The case for micro-chipping

**borzoimom** · 12-15-2006, 02:11 PM

all the time in another state, or states away.. The chips bring them home!

**RedHedd** · 12-15-2006, 02:56 PM

Aww! What a great story! My two are 'chipped and when I was at the vet's office this week a woman had two Devon Rex kittens (VERY CUTE!) chipped.

**Catlady711** · 12-15-2006, 06:53 PM

I don't have any of my cats 'chipped' and these are the reasons why...

1) there is no standard with microchip readers, a BIG pet peeve of mine.

2) in our area not very many places have several readers to identify the different kinds of chips.

3) in our area ALOT of places don't even scan cats for a microchip!! This is a very sad thing too!

If those things were to change around here, I'd microchip my babies in a heartbeat!

**Chica** · 12-16-2006, 05:41 PM

That is a great story!!!!.My Chica is chipped!!!!!Happy Holidays!!!

**Laura's Babies** · 12-16-2006, 06:39 PM

I have 2 of mine chipped and the other 2 will be chipped soon. If it is one thing I learned from Katrina, it's you better get them chipped! It makes the odds better at getting them back and PROOF that they are YOURS!

**IRescue452** · 12-17-2006, 12:55 AM

It was a surprise for me when the shelter checked the stray cat I brought in for a chip. I guess its something I never thought of for a cat. Sonny has only been outside a few times in his life so it just went over my head that a cat might have one. I think they should check every dog and cat though. Maybe someday there will be a big story about a cat with a microchip and it will open everybody's eyes.

**Lizzie** · 12-17-2006, 01:52 AM

All 19 of mine are chipped, I wouldn't have it otherwise. If anything happened to my house while I was gone, or even while I was here, and some had to escape, I'd be slightly less frantic knowing they were chipped. I know that all the shelters and vets around me check for a microchip, and if their equipment doesn't read those chips, at least I did my very best.