Microchips?

**Freedom** · 07-19-2009, 02:19 PM

Sugar, Lacey and Marlin are all chipped. Tasha will be when next she needs a vet visit (hasn't needed on yet).

I don't do this with the cats; I'd go broke with the annual fee!

**Grace** · 07-19-2009, 03:17 PM

We have 6 cats, and they are all chipped. 4 are in/out; 2 are in only.

Doesn't take any time at all to chip them; every Vet visit they check to make sure it is still there. Couple of years ago we took a stay to our local Humane Society - first thing they did was check for a chip.

A cat or dog can lose a collar, but the chip stays.

**Randi** · 07-19-2009, 03:31 PM

Fister has a tattoo on his ears. They do that here when a cat gets fixed and vaccinated.

I found a cat in our yard last year, he had wandered off a mile from his home, but I checked his ears, called the vet - and he knew where he belonged. So I got the no. to his his humans and they came a few hours later to get him.

**chocolatepuppy** · 07-19-2009, 04:58 PM

Layla and Jake are both microchipped. Lacey and the cats are not. I got Layla chipped around the time Kay's Kiara went missing. That was reason enough for me. She was just puppy then. Jake came from our shelter and they chip all dogs and cats that are adopted.

**Genny** · 07-19-2009, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Freedom

I don't do this with the cats; I'd go broke with the annual fee!

Do you have to pay for the microchips each year??

**kokopup** · 07-19-2009, 10:04 PM

I have Koko my dog Chipped but my 2 cats are not.

All Vets and Shelters in this area have scanners.

Do you have to pay for the microchips each year??

The chip is for forever and you only pay once when it's installed.

**Grace** · 07-19-2009, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by kokopup

The chip is for forever and you only pay once when it's installed.

That's correct, and our Vet gives us a rebate on the cost of registering - so it costs us nothing. And if I'm remembering correctly, the cost is only $15. So if you've got multiple animals - spread out the chipping

**Christmas_Hamster** · 07-21-2009, 11:16 AM

None of my pets are chipped.

**cali** · 07-21-2009, 05:33 PM

Electra came to me with a Chip.none of my others are chipped. it isnt recoomended here, I actually asked the vet about it, and they strongly discouraged it lol. its because our Tattoo system is better, you dont choose the tattoo, its assigned per the vet, and its all tied into 1 centeral system, so in my city you can call any vet, any shelter or city hall, relay the tattoo and you will be instantly connected with the dogs owners and because its through the vets, any changes are automatic when you walk into a vet office, or get the yearly licence. where as with a chip you would have to physcally take the dog down to a shelter or vet, have them do a scan to see if they MIGHT be chipped, then if they are, hope the owners remebered kept up with the info. then their is the cost...a Tatto is $20..a chip here is $85..and thats at the cheap vet!