volunteer trapper. All cats are ear-tipped. A small copay per cat is requested. Owned pets are not seen.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Butte Humane Society Veterinary Center
  13391 Garner Lane, Chico, CA 95973 · (530) 206-3090
  Affordable non-emergency veterinary center open to the whole community, offering exams, spay/neuter and other surgery, dental procedures, vaccinations, lab work, exotic animal care and medications. Walk-in vaccines are offered Tuesday through Friday.

Pet food

• Butte Humane Society Pet Food and Supply Pantry
  13391 Garner Lane, Chico, CA 95973 · 530.343.7917
  Volunteer-run pantry giving donated dog and cat food and supplies to any community member in need, as supplies allow. Wet food is sometimes available. Prescription food, medicine and delivery are not provided.

Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss

• Butte Humane Society
  13391 Garner Lane, Chico, CA 95973 · (530) 343-7917
  Nonprofit humane society in Chico with an adoption center for dogs and cats, rehoming help, lost and found resources, and spay/neuter assistance programs.
• Chico Animal Services (Chico Animal Shelter & Animal Control)
  2579 Fair Street, Chico, CA 95928 · (530) 894-5630
  City of Chico animal shelter and animal control, part of the Chico Police Department. The shelter houses stray dogs found in city limits, takes owned dogs from Chico residents on a space-available waiting list, and adopts out animals. Animal Control enforces city animal ordinances, picks up dogs at large and handles rabies quarantine. The shelter no longer accepts surrendered cats or healthy stray cats.
• Chico Cat Coalition
  629 Entler Avenue #13, Chico, CA 95928
  No-kill, all-volunteer cat shelter and sanctuary that rescues, cares for and rehomes surrendered and stray domesticated cats in the greater Chico area. It does not handle kittens, trapping or injured cats.
• Friends United in Rescue (FUR)
  1722 Mangrove Avenue, Suite 32, Chico, CA 95926
  Chico nonprofit cat and kitten rescue that advocates for the most vulnerable kittens and cats and finds them adoptive homes.

Paying for a bigger bill

Ask any hospital about payment plans, CareCredit or Scratchpay, and apply to more than one assistance program. Ways to pay a vet bill in California lists the programs that are open now, and a free funding plan puts them together for your pet, with a free fundraiser page if you want one.

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