FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic

11/18/2024

All outdoor pets should be taking preventatives to ward off the variety of critters that can make them sick. Even indoor pets are susceptible to bites from insects that find their way inside. With the warm season extending later into the year, it's becoming more common to find mosquitoes inside during winter months! Our pets are at risk of bites, infections, and disease from mosquitoes, tapeworms, fleas, ticks, and more.

The good news is, all it takes is a little prevention to protect your loved pet from disease and discomfort. We have a variety of options to keep your pet from contracting disease or just scratching at themselves all day. From topical treatments to monthly pills to 6 month or year-round injectable prevention, we have your dog and cat covered with ease.

You can learn more about our preventative options and pricing here - https://faceanimalclinic.org/services/preventatives

Schedule an appointment at our clinic today to give protection for your pet and peace of mind for yourself.

11/15/2024

Sometimes we hear talk that spay/neuter appointments are hard to get, or that people have been told waitlists are months out. This may have been true at clinics years ago, but this is no longer the case at FACE. We have expanded both our team and capacity to meet the spay/neuter demand as best we can.

Appointments for spay/neuter are now available within the month, sometimes even within the week. To schedule a spay/neuter appointment, simply go to our webpage at https://faceanimalclinic.org/services/spay-neuter/ and click the "Schedule an appointment" button.

Appointments require a $65 (cats) / $95 (dogs) deposit. For answers to most spay/neuter questions regarding scheduling and procedures, please see the FAQ on our spay/neuter webpage.

11/15/2024

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Today, Nov. 15, is your last chance to order a 2025 Community Cats calendar and benefit the community cat program at FACE! After midnight, these beautiful, one-of-a-kind calendars will be gone forever, so order yours NOW.

Calendars will be mailed directly to you by mid-December, making perfect end-of-year gifts for yourself or fellow cat lovers...or just fellow FACE supporters.

Again, today is your last chance to order, so don't miss meowt!

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11/12/2024

The phrase "animal welfare" covers a lot of animal-related services and there can be considerable confusion as to what an organization does or doesn't do. With that in mind, we want to clarify the services FACE offers to the public.

FACE offers spay/neuter, vaccinations, preventatives, heartworm treatment, and community cat services to the greater Indianapolis area. Although we provide services for community cats, we do not trap or transport the animals to and from our clinic. We rely upon our community cat caretaker partners to conduct this specialized work.

To focus on meeting the spay/neuter demands in our area, FACE no longer facilitates an adoption program.

We recently introduced a low-cost heartworm treatment program to our clinic services, but we do not have an extensive minor medical program such as skin, ear, and eye treatment.

Our goal as a nonprofit clinic is to specialize in the services that keep pets happy, healthy, and with their families, and partner with organizations that conduct other animal welfare work. When necessary, we offer referrals to a number of clinics and organizations that further our organizations goals.

11/11/2024

This is it. Just five more days to preorder the 2025 community cat calendar from FACE! Sales end Friday!

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A perfect end-of-year gift for family, friends, neighbors, and cat lovers. This calendar is a fundraiser for the FACE community cat program, helping us to provide spay/neuter and prevention to the thousands of community cats we see every year. Your purchase benefits both cats and Indianapolis neighborhoods.

These high-quality calendars include beautiful photos of area community cats, caretaker stories, cat bios, drawings by a FACE volunteer, date reminder stickers, and more. You won't find a calendar like this anywhere else! Preorder yours now and they will be mailed directly to you or the recipient(s) by mid-December.

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11/08/2024

It's getting cold out there and our neighborhood felines are going to need somewhere safe and warm to go. If it's not in your house as a loving adopter, a shelter from Indy Neighborhood Cats is the next best place! Starting next weekend, you can grab outdoor cat shelters at either Indianapolis Animal Care Services or FIDO - Friends of Indianapolis Dogs Outside. Save this schedule for future reference!

Please share Indy Neighborhood Cats Winter cat shelter pickup dates are not far off!

Pickup pre-cut and straw stuffed warm winter shelters, fresh bags of straw for refreshing existing shelters, Marion County Do Not Disturb notices for shelters and feeding stations, and flea medication. While we do not charge a set fee for shelters, this is a year round project that costs thousands of dollars. Donations are appreciated.

Saturday's at Indianapolis Animal Care Services 2600 S Harding St
From 11a-2p
11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/07, 12/14

Sunday's at Friends of FIDO - Friends of Indianapolis Dogs Outside 1505 N Sherman Dr from 12p-3p
11/17, 11/24, 12/01, 12/08, 12/15, 12/22

11/07/2024

Looking for a way to help Indianapolis dogs and cats? We're always looking for volunteers to fulfill a number of roles in our organization. From clinical operations support to committee participation to event staffing, we rely on your generous service to support our mission.

We have opportunities for individuals and corporate groups. Simply fill out the volunteer form at https://faceanimalclinic.org/get-involved/ and we will be in touch!

11/05/2024

When you bring your dog or cat for spay/neuter or vaccinations, don't forget to add a nail trim to your services.

Nail trims during spay/neuter are performed after they are under sedation, which means they will experience zero stress while getting their claws trimmed to a safe and comfortable length. It is recommended that pets begin routine nail trims during vaccine clinic visits at a young age so they will become accustomed to the procedure.

Let our client support representatives know you would like to add a nail trim to your list of services at your next visit!

11/04/2024

Today is a Spay Day at FACE. If you are new to our work for community cats, watch this video to see the effort we put into making community cats healthy and the neighborhoods where they reside thriving.

11/01/2024

It's never too early to build anticipation for Mutt Cup - the premier party for pups and FACE fundraiser! Mark your 2025 calendars (maybe the community cat calendar you purchased from us?) for Thursday, April 24, 2025, when we throw another amazing party and cocktail competition at the Biltwell Event Center.

Last year, we sold out our event QUICK, so don't miss out when we alert you to ticket sales. 400 guests were treated to creative and delicious cocktail samples from a variety of area bartenders, competed for valuable bottles of spirits at our Whiskey Fetch, bid on an array of silent auction prizes, had an energetic night of socializing with fellow pet lovers, and more. We promise this year will be even better.

Keep your ears up for more event teasers and ticket sales alerts as the date nears. For now, mark those calendars, gather your friends, practice your collar toss, and get ready to support the nonprofit work of FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic at Mutt Cup 2025!

10/31/2024

Spay/Neuter is at the core of our mission to reduce unnecessary euthanasia, but the ways spay/neuter keeps animals with their families extends beyond overpopulation control.

Spay/neuter changes a pet's hormonal makeup in a way that creates positive behavioral changes, thereby reducing considerations to surrender an unruly animal to shelters. Spay/neuter lowers an animal's drive to escape their homebase and roam in search of a mate, putting them at risk of becoming lost and being taken to a shelter. Spay/neuter has been proven to reduce disease development, keeping pet's happy and healthy into their senior years.

For 25 years, FACE has focused on spay/neuter services to reduce the number of animals being euthanized at area shelters, but keeping animals happy, healthy, and with their families are equally positive reasons to have your dog or cat spayed/neutered as soon as they are able.

Schedule an appointment at www.faceanimalclinic.org/services today!

10/29/2024

It's National Cat Day, but with our 2025 Community Cat Calendar....everyday is cat day! You know, Meownday, Tuespay, Purrsday, etc. We're halfway through the preorder period and we don't want you to forget to get your claws on your very own. Preorders end Friday, November 15 and then these one-of-a-kind calendars will be harder to catch than that community cat evading your trap.

The end of the year will be on us before you know it, and these make fancatstic gifts for friends, family, neighbors, and cat-loving coworkers...and yourself! Each calendar comes with date and appointment reminder stickers, and all proceeds fund the FACE community cat program. It's a purrfect gift!

Preorder yours at https://facelowcostanimalclinic-bloom.kindful.com/e/calendar2025

10/29/2024

It takes partnerships to create the best outcomes for community cats and neighborhoods alike. We’re proud to work with Indy Neighborhood Cats and support their efforts for our furry neighbors. Happy National Cat Day!

Happy National Cat Day, from Indy Neighborhood Cats! This is Cali. She is the 18 year old matriarch of a managed colony of cats. Cali was fixed in 2006 at FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic. Fixing cats vastly improves their quality of life and the simplest way of helping control outdoor cat populations. Trap-Neuter-Return is just one piece of the ecosystem. All cats deserve our care and compassion. Happy National Cat Day!

10/29/2024

We are proud of our veterinary doctoral staff at FACE. Our doctors have nearly 100 years of combined experience, which they bring to our high-quality, high-volume clinic. In addition to providing high-quality medicine to more than 100 animals who enter our doors every day, they also complete anywhere from 40 to 100+ spay/neuter surgeries for both owned pets, shelter animals, and community cats.

They work hard every day to make sure our patients receive the best preoperative and postoperative care. This entails hands-on monitoring and, at times, surgery rechecks. FACE doctors bring both passion and compassion to their practice, and we couldn't be more proud of their service to Indianapolis dogs and cats.

10/14/2024

2025 community cat calendar pre-orders begin today! You can find the link to order on our webpage or use this one - https://facelowcostanimalclinic-bloom.kindful.com/e/calendar2025.

Ordering will be available for one month, but don't forget because on November 15, these fine felines will be off the market! They'll still be living their best spayed/neutered and vaccinated lives in their neighborhoods of choice, but that's the only place you'll be able to see them if you don't grab a calendar.

You have the option to purrchase one or up to six at a time in case you want to check off some end-of-year gift ideas ahead of time! Calendars will be mailed directly to you or your recipient around mid-December. Each calendar features a monthly community cat, stories from the caretakers, adorable drawings by a FACE volunteer, a sheet of date reminder stickers, and more.

Thank you for trapping a FACE community cat calendar and assisting us in our work to provide the best lives for Indianapolis area community cats. All calendar sales help fund the FACE community cat program in the coming year.

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