Not sure about the chip yet. Had some other things going on and haven't bundled him off to the white coats yet but probably within the next week we'll know for sure. When I talked to the vet and described how he seems to spend all of his time on the porch next door (empty house) they are doubting he is chipped. I'm not worried about the chip as much as I am the feline leukemia and stuff. But I will deal with it when it happens I guess. Until then, I get out of the car at night and he comes running over for a snuggle. Soon, I keep telling him. Real soon!