Pet Help in the Reading Area

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In Reading and need help now? For an emergency, find the closest emergency vet by ZIP code 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.

Want what’s closest to you? Search by ZIP code or your location. Nearby: Lancaster. the Lehigh Valley. Philadelphia.

Spay, neuter and vouchers

• Animal Rescue League of Berks County TNVR Program
  58 Kennel Road · (610) 373-8830
  Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return and Shelter-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return for community cats, fully supported by the Animal Rescue League, to reduce and keep the community cat population healthy.
• Humane Pennsylvania Affordable Spay/Neuter Clinic (Reading)
  1801 N. 11th Street
  All-inclusive affordable sterilization packages for friendly household cats and dogs. Cat packages include surgery, pain medication, rabies and FVRCP vaccines, nail trim, microchip and registration, and parasite treatment; dog packages include surgery, pain medication, rabies and distemper combo vaccines, nail trim, microchip and registration, and topical parasite treatment.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

• Animal Rescue League of Berks County Medical Center (Low-Cost Vet Care)
  58 Kennel Road · (610) 373-8830
  Low-cost veterinary services: affordable spay/neuter for owned pets, offsite vaccine clinics (rabies, distemper/parvo, influenza, leptospirosis, feline distemper, Lyme, microchips) and wellness care including vaccines, microchipping, nail trims and fecal tests.
• Humane Pennsylvania Healthy Pets Initiative - Pay-What-You-Can Clinics and Walk-In Wellness Clinic
  Reading / Berks County (open to non-residents) · (610) 921-8387
  Pay-what-you-can neighborhood rabies, distemper and microchip clinics with no residency requirement (book online three weeks ahead), plus a Wednesday 9am-1pm walk-in wellness clinic at reduced fees (exams and vaccines); wellness only, sick/injured care goes to Humane Veterinary Hospitals.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

• Humane Veterinary Hospitals - Reading
  1729 N. 11th Street · 610-921-8387
  Full-service veterinary hospital operated by Humane Pennsylvania.

Pet food

• Humane Pennsylvania - Spike's Pet Food Pantry
  1350 Schuylkill Avenue · (484) 869-5126
  Free pet food, litter and supplies for enrolled Berks and Lancaster County residents; enroll in person with a photo ID showing current address and get a membership card the same day; open 10am-4:30pm, seven days a week.

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

• Animal Rescue League of Berks County
  58 Kennel Road · (610) 373-8830
  Berks County shelter offering adoption, foster, lost and found pets, a Pet Help Center for surrenders and found pets, humane investigation, and animal control services for contracted municipalities including the City of Reading.
• Animal Rescue League of Berks County End of Life Services
  58 Kennel Road · (610) 373-8830 ext. 205
  Humane, compassionate euthanasia in a supportive setting, low-cost public or private cremation, and memorial items. Euthanasia appointments are scheduled most mornings depending on staff availability.
• Humane Pennsylvania Bottle Baby Kitten Kit Program
  1801 N. 11th Street · (610) 921-2348
  Free kitten kits for people caring for orphaned, unweaned kittens: a care booklet, nursing bottle, nipple and feeding syringes, kitten milk replacer, kitten wet food, a rice sock and a blanket. Humane Pennsylvania also gives community cat caregivers guidance and local resources for Trap/Neuter/Return.
• Humane Pennsylvania Freedom Center for Animal Life-Saving (Reading Adoption Center)
  1801 N. 11th Street · (610) 921-2348
  Humane Pennsylvania's Reading campus: pet adoption, public pet boarding, a walk-in vet clinic and an affordable spay/neuter clinic by appointment. Also offers lost and found and pet surrender services.

Paying for a bigger bill

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