Yes, microchipping would have made all the difference in the world. I'm so glad you are having your baby chipped. As I originally posted, we didn't know this technology existed at the time. Our vet had never mentioned it. Both of our kitties are chipped now.

Also, we checked with the shelter to make sure that they bother to even scan for chips. (They were offended at the question -- but I told them that I was offended that they had killed my cat due to a "clerical error"). They do scan so that has eased our minds.

Please tell all your friends about what happened to Kuhio and urge them to microchip their pets. We've also heard about tatooing, but we don't have any experience with this.