Pet Help in the Roanoke Area
In Roanoke 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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Spay, neuter and vouchers
- Mountain View Humane - Feral Cat Package
225 Industrial Drive, Christiansburg, VA 24073 · (540) 382-0222
Special low-cost package for feral cats covering sterilization, a rabies vaccine, ear-tip and a 72-hour pain medication injection. Trap rentals are available. - Mountain View Humane - Waldron-Ricci Spay Neuter Clinic
225 Industrial Drive, Christiansburg, VA 24073 · (540) 382-0222
Nonprofit clinic providing high-quality, affordable spay/neuter and pet wellness services in southwestern Virginia, with need-based financial aid, scheduled spay/neuter transport runs and feral cat trap rentals. - Angels of Assisi Feral Cat Spay/Neuter
725 Franklin Road SW, Roanoke, VA 24011 · (540) 344-8707
Low-cost spay/neuter for feral cats, including a rabies vaccine and ear-tip; first come, first served.
Low-cost clinics and vaccines
- Angels of Assisi Community Pet Clinic
725 Franklin Road SW, Roanoke, VA 24011 · (540) 344-8707
Low-cost community veterinary clinic offering wellness exams, vaccines, microchips, diagnostic tests, sick pet care, heartworm treatment, digital x-ray, spay/neuter and other surgery (with pain medicine), plus CT imaging and an online pharmacy. A walk-in wellness clinic runs every Saturday morning.
Help paying a vet bill
- Roanoke Valley SPCA - C.A.Re Fund
Roanoke City, Vinton and Salem; Botetourt, Bedford, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery and Roanoke Counties; and pets adopted from the Roanoke Valley SPCA anywhere · (540) 339-9247
The Companion Animal Relief Fund helps economically challenged pet owners facing extraordinary veterinary expenses keep their pets healthy and at home, especially when they face giving up or euthanizing a dog or cat because of cost.
Pet food
- Mountain View Humane - Pet Food Pantry
225 Industrial Drive, Christiansburg, VA 24073 · (540) 382-0222
Pet food for people in need in the New River Valley, available every other month, for up to three dogs and three cats per household. - Roanoke Valley SPCA - Dot's Drive-Thru Pet Food
1340 Baldwin Ave., N.E., Roanoke, VA 24012 · (540) 339-9247
Monthly drive-thru giveaway of cat and dog food for families in need, with no complex paperwork; staff place food in your back seat or trunk so you do not need to get out of the car. - Roanoke Valley SPCA - P.E.T. (Pets Eat Too) Program
1340 Baldwin Ave., N.E., Roanoke, VA 24012 · (540) 339-9247
Pet food support to keep people and pets together: home-bound seniors get supplemental pet food delivered with their Meals-On-Wheels meals, people served by local food banks can receive pet food, and emergency pet food aid is available at the shelter.
Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss
- Angels of Assisi Adoption Center
725 Franklin Road SW, Roanoke, VA 24011 · (540) 344-8707
Community pet clinic and adoption center with dogs, cats and rabbits for adoption, fostering, rehoming help, lost pet help and planning for pet care after an owner's death. - Roanoke Valley SPCA
1340 Baldwin Ave., N.E., Roanoke, VA 24012 · (540) 339-9247
Nonprofit safe shelter offering pet adoption, fostering, rehoming help, behavior assistance, lost and stray pet help and pet retention programs in Virginia's Blue Ridge. Owner surrenders are managed carefully because space is limited.
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 Virginia 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.