Pet Owners

Services we provide: 

We are a healthy pet clinic, which means that unfortunately we cannot diagnose or treat any health concerns. If you have a concern about your pet's health, such as itching, wounds, lumps , etc. we recommend that you seek care from your regular veterinary care provider. 

For each appointment (cost of $20 per pet, cash only), we provide full physical examinations for your cat or dog, weigh them,  administer vaccinations, perform basic blood tests, and provide heartworm prevention and flea/tick prevention. We can microchip them for an additional $10. 

For dogs we offer:

• Distemper vaccine

• Rabies vaccine

• Kennel cough vaccine (Bordetella) 

• Heartworm and tick-borne disease blood test

For cats we offer: 

• Distemper vaccine

• Rabies vaccine

• FeLV (leukemia) vaccine

• Heartworm, FeLV, and FIV blood test

Eligibility:

Because we are a clinic serving low income individuals, we require some documentation of financial status. Here is more information about the documents we accept:

-Medicaid card

-VA Disability

- Proof of social security disability income or Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

- EBT Card

- Pay Stub from last 6 months

- W-2 Form from the previous year

- Other proof of public assistance (food stamps, subsidized school lunch program)

Clients with income levels lower than twice the poverty line, as defined federally for the current year, are eligible. If you are not eligible based on these guidelines but have extenuating circumstances we will do our best to help you and your pet however possible. 

Cornell University & Ithaca Students are not eligible to receive services.  Southside Healthy Pet Clinic is aimed toward care for low-income individuals in the Ithaca community with an emphasis on non-students. 

Appointment Policy:

Southside Healthy Pet Clinic tends to fill every appointment at each clinic and to have a waiting list of pets to be seen. The services we provide are very valuable to the community and we depend on our clients respecting their scheduled appointment time. We understand last minute emergencies happen, however, if you know you will be unable to make your appointment, please email, call, or message us at least with 24 hours notice.

After 2 instances of cancelling less than 24 hours or providing no notice, you will no longer be eligible to schedule an appointment and you will only be seen as a walk-in the day of.

We have a high demand for appointments and want to provide our services to as many clients and their pets as possible, especially those who continuously respect their scheduled appointment time.

Number of pets per appointment:

To address the high demand while continuing to provide access to high-quality care for our clients, our current policy is 2 pets per household per clinic. If you have more than 2 pets that you would like to be seen, please let us know and we will work with you to schedule each appointment during a clinic that works for you.

We run our healthy pet clinics on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month, from 6pm to 9pm.

**If you would like to schedule an appointment with us, please email southsidecornell@gmail.com**

Contacting Us:

To schedule appointments, we can be reached at any of the following:

• Email: southsidecornell@gmail.com

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/southsidepetclinic

• Instagram: @southsidecornell

• Voicemail: (607) 873-2612

PLEASE NOTE: our phone line is not regularly staffed, but any voicemails left will be forwarded to our email and we will get back to you as soon as possible!