Pet Help in the Gainesville Area

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

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Emergency and urgent care

• CCVS Meadowbrook - Emergency & Specialty (Gainesville)
  3515 NW 98th Street, Gainesville, FL 32607 · (352) 225-3501
  Community Care Veterinary Specialists emergency and specialty hospital in northwest Gainesville taking same-day walk-ins, with surgery, critical care and emergency medicine, oncology and diagnostic imaging. Serves Gainesville, Ocala, Newberry, Micanopy, Melrose, Starke and nearby areas.
• UF Small Animal Hospital - Emergency & Critical Care 24 hours
  2089 SW 16th Ave. · (352) 392-2235
  The University of Florida's teaching hospital runs a 24/7 emergency and critical care service for dogs, cats, small mammals and exotic pets, including birds and reptiles, and takes both walk-ins and referrals.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Operation Catnip Community Cat Spay/Neuter Clinics (Gainesville)
  912 Northeast 2nd Street, Gainesville, FL 32601 · (352) 380-0940
  Spay/neuter clinics for free-roaming, unowned community cats. The community cat package includes surgery, FVRCP and rabies vaccines, flea treatment, ear tip and pain medication. Financial assistance from grants and donors is available for Alachua County caregivers who cannot cover the full cost. Also runs a trap depot, a working cat program and a Kitten Shelter Diversion program.
• Operation PetSnip (Humane Society of North Central Florida)
  4205 NW 6th Street, Gainesville, FL 32609 · (352) 373-5855
  Low-cost, high-volume spay and neuter surgery for pets and community cats, open to anyone regardless of income or location. Low-cost rabies vaccines are available for pets that need one before surgery.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Humane Society of North Central Florida - Vaccine & Wellness Clinic
  4205 NW 6th St, Gainesville, FL 32609 · (352) 373-5855 ext. 715
  Low-cost clinic offering basic veterinary care: routine vaccines, heartworm and feline combination tests, flea control, deworming, preventative medication and microchipping.

Pet food

• Humane Society of North Central Florida - Pet Food Bank
  4205 NW 6th St, Gainesville, FL 32609 · (352) 373-5855
  Pet food pantry providing dog and cat food to individuals and families facing temporary financial challenges, to keep pets in their homes and out of shelters. Resources are limited.

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

• Alachua County Animal Resources and Care (Gainesville)
  3400 NE 53rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609 · 352-264-6870
  County animal shelter and animal control caring for stray and unwanted animals awaiting adoption. Public services include medically necessary euthanasia (medical records required), microchipping, county licenses and a virtual kennel. Rabies vaccines are not currently offered to the public, and the shelter does not board pets.
• Humane Society of North Central Florida
  4205 NW 6th St, Gainesville, FL 32609 · (352) 373-5855
  Privately funded nonprofit shelter (formerly the Alachua County Humane Society) offering cat and dog adoptions, fostering, rehoming resources and community cat help, along with a low-cost spay/neuter program, a vaccine and wellness clinic and a pet food bank.

Paying for a bigger bill

Apply to more than one assistance program at a time. Ways to pay a vet bill in Florida 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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