Low Cost Spay Neuter in Maine -- find it here. Lots of new options and programs in addition to Help Fix ME. See below and click on the "MORE SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS" tab on left. (updated 01/23/12)
HELP FIX ME UPDATE- the telephone lines are open: Help Fix ME is the state of Maine's state-wide low-income spay neuter program run through the Animal Welfare Program. 1-800-367-1317. $10 for a cat spay or neuter, $20 for a pit bull/pit bull cross spay or neuter. See the Contact Help Fix ME tab for details.
If you have any problems with Help Fix ME that you have been unable to solve through Help Fix ME directly, please email
Liam Hughes, Animal Welfare Program Director at Liam.Hughes@maine.gov
Or if you still have a problem email Susan Hall at shall1@maine.rr.com.
NEW in Bangor! Bangor Humane Society now has monthly low cost low-income spay/neuter clinics for cats. Call 942-8902. Females $50, males $25. Must pay with cash in advance. Some scholarships available (meaning assistance for people who cannot afford the $50 or $25).
Auburn: Dr. Steve Kinney's Low-Income Spay/Neuter Clinic is now open to any low-income individuals for cat spays and neuters (all are welcome from anywhere, but if you are from the Lewiston/Auburn area please call the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society first, see below). Cat neuter: $25. Cat spay: $55. Vaccines $10 each. Call to schedule: 784-2000
Auburn: For dogs (not limited to low-income): Auburn Animal Center 784-2000.
Price depends on weight: males $80-140, females $120-200. Cats (if not low-income): Female $110, Male $60. If low-income Female $55, Male $25
Freeport: low cost dog and cat spays and neuters at the Community Spay/Neuter Clinic in Freeport. Includes rabies vaccine. See details on "more spay/neuter programs tab." 865-0772
Augusta, Thomaston and Waterville areas low cost spay/neuter: Free transport for cats and dogs to and from the Community Spay-Neuter Clinic in Freeport. 865-0772
Waterville, Clinton, Benton zipcodes: $30 cat spay or neuter special, including rabies vaccine. 865-0772
Portland: Free transport from Munjoy Hill to Community Spay-Neuter Clinic, call 865-0772.
West Kennebunk: See below for the new cat spay neuter clinic at the Animal Welfare Society--only $39.95 to spay or neuter a cat. 985-3244 ext. 120 This clinic is not restricted to cats from any geographical area.
Lewiston-Auburn Area: Cat spay/neuter clinic, pit bull program, pregnant cat program. Call The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society: 783-2311 (open to the humane society's contract towns only)
Click on the "more spay/neuter programs" page for more options.